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Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.
Practise this when you are calm and again when you are wound up. The second one is what makes it available in the moment you need it.
Skills learned in one state can be strangely hard to find in another, which is why people say they forgot to use it. Do the first round with someone…
A skill that lives in your own body and your own phone stays with you after the appointments stop. That is worth choosing for.
Plenty of what helps during treatment ends when the relationship does. This does not. People often say afterwards that the breathing thing was the…
A useful picture: the parts of your brain are sections of an orchestra. In dysregulation they are playing different tunes at different speeds. The aim is timing, not repair.
This is a kinder frame than damage, and a more accurate one. Nothing is broken or missing. What has gone is the coordination between parts that used…
Neurofeedback usually starts with an assessment, then a block of sessions, then a review, and it is mostly paid for privately. Ask about all of that before you begin.
It is a referral rather than something your therapist adds to a session, so you are taking on a second appointment, a second bill and a second…
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.
Neurofeedback has its strongest support in attention difficulties, decent support in depression and anxiety, and for trauma it is promising rather than proven.
Reported gains include better sleep and attention, less irritability and fewer trauma symptoms. The honest caveats are cost, wide variation in how…