I want to be sure you are all aware of this opportunity. The Brain Change Summit is a FREE 10-day online event. It’s currently underway and the speakers have been really outstanding. For registration and further details: https://www.soundstrue.com/store/brain-change-summit/free-access#a_aid=5c82ab8fc7797&a_bid=48584946 I’ll be speaking on Calming the Fear-Driven Brain on April 30 at 5 pm PT / 8 pm ET. Once you’ve registered, you will be able to watch the speakers here:...

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/04/689747637/if-youre-often-angry-or-irritable-you-may-be-depressed My response to the above article from NPR: Depression is the word people use when they feel bad. What people in this piece are struggling to understand is that depression is not one thing or in fact “a thing” at all. It’s certainly not a useful diagnosis. DSM diagnosis constricts our understanding rather than enhancing it. Here they are struggling to understand states of...

Me: "So how would you diagnose him?" Him: Laughing briefly and ruefully, "I don't think there is a diagnosis." Although in a way this may be uniquely true for our international patient, I want to suggest that it is always true. We are never treating anything so discreet as a singular mental illness. The brain does not parcel its problems that way. It struggles with its origins, its developmental impacts and errors, its many discontents, but these are manifest as problems in circuitry, in...

Abuse, assault, and neglect in early childhood impact every major system in the human brain from the brainstem to the cortex, from the sense of balance to the sense of self. These disruptions in brain development have far-reaching implications for the treatment of those who have suffered these histories. If you are already using neurofeedback or considering adopting it with those who have suffered from early childhood neglect and abuse you. will find all of the latest research that supports...