Biofeedback Therapy
Biofeedback Services
Mind Body Connect 360 is excited to offer biofeedback psychology services as part of our 360-degree mind-body approach to overall balance, physical health, emotional well-being, and peak performance optimization. Biofeedback psychology incorporates biofeedback techniques such as thermal biofeedback, skin conductance, and breathing exercises to help clients gain control over their physiological processes for better emotional and cognitive regulation. It is an effective tool that teaches tweens, adolescents, and adults how to create an effective brain-heart-body alignment to influence emotional, cognitive, and physical control for optimal peak performance in everyday life. Biofeedback treatments are scientifically proven, safe, and natural ways to rewire your body’s baseline stress response and support pain management, stress management, and performance enhancement despite perceived pressure, challenge, stress, and distraction.
Biofeedback therapy can be integrated into clinical treatment for a variety of mental health concerns, such as generalized anxiety disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or used as a stand-alone approach to promote overall well-being and peak performance.
Mind Body Connect 360’s psychologist, Dr. Lindsey Berjansky is a Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA) certification candidate and is an expert in providing biofeedback therapy services.
What is Biofeedback?
Biofeedback is an integrative psychophysiological (mind body technique) therapy based on the recognition that changes in the mind and emotions affect the body, and changes in the body influence the mind and emotions. It emphasizes training individuals to self-regulate, gain awareness, and increase control over their bodies, brains, and nervous systems, while improving flexibility in their physiological processes. The positive effects of biofeedback psychology training enhance overall physical, emotional, and mental health, as well as learning and performance. Biofeedback trains you how to create a state of mind-heart-body alignment, giving you the ability to access the desired emotional and cognitive states needed, in real time, to manage challenges.
We are unable to be our best selves when we have been swept away in a wave of distressing emotional, cognitive, and physiological responses triggered by perceived stressors. The relationship between the mind and body is powerful, and those who harness this understanding in their everyday lives will feel more successful, focused, confident, and in an enhanced state to compete, perform, and lead in the face of challenges.
What Happens in a Biofeedback Therapy Session?
Your body is constantly sending you signals through your heart rate, breathing, muscle tension, and skin temperature. Biofeedback techniques give you a way to understand and recognize the messages your body is sending and how to apply this greater sense of awareness to influence your physiological, emotional, and cognitive processes. Monitoring sensors are used to read signals such as skin conductance, heart rate, blood pressure, muscle activity, and temperature and display them on a computer screen in a clear and easy-to-understand way.
You can see what happens to your heart rate when you make changes to your breathing or what happens to your finger temperature when you imagine yourself sitting on a tranquil beach. This type of feedback provides valuable insight and allows you to gain voluntary control over the mind and body. Sessions may also include breathing exercises, mindfulness techniques, and guided imagery to support pain management, stress management, and emotional regulation.
Clients often find this empowering and are amazed when they begin to recognize that they have more control over their mind-body technique than they imagined. All biofeedback therapy sessions are tailored to the unique needs of each client and may incorporate psychological strategies, mental performance coaching, and tools often used in physical therapy settings.
What Types of Concerns Can Biofeedback Help With?
Biofeedback psychology cultivates the skillset required to regulate our physiological and emotional activation, which is at the core of how we handle stressful situations—whether related to diagnosable mental health or medical conditions or optimizing peak performance under pressure.
Some of the issues biofeedback therapy may help address include:
- Chronic pain and tension, especially when used in tandem with physical therapy
- Irritable bowel syndrome and other stress-related gastrointestinal issues
- Generalized anxiety disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Enhancing pain management and stress management strategies
- Monitoring diagnostic and treatment variables for better therapeutic outcomes
- Improving sleep patterns, reducing blood pressure, and helping regulate autonomic imbalances
- Supporting individuals through investigational treatment protocols with non-invasive techniques
- Helping detect moderate differences in physiological responses to improve training precision
In addition to treating symptoms, biofeedback psychology enhances emotional and cognitive skills, builds resilience, and helps optimize peak performance in areas such as athletics, the arts, and professional settings.