Neurofeedback offers a way to see your brain activity in real time, allowing you to learn to control it and improve its functioning through each session. It provides a safe, comfortable way to reset brain patterns that create exaggerated emotions, brain fog, and unwanted reactions, giving you the power to reshape your mind to work at its best.
Neurofeedback is a type of biofeedback that allows you to see your brain's electrical activity in real time on a screen.
This visual information, paired with our software, teaches you how to actively control your brain waves in a way that will decrease your symptoms and improve your mental health. The goal is to build neural networks that support your emotional healing.
We start with placing a comfortable cap on your head and recording an EEG. We then compare your brain's electrical activity to your peers and identify how your brain is similar and different from the average. We match your symptoms to your brain's electrical activity and create a treatment plan that is specific to you.
Neurofeedback sessions consist of a set of individual electrodes that transmit electrical signals from your brain to our computer. You won't be able to feel a thing, as the method is totally non-invasive.
Unlike many neurofeedback clinics that leave you in the room alone to navigate the neurofeedback process, Neuro Colorado believes that all therapies, including Neurofeedback, should be done in the context of relationship. You will have a licensed counselor engaged with you the whole time as you learn to change your brain function, which helps you gain maximum benefit from your sessions. This process allows you to more easily integrate brain function and your mental and emotional life.
Neurofeedback alone is good for those who would rather take a biological approach to mental health regulation than deeply talk through emotions. We are counselors though, so we can’t help but ask about your feelings!
Neurofeedback and counseling together offer the most effective way to transform deep patterns and improve both mental and emotional health, through the relationship with the counselor.
Onboarding includes a QEEG assessment, an intake interview, and a 3rd appointment to review the QEEG results and discuss the specifics of the treatment plan.
Once you’ve been onboarded, you can schedule individual sessions with or without counseling services included. Typical treatment plans include around 40 session 2-3 times per week.
Neurostimulation is similar to neurofeedback, though we actively stimulate the brain to generate specific brain wave frequencies or increase energy. This is a process of entrainment which shows the brain what healthy functioning feels like.
Similar to a neurofeedback session, with neurostimulation you'll wear electrodes that send signals to your brain causing it to generate specific frequencies. This form of neurotherapy is more passive, regulating brain activity by training the brain to behave in certain ways.
There will always be a therapist with you as you experience neurostimulation. They will help you understand what is happening and work to connect your brain to your internal world. The process of neurostimulation is typically relaxing and enjoyable. Several electrodes will be applied to your scalp and and neurostimulation will begin at a very low level. Throughout the session your therapist will slowly increase the intensity of the stimulation and find the most effective and comfortable level.
Neurostimulation alone is good for those who would rather not talk through difficult emotions and still gain the mental health benefits of brain training through entrainment.
Neurostimulation and counseling together offer the most effective way to transform deep patterns and improve both mental and emotional health, through the relationship with the counselor.
Onboarding includes a QEEG assessment, an intake interview, and a 3rd appointment to review the QEEG results and discuss the specifics of the treatment plan.
Once you’ve been onboarded, you can schedule individual sessions with or without counseling services included. Typical treatment plans include around 40 session 2-3 times per week.
Blending counseling and neurotherapy creates a unique and powerful approach to therapy, setting us apart at our clinic in Denver. While counseling helps individuals understand their struggles and develop new coping strategies, neurostimulation actively supports this process by encouraging the brain to create different patterns of activity in real-time. By simultaneously addressing both the psychological and neurological aspects of healing, clients experience increased freedom, clarity, and relaxation.
Ultimately, our goal is the same whether you integrate both services or stick with one: we’ll provide a warm and supportive environment where you can experience transformative healing at both the emotional and neurological levels.
counseling
Receive personalized support from our therapists, who offer therapies like EMDR, EFT, Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, and more.
neurofeedback
We offer neurostimulation and neurotherapy services alongside counseling. This way, you can understand your brain and re-train its patterns.
We are trained in many modalities of Neurofeedback, Amplitude, Z score, Loreta, etc., but we mostly use amplitude training. We also use several modalities of neurostimulation. pEMF, TDCS, TACS, and TPNS.
Yep. Many of our clients take medication while they are doing neurotherapy. However, as you progress with Neurotherapy, you and your doctor may need to discuss changing the amount of medication you take.
A typical treatment plan for Neurotherapy is 40 sessions completed 2-3 times a week. The high frequency is important for learning and for the entrainment to show lasting change in the brain. It is like training for a sporting event: if I run 45 minutes every other week, I will never get in shape for a marathon.
There is a lot of variability in the number of sessions if we include talk therapy with neurostimulation.
Many neurotherapy clinics leave you in a room on your own while the EEG machine casts your brainwaves on a screen. We believe all therapies should be in the context of a relationship - so you’ll have a counselor with you the whole time. This will help you integrate your experience with the information on the screen, allowing you to receive maximum benefit from each session as you learn to regulate your moods, stress, and specific neural activity.
In each session, we place a cap or individual electrodes on your head that sense brain activity.
Neurofeedback, neurotherapy, and neurostimulation have all been proven to be safe for children and adults. The process is non-invasive, comfortable, and requires no medication. There are no contra-indications for medications and neurotherapy treatments, though clients who have had a recent head injury, who experience seizures, or certain other medical conditions should consult with their doctor and inform their counselors.
See these studies for reference: Efficacy and safety, safety of repeated sessions.
Neurotherapies including neurofeedback and neurostimulation have shown promising results in various studies for conditions such as ADHD, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and more. While research is ongoing, here are some resource links highlighting its efficacy:
Efficacy of non-invasive brain stimulation, clinical trial survey of psychiatric treatment with neuromodulation.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and neurofeedback are both therapeutic approaches used to address various mental health conditions, but they differ in their methodologies and focuses. EMDR is a psychotherapy technique using primarily eye movement to stimulate bilateral brain activity and help the brain reprocess emotional trauma.
Neurofeedback focuses on training individuals to self-regulate their brainwave activity by monitoring brainwave patterns. Typically, sensors are placed on the scalp, and real-time feedback is given to the subject through visual or auditory cues. Repeated sessions produce healthier patterns of brain activity, improving attention, emotional regulation, and cognitive function.
