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What conditions can neurofeedback help?
Neurofeedback was originally used for seizure disorders and then expanded as a treatment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Attention Deficit Disorder to improve attention, focus and concentration. As the field of NFB has grown, NFB is being used for a growing list of conditions that affect both children and adults.
These include:
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Sleep Disorders
Anxiety
Depression
Attachment Disorder
Addictions
Autism
Traumatic Brain Injury
Cognitive Decline
Bedwetting
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
ADD/ADHD
Chronic Pain
Eating Disorders
Tourette's Syndrome
Many people have experienced a reduction or elimination of medication (in consultation with their doctor) as a result of doing neurofeedback. Thus, neurofeedback offers a potential alternative to medication without the negative side effects of medication.
SECONDARY DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA: PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE
Secondary developmental trauma often co-occurs with failures in attachment. The infant who is pre-verbal or the young child who is helpless to protect him/herself is left with a storm of confused feelings and thoughts about the world. Living in chronic states of danger imposes two survival based patterns in the child. At one end of the spectrum is hyper-arousal associated with flight/flight and at the other end of the spectrum is hypo-arousal, freezing and dissociation. Sometimes unseen insults such as traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to physical abuse or fetal alcohol effects go unrecognized and reduce the child’s ability to function. The psycho-social-biological effects of secondary trauma reinforce any failure in attachment, complicating the over all picture. Often these children come with a long list of diagnoses, none of which fully capture the complexity of issues of children who have experienced multiple traumas in their young lives.
Ms.Mershona Parshall Family Therapy :ABOUT / CONTACT US
Mershona Parshall is an Independently Licensed Social Worker- Supervisor and Board Certified Registered Art Therapist. Ms. Parshall is licensed through the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and LMFT Board. She has had a private practice since 2000 in Northeast Ohio, outside of Cleveland.
Ms. Parshall began working in the mental health field in the early 80's after a successful career as a theater and studio artist. Following a long time interest in art therapy, she received a Masters Degree in art therapy and expressive arts therapies in 1982. Ms. Parshall worked in youth at risk programs, group homes for Native American youth, a psychiatric hospital, and for non-profit mental health agencies until 2000. She developed and led outdoor personal growth experiential education workshops for youth and adults, wilderness trips, expressive arts workshops for adults, intensive mask making workshops, and Rites of Passage for adolescent girls and adults throughout the 1980's.
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Zengar NeurOptimal Training Options
1. Office: This is the typical choice for individuals who are within driving distance to my office and prefer training directly with me in the office setting.
2. Zengar NeurOptimal Hometraining: Hometraining is available for individuals who need more intensive brain training, who live at a distance or who would like to train in their own environment. Longer training programs are often associated with diagnoses such as attachment disorder, fetal alcohol syndrome, traumatic brain injury or autism. For motivated individuals, this is also an economical, efficient, and ecofriendly alternative to office sessions. Basic computer skills are required.
* Option A: Leasing a NeurOptimal neurofeedback system from me. The neurofeedback system I offer for lease is the NeurOptimal professional system. The professional system allows the neurofeedback trainee unlimited sessions during the lease period. These systems are leased on a week to week or month to month basis and require initial office visits for assessment and training on running the system. I provide ongoing consultation and supervision with this option as part of the fee.
* Option B: You may purchase a NeurOptional Personal system from me. The NeurOptimal Personal system consists of a netbook that allows the trainee to run basic NeurOptimal neurofeedback sessions. The first 60 sessions are pre-loaded into the netbook and then additional refill sessions are purchased from Zengar. Refills are sold in blocks so the price per session decreases as larger session blocks are purchased. The NeurOptimal Personal system sells for $3,800.00. This includes the netbook, encoder, sensors and supplies. An external DVD player can be purchased for an additional $195.00. I will train you on how to use the NeurOptimal Personal system properly. This may take from 4 - 8 session hours depending on how quickly you learn the software and how to apply the sensors properly. Trainees may choose to have follow-up office sessions with me or distance supervision at a reasonable cost.
* NeurOptimal Intensives: Individuals may schedule NeurOptimal neurofeedback intensive training sessions. This involves participating in daily or twice daily neurofeedback sessions for a number of consecutive days. This can be a transformation experience for anyone especially interested in getting out of a neuro-rut or for individuals who live at a distance.
TREATMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA
Treatment of developmental trauma continues to evolve as neuroscience and treatment models mature. Not that long ago the public was unaware of interventions such as neurofeedback, EMDR or neuro-reorganization. These interventions are becoming more accepted as they prove to be effective tools for helping children heal. Additionally, the work of Bruce Perry, MD and his Neurosequential Developmental Model is gaining attention for treating childhood
trauma. Perry’s model contains many of the elements that have long been promoted by professionals working with developmental trauma, namely, a relational model of therapy that integrates attachment theory, somatic psychotherapies and expressive arts therapies. Some examples are nurturing touch, art therapy, movement, music, and even infant massage.
To address childhood developmental trauma in treatment, relational treatment models that include the primary caregivers are strongly recommended. Thus, the primary caregivers, who are the core attachment figures, are essential participants in the healing process. When therapist and parents work together to understand the whole child, i.e., somatic, neurological, emotional, psychological, behavioral, and social domains, then strategies can be applied to build and optimize the child’s systemic resources.
Ms.Mershona Parshall COUNSELING SERVICES : *What are brain waves?
Brain waves are the visual representation of the electrical activity of the brain (EEG). Brainwaves are distinguished by their frequency (cycles per second) and amplitude (power). Brain waves generate various brain states for accomplishing any task from sleeping to intense concentration. Below are typical descriptions of some brain waves and states associated with those brain waves.
1. Delta (0-4 Hz) is associated with detached awareness, healing, and sleep.
2. Theta (4-7 Hz) is associated with meditation, intuition and memory.
3. Alpha (7-12Hz) is associated with relaxation, visualization, and creativity.
4. Beta (12-30 Hz) is associated with alertness, concentration, and cognition.
Mershona Parshall Consultation LOSS, SEPARATION, GRIEF AND ATTACHMENT
When children are placed in foster care, institutions, or are adopted, they not only lose their birth parent(s), they lose siblings and extended family members as well. Infants and children who experience early loss often carry deep emotional pain and unresolved grief associated with a childhood lost.
Bowlby described a sequence of grief reactions that he observed in infants/children who experienced prolonged separation from primary attachment figures. These stages are also applicable to children who have experienced multiple separations in their young lives. The first stage he called protest. In this stage the child cries, kicks, or screams in order to get the primary attachment figure to return in order to regain close proximity. If the protest does not produce the return of the attachment figure, then the infant/child begins to despair in the second stage. Despair is expressed as withdrawal and apathy in the child, sometimes misinterpreted as acceptance by unknowing adults. If the condition of loss of the attachment figure persists, the infant/child detaches or de-invests from relationships. Detachment is a protective measure that a child assumes against the psychic pain of the loss. Permanent detachment may occur if the grieving process persists unresolved. In this final stage the child divests his or her loving feeling from any attachment figure and invests this into his/herself, no longer considering relationships necessary for needs fulfillment.
Mershona Parshall Art Therapy Zengar NeurOptimal Training Options
1. Office: This is the typical choice for individuals who are within driving distance to my office and prefer training directly with me in the office setting.
2. Zengar NeurOptimal Hometraining: Hometraining is available for individuals who need more intensive brain training, who live at a distance or who would like to train in their own environment. Longer training programs are often associated with diagnoses such as attachment disorder, fetal alcohol syndrome, traumatic brain injury or autism. For motivated individuals, this is also an economical, efficient, and ecofriendly alternative to office sessions. Basic computer skills are required.
* Option A: Leasing a NeurOptimal neurofeedback system from me. The neurofeedback system I offer for lease is the NeurOptimal professional system. The professional system allows the neurofeedback trainee unlimited sessions during the lease period. These systems are leased on a week to week or month to month basis and require initial office visits for assessment and training on running the system. I provide ongoing consultation and supervision with this option as part of the fee.
* Option B: You may purchase a NeurOptional Personal system from me. The NeurOptimal Personal system consists of a netbook that allows the trainee to run basic NeurOptimal neurofeedback sessions. The first 60 sessions are pre-loaded into the netbook and then additional refill sessions are purchased from Zengar. Refills are sold in blocks so the price per session decreases as larger session blocks are purchased. The NeurOptimal Personal system sells for $3,800.00. This includes the netbook, encoder, sensors and supplies. An external DVD player can be purchased for an additional $195.00. I will train you on how to use the NeurOptimal Personal system properly. This may take from 4 - 8 session hours depending on how quickly you learn the software and how to apply the sensors properly. Trainees may choose to have follow-up office sessions with me or distance supervision at a reasonable cost.
* NeurOptimal Intensives: Individuals may schedule NeurOptimal neurofeedback intensive training sessions. This involves participating in daily or twice daily neurofeedback sessions for a number of consecutive days. This can be a transformation experience for anyone especially interested in getting out of a neuro-rut or for individuals who live at a distance.
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