Tackle the Symptoms
of PTSD

Peak Brain Centers uses neurofeedback therapy to help treat the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

PTSD can be a burden on you and your loved ones. Not only do your symptoms put your relationships to the test, but they also affect your overall happiness and wellbeing. Peak Brain Centers uses the drug-free approach of neurofeedback to help those living with this mental health disorder.

military man looking lost
military man looking lost

Peak Brain Centers uses neurofeedback therapy to help treat the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

PTSD can be a burden on you and your loved ones. Not only do your symptoms put your relationships to the test, but they also affect your overall happiness and wellbeing. Peak Brain Centers uses the drug-free approach of neurofeedback to help those living with this mental health disorder.

A Closer Look at PTSD

Causes

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental health disorder that is triggered by the experiences of a terrifying event. Seen most often in military service members that have been in combat and first responders, PTSD can also be caused by bearing witness to a traumatic event or hearing about someone else’s traumatic experience.

PTSD Symptoms

  • Recurrent and distressing memories
  • Recurrent and distressing dreams
  • Flashbacks
  • Psychological or physical distress related to trauma
  • Persistent avoidance of memories
  • Detachment toward people
  • Inability to remember aspects of the trauma
  • Inability to concentrate
  • Loss of sleep
  • Hypervigilance or heightened startle response
  • Negative changes in mood or cognition
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Benefits of Neurofeedback

To treat PTSD, Peak Brain Centers has to go deep into your subconscious. We do this through neurofeedback therapy. Selective exercises designed specifically for your brain help break the trauma cycle and create new, healthy, positive patterns in your brain. We shift your plan as your brain shifts pathways, encouraging it back to a natural, healthy state. Neurofeedback therapy allows you to move past a traumatic experience without having to talk about or explore your feelings around that moment.

Neurofeedback offers a deeper meditative state of being that allows clients to heal from their trauma and encourages the brain to move away from dysregulation.

soldier saves a little girl

Benefits of Neurofeedback

To treat PTSD, Peak Brain Centers has to go deep into your subconscious. We do this through neurofeedback therapy. Selective exercises designed specifically for your brain help break the trauma cycle and create new, healthy, positive patterns in your brain. We shift your plan as your brain shifts pathways, encouraging it back to a natural, healthy state. Neurofeedback therapy allows you to move past a traumatic experience without having to talk about or explore your feelings around that moment.

Neurofeedback offers a deeper meditative state of being that allows clients to heal from their trauma and encourages the brain to move away from dysregulation.

FAQs

Neurofeedback is a way to train brain activity; it is biofeedback for the brain. To understand neurofeedback, first, we need to understand a little about brainwaves. Brainwaves are the electrical impulses produced as your brain cells communicate with one another. Brainwaves tell us a great deal about how you feel and function; your thought habits, stress levels, underlying mood, and overall brain function. Using sensors on the scalp, we can measure and monitor this activity. With a qEEG brain map, we can identify what specific activity is causing your symptoms. Once we know the areas of concern, we can create a training plan to help draw your brain into a comfortable, efficient state using neurofeedback. During a neurofeedback session – which lasts anywhere from 20 to 40 minutes – we compare what your brain is actually doing to what you’d like it to be doing. When your brain is nearing a more comfortable state, you are rewarded with a positive response via sound. The sounds tell you immediately when your brain approaches a more efficient place and when not. Much like physical exercises develop specific muscles, the more your brain is exercised into reaching a more comfortable, more efficient position, the better it gets at it. As with learning any new skill, it simply requires time and repetition.

Neurofeedback is effective in the vast majority of cases and provides measurable results. Almost everyone responds to training, and the results are long-lasting. Our clients report significant improvement towards their goals 95% of the time; an exceptionally high rate of achievement. All of our treatment protocols are strongly supported by evidence-based research. Neurofeedback is known as a ”Level 1″ or Highly Effective Treatment by the American Academy of Pediatrics. And like any therapy, it works best with people who are motivated and want to improve.

Since neurofeedback involves learning and every person is unique, training varies for each person. Young brains learn much faster than older ones, and small challenges shift quicker than bigger ones.

Typically, the more severe or chronic symptoms, the more sessions that are required. You can expect the gains to be cumulative over the course.

A mental ‘tune-up’ would take about 10 sessions. Symptom resolution for depression, anxiety, stress, or some sleep disorders, we recommend a full package of 30 to 40 sessions. For the Autistic spectrum and severe autoimmune disorders, expect a greater number of sessions with progressive gains over the course.

HOW MANY SESSIONS ARE ENOUGH?

For most, simply relieving uncomfortable symptoms is enough. Others want to move forward in other areas or tackle new goals.

Ultimately, self-improvement is a lifelong continuum. How much is enough is up to you.

Fatigue is the most commonly reported side effect. And while brain training is in many ways similar to physical training, the brain expresses the side effects of training differently than the body does. The fatigue feels much like the mental tiring after learning a complex mental skill.

Because neurofeedback is essentially structured exercises for your brain, the term ‘side effect’ isn’t applicable in the same sense as for medications. Unlike medication, nothing is put into the body or brain.

Those with more serious emotional conditions or trauma occasionally report an increase of old familiar feelings before the difficulty passes away and the issue fades out for good. It’s like cleaning out a garage – sometimes you just take all the “stuff” to the curb and sometimes you open all the boxes and take a trip down memory lane.  Don’t worry, it will pass and is part of the process.

If you have had a physical brain injury or head trauma, you will likely be more sensitive to neurofeedback. You might experience nausea, dizziness, and light sensitivity as you ‘re-regulate’ your brain function. This is part of the process.

We monitor your brain activity during neurofeedback sessions and can tell if your brain is getting tired or overworked. We will adjust your training accordingly.

We do not currently take insurance. You may be able to use your Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) account for Peak Brain Training services.

Start Exercising Your Brain in 4 Easy Steps!

Free Consultation

Speak to a Peak Brain Centers’ expert to learn more about neurofeedback therapy.

Assess & Map

Map out your brain and find out where you can improve and what you can target.

Testing & Training

Test, train, intervene, repeat.

Evaluate

See the success of your training and switch up your exercises to continue seeing results.

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