EEG NEUROTHERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLISM AND ADDICTIONS:

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Dale M. Patterson, M.S., C.A.C.B.,
C.P.P.S., BCIAC-EEG Fellow, BCIAC-Senior Fellow*

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Introduction

Alcoholism is a disease that afflicts at least 12 million Americans. It leads to approximately 250,000 premature deaths a year, disrupts the lives of some 45 million family members and costs an estimated $120 billion a year in medical bills, property damage and lost time and productivity.

Over the past eight years, a major breakthrough in the treatment of alcoholism and chemical dependency has been consistently demonstrated by a number of researchers, including (but not limited to) Saxby and Peniston (1995), Anderson (1994), Sonder and Sonder (1994), White (1994), Cowan (1993), Patterson (1993), Peniston, Marrinan, Deming and Kulkosky (1993), Schneider, Elbert, Heimann, Welker, Stetter, Mattes, Birbaumer and Mann (1993), Byers (1992), Fahrion, Walters, Coyne and Allen (1992), and Peniston and Kulkosky (1990, 1989).

The essence of this treatment involves a non-invasive, non-pharmacological outpatient program combining EEG brain wave biofeedback (called neurotherapy), highly specific imagery of brain structures, neurotransmitters and brain wave patterns, positive personalized visualizations, cognitive re-scripting and intensive cognitive-behavior therapy. This program, commonly referred to as the Peniston Protocol, is administered 3-5 days per week over a 7-12 week period for a total of 35-40 sessions.

*Mr. Patterson is the Clinical/Executive Director of the Biofeedback & Alternative Medicine Centers in Williamstown and Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He is certified by four national boards and has over 20 years experience in the field of biofeedback and neurotherapy. He has been administering the Peniston Protocol for alcoholism (and other addictions), post-traumatic stress disorder and other selected disorders since 1991.

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