Welcome to Biofeedback

ACHIEVEMENTS AND INNOVATIONS-Following two years of clinical psychotherapy and biofeedback with psychiatric patients at the Carrier Foundation in Belle Mead, NJ, I established a large, successful biofeedback practice in 1980 and have been actively developing innovative treatment protocols ever since. Along the way, I published several research articles and book chapters and did a great deal of teaching and public speaking. I have conducted numerous workshops and seminars and remain a trainer of professionals in the theoretical, clinical and research applications of biofeedback/self-regulation training in behavioral medicine (see my Curriculum Vitae).

One of my primary innovations has been the merging of computerized biofeedback, hypnosis and left/right brain EEG (brain wave) processes within a technique called Twilight Learning. In Twilight Learning, the patient's brain waves actually control and determine the presentation of carefully prepared hypnotic suggestions pre-recorded in the patient's own voice. Twilight Learning greatly enhances the clinical benefits of biofeedback and considerably broadens its range of applications with patients. For example, treatment outcomes with patients suffering from chronic pain syndromes, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), smoking/overweight and chronic drug/alcohol addictions have improved significantly with the addition of EEG-based Twilight Learning.

A second area of innovation has included the refinement of Advanced Subliminal Technology. New research has re-affirmed the highly beneficial use of bilateral (left/right brain) subliminal stimulation in combination with biofeedback and Twilight Learning. The discovery by Dr. Paul Swingle of the "subliminal window" has eliminated inconsistent results and re-established subliminal techniques as ethical and efficacious adjuncts to clinical biofeedback programs.

A third area of innovation has included the broadened use of psychoacoustic (sound) stimulation in the form of Pulsated Binaural Beats. Research by Hutchison, Budzynski and others has clearly shown that brain waves are "driven" into desirable healing states and states of hypersuggestibility with the use of carefully chosen audio frequencies sent to the brain through the left and right ears.

A fourth area of innovation includes the regular use of the Infratonic QGM QiGong machine, particularly in cases of chronic pain. Based on the sound frequencies emitted by Chinese medical healers, the electronic, therapeutic massaging effects from the QiGong unit have produced significant, if not dramatic, positive effects on pain, spasm, mood and healing. Although initially quite skeptical, I am now convinced that the QiGong's clinical benefits are only beginning to become known and are likely to expand greatly in coming years.

A final area of innovation includes the recent availability of Computerized EEG Brain Mapping. Brain mapping is a major breakthrough in the diagnosis and development of treatment programs for head trauma (including closed head injuries), brain dysfunction, ADD/ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and major anxiety, depressive, post-traumatic stress disorders and major addictions.

In sum, the combined use of computerized biofeedback (including brain mapping), Twilight Learning, advanced subliminal technology, pulsated binaural beats and the QiGong machine have resulted in clinical benefits never before achieved in my 23 years of experience in this field. Moreover, in combination with nutritional counseling and supportive therapy, the biofeedback treatment protocols I have developed are totally natural, non-invasive, simple and quite pleasant for the patient. Finally, a "hard copy" of each laboratory session in the form of a stereo cassette tape is provided to the patient for home practice at the conclusion of each biofeedback session.

NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATIONS In 1979, I was grandfathered as a Certified Associate of the American Board of Clinical Biofeedback. In 1981, I was grandfathered as a Certified Biofeedback Therapist by the BCIA (Biofeedback Certification Institute of America). I am now a Senior Fellow of BCIA, which translates to 4 re-certifications and over 20 years of practice as a Certified Biofeedback Therapist. In 1996, I became certified as an EEG Biofeedback (Neurofeedback) Therapist, also by the BCIA. I am now an Associate Fellow of BCIA in Neurofeedback. In 1996, I also became a Certified Peak Performance Specialist. I am re-certified every four (4) years in these specialty areas.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS In 1979, I was a Charter Member of the American Association of Biofeedback Clinicians and have maintained memberships in the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (formerly the Biofeedback Research Society), Society for Behavioral Medicine, Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, International Imagery Association, American Holistic Medical Association and numerous others (see my Curriculum Vitae).