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Episode Description

In this episode, Jamie Leach has a conversation with Isaac Archuleta and Katie Cass about neurofeedback training, what it is, how it works, and how it might just be the answer to your mental health struggles.

Interested in counseling and/or neurofeedback training with iAmClinic? Fill out a contact form at, https://www.iamclinic.org/contact/

Episode Timestamps

00:02:32 – Isaac talks about his personal experience with neurofeedback and the beginnings of his struggle with anxiety

00:04:19 – How trauma changes the brain

00:05:18 – Isaac talks about his generalized anxiety disorder as a child and young adult

00:06:08 – How alcohol affects anxiety

00:06:47 – Isaac talks about his worst experience with anxiety

00:08:11 – Isaac talks about his first experience with neurofeedback

00:13:12 – How mental health family history and genetics affects neurofeedback

00:14:36 – Isaac talks about what it is like to live without anxiety

00:15:12 – Jamie asks how neurofeedback affects a someone and who they are as a person as they part with mental health struggles with neurofeedback treatment

00:21:01 – Hormones and electrical activity in the brain is discussed

00:22:51 – Obsessive thinking in queer clients is discussed

00:26:31 – What someone should look for when exploring neurofeedback as a treatment option

00:30:27 – Leasing neurofeedback equipment and virtual treatment through iAmClinic

00:31:31 – Jamie thanks and recognizes Isaac for their work

00:36:55 – Jamie introduces Katie Cass

00:37:41 – Katie introduces themselves and talks about their background

00:38:48 – Katie talks about what got her interested in neurofeedback work

00:40:45 – The process of neurofeedback and what it looks like for a client

00:43:40 – What manifests when a brain is down regulated or up regulated?

00:44:51 – Jamie and Katie talk about how medication and neurofeedback differ in treatment

00:46:26 – Katie talks about client results she has seen as a result of neurofeedback treatment

00:49:28 – Katie gives case example of autistic client she worked with

00:50:50 – The different types of neurofeedback available at iAmClinic – Othmer Method and QEEG focus

00:52:45 – Who might not be a good candidate for neurofeedback?

00:55:30 – What is the time commitment for a neurofeedback training schedule?

00:59:58 – Jamie and Katie talk about the financial commitment of neurofeedback versus talk therapy

01:02:19 – Katie talks about her personal experience with NF

01:03:19 – Jamie talks about ADHD in female bodies

01:03:58 – How neurofeedback can help ADHD

01:06:17 – What people should expect going in for neurofeedback training.

01:08:27 – Katie talks about some reading one might want to do to learn more about neurofeedback or body base trauma work – looking at mental health through the lens of how our body codes our experiences