I've been researching neurofeedback in depth, to start doing it for my own Adult Attachment Disorder with a local therapist. I'm prompted by a recent radio show by neurofeedback expert Sebern Fisher (left), and Tina Hahn's results in her blog, "My Neurofeedback Journey."
Tina's last entry was June 8 or so, but she added July 1 on Facebook: "I am experiencing major changes in my brain functioning so fast with neurofeedback, although as of this writing, I have only been doing it for three months. But in six months I seriously don’t think I will recognize myself anymore, and I say that after decades of struggle." Wow.
Then Tina alerted me to an April 2015 radio show by Ms. Fisher which moved me to tears, as Fisher described how deeply necessary love and attachment are to the creation of a human brain. Because we crave the regulation of our nervous system which a mother's love brings to an infant as its brain is being developed, our brains can respond to neurofeedback signals which can help us to actually feel calmer and even loved, she explains.
Fisher's interview is a goldmine on attachment and attachment disorder, and shows her mastery of the work of Allan Schore and Stephen Porges on the creation of the brain -- and the creation of our core "Self." The interview is titled “Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Developmental Trauma,” also the title of Fisher's April 2014 book. Interview here: http://shrinkrapradio.com/452-...h-sebern-fisher-m-a/
Book here: http://www.amazon.com/Neurofee...Driven/dp/0393707865
Ms. Fisher got a Masters in Counseling Psychology in 1978, and from 1980 to 1997 was clinical director of a residential treatment program for adolescents with extreme Attachment Disorder, where outcomes were "abysmal," she writes. "In efforts to better understand these kids and to enhance treatment outcomes, we introduced attachment theory and many new treatments." Then she discovered neurofeedback for her own personal attachment disorder and developmental trauma in 1996 with many good results.
She has "a primary interest in the importance of secure attachment throughout the life span," Fisher writes. "I incorporated neurofeedback into my clinical practice in 1997.The effects that I have experienced myself and have witnessed in others have had a significant impact on the way I now conceptualize personality, self, psychopathology and even free will. (emphasis added; this amazed me - kb)
"Experience with neurofeedback has reinforced my view that attachment is hardwired and secured through affect regulation," Fisher says. "Although neurofeedback appears to address brain function in many arenas, I think that its most important contribution is the regulation of affect. Most of what we suffer, whatever name or diagnosis, relates to our ability to regulate affect. I offer both psychotherapy and neurofeedback...for most people, the two woven together offer the best most enduring results. Neurofeedback enhances the effectiveness of psychotherapy and psychotherapy deepens and integrates the experience of neurofeedback."
Find a Neurofeedback Practitioner: Online Directories:
1. International Society for Neurofeedback & Research (ISNR) Member Directory: http://www.isnr.net/membership/find-member.cfm
2. EEG Spectrum International [Ms. Fisher’s husband John Fisher was president of this co.] Directory: http://www.esiaffiliatesforum.com/providers
3. EEG Institute Provider Directory: http://directory.eeginfo.com/
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