About Neurofeedback
Neurofeedback, or “brainwave biofeedback,” has had enormous growth as a clinical field since 1989 when I brought it into my practice of mind-body medicine at the Self-Regulation Medical Group. Today, there are a variety techniques and equipment being used. We educate you about them all and help you choose the
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Our objective is to tailor an individualized treatment program for each individual. Thomas M. Brod, M.D. is a Board Certified psychiatrist; however he prescribes many forms of treatment. As a rule, medication is prescribed only when needed to augment other treatments. Self-regulation is our ideal, and we aim to
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New research uses EEG information, specifically "evoked potential" methods, to make even firmer the connection between severity of autism (ASD) and problems in sensory processing. The American Psychiatric Association put out a bulletin recently discussing the research of Sophie Molholm PhD and
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Shame and anxiety (hidden or tormentingly on the surface) are key discomforts in each person; however, everyone is miraculously unique. In my practice, we aim to pinpoint the help you need and offer the quickest and most lasting treatment appropriate. Sometimes that is intensive psychotherapy
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Pale Blue Dot
Carl Sagan’s immortal words in 1994, contemplating the human place in the Cosmos, a pale blue dot.
A Therapist-In-Training Becomes Profound
A young and valued colleague, Maury Joseph PsyD, who has recently assumed directorship of the ISTDP program at Washington School of Psychiatry, has published a lovely piece about maturing into an accomplished therapist by attending to his internal struggle with his own self-expectations and his clients’ unique relationship needs. I am reprinting portions of it […]
Humanity’s Evolutionary Sequence (and Challenge)
An esteemed colleague, Jon Frederickson, and I were talking about arcane issues of technique (spotting and responding to projection of task and will) and he recommend Leston Havens’ 1986 book, MAKING CONTACT: USES OF LANGUAGE IN PSYCHOTHERAPY. After I ordered it, I read the Preface online (Amazon.com). One long paragraph required a couple of readings to […]
Value of Mediterranean Diet for Depression, ADHD
Three very recent studies have added to the evidence that a modified Mediterranean Diet is not only good for the heart but for brain function as well. In an Australian study by Felice Jacka and colleagues, 34 patients with severe depression following a modified Mediterranean diet were compared to 33 controls. The advantages of the […]
Neurofeedback Gets Political?
I just came across an article (blog) that is so topical, so reasonable, and so well-presented that I have decided to reproduce it. Saul Rosenthal is a Boston-area Health Psychologist. He writes about a sidelight to the controversies around President Donald Trump’s nominee for Education Secretary, Betsy Voss. It appears that media coverage of one […]