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Biofeedback for Self-Awareness and Self-Control

Learn how biofeedback can enhance self-awareness & self-control. Improve mental focus, emotional health, and performance. Contact licensed psychologist Gary Ames in PA for biofeedback devices and sessions.

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Biofeedback for Self-Awareness and Self-Control

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  1. BiofeedbackSelf-awareness > Self-control Gary Ames, Licensed Psychologist 28 Rock Hill Road, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 610.668-3223 GaryAmes@comcast.net www.CalmFocus.com

  2. Try My Biofeedback Devices • Thermometer for Hand Warming • Hold blue bulb in 3 fingertips • Vascular relaxation brings more blood flow • Prefer higher numbers for more serenity • Stress Eraser for Heart Rate Variability • Left index finger into the photoplethesiometer • Breath like a Yogi: ~5 seconds in, ~5 seconds out • Cardio-respiratory coherence • Make 4 smooth waves. • Triples dots mean decreasing heart rate during exhalation

  3. Biofeedback forHealth and Performance

  4. Nervous Systems • Central Nervous system (brain) • Autonomic (body) • UP Sympathetic • Arousal • FFFF • Down Parasympathetic • Rest & Digest • Feed & Breed

  5. Lie detector – Pulse, breathing, sweating, blood pressure

  6. In the Zone. Optimal arousal.

  7. Lie detector – Pulse, breathing, sweating, blood pressure

  8. Magnify self-awareness for new self-control

  9. Monitor > amplify > modulate > A-V feedback >…

  10. > Bio-Signal > EEG > Software > A-V feedback > …

  11. Growth in systematic research

  12. Case: 1-10 ratings stacked vertically over time

  13. Quantitative EEG. Brainwave map.

  14. QEEG: Before & After

  15. What is EEG Biofeedback good for? • Optimal functioning: students, meditators, performing artists, athletes, soldiers, executives. • Everybody: IQ, sleep, mental focus, memory, emotional health, personality factors. • Brain: seizures, stroke, traumatic brain injury, coma, migraine. • Lifestyle: drug & alcohol abuse, criminality, eating disorders. • Arousal: stress, anxiety, headache, obsessionality, anger, PTSD, psychological trauma. • Chronic: asthma, IBS, TMJ, chronic fatigue, immune suppression, fibromyalgia. • Not just kids: ADHD, autism, Tourette’s, tics, learning disorders. • Women: PMS, menopause, hot flashes, infertility. • Major: cancer, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, chronic pain, depression.

  16. Performance enhancement • Sports • Canadian Winter Olympics, Milan Soccer, lots of quiet athletes. • Overcome ADD, etc. • More nimble • Performing artists • Creativity, talent, presence. • Improvement 17%: 20 hours biofeedback = 1 year graduate music school.

  17. VeteransPTSD + TBI

  18. Anybody can do biofeedback.

  19. Biofeedback for the Homeless • Largest, most significant study used EEG biofeedback • 2 to 4 times normal addiction recovery success rate 80% - 12 months • Improved personality on most scales. • 60% reduction in leaving early (AMA) • EEG Biofeedback can stop the dying from drug addiction.

  20. Homeless: Here’s where I need help • So advanced, biofeedback is simple to operate • 8 people get 20 sessions a month • Cost per machine $500 a month • 80% success rate • From on the dole to future taxpayer within a month for under $100. • Where can I volunteer my time & money?

  21. BiofeedbackSelf-awareness > Self-control Gary Ames, Licensed Psychologist 28 Rock Hill Road, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 610.668-3223 GaryAmes@comcast.net www.CalmFocus.com

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