Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is often associated with interruptions of brainwave activity related to focus, hyperactivity, executive functioning, and emotion regulation. Due to an imbalanced central nervous system, individuals may be prone to overwhelm, frustration, and poor cognitive efficiency. Neurofeedback may assist individuals with training brainwave patterns associated with cognitive, motor, and emotional "stillness", leading to reductions in a number of symptom areas.
Children and adults diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) can often experience challenges related to language, learning, socialization, anxiety, behaviour regulation, attention, emotion regulation, and sleep. While not a treatment for ASD, neurofeedback can assist individuals in promoting more calmness and flexibility in the brain; which can often lead to better expression, executive functioning, social behaviour, and less reactivity.
Due to the nature of the world around us and the mounting pressures we feel, individuals are experiencing chronic states of stress. When our nervous system is stressed, it is constantly firing, leading to exaggerated worry, irritability, nervousness, poor sleep, difficulty concentrating, and exhaustion. Neurofeedback brain training teaches the nervous system to de-activate the fight/flight/freeze response.
Pain signals can get stuck in the central nervous system, creating chronic over-arousal and stress responses. Neurofeedback helps the brain to learn how to calm or reset this signal by interrupting it repetitively. When the intensity of the signal changes, individuals report feeling more resilient, less anxious, more rested, and mentally sharp.
Injuries to the head and brain such as concussions can lead to permanent trauma of the central nervous system. This is why individuals can struggle with lingering symptoms like pain, sensory sensitivity, cognitive difficulties, mood changes, and sleep disruptions. Neurofeedback allows the brain to reclaim this trauma by developing new, helpful neural pathways to support performance optimization leading to reduction in these long-term symptoms.
Individuals struggling with symptoms related to trauma and PTSD tend to show brainwave patterns associated with chronic survival mode. Neurofeedback brain training helps the brain to get "un-stuck" from chronic activation of the amygdala and teach the nervous system to gradually feel safe and calm. When this happens, individuals tend to notice improvements in sleep, cognition, memory, mood, anxiety, and hyper-vigilance.
Learning difficulties including dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, processing speed deficits, and ADHD are often associated with dysregulations of brainwave activity. Neurofeedback can support individuals in reducing frustration and irritability, improving mood and focus, and enhancing problem-solving abilities to make learning tasks and activities more accessible. Neurofeedback can also support executive functioning, adaptation, emotion regulation, motivation, and decision making.
Many individuals are struggling with difficulties related to sleep including insomnia and interrupted sleep cycles. Neurofeedback can help support sleep difficulties by calming the central nervous system and creating more rhythm in brainwave activities. When our nervous system is more balances, we tend to experience ease with falling asleep, staying asleep, waking up less often, and feeling more rested in the morning.