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Biofeedback
for the Brain
Price: $21.95
First Paperback Edition
Subtitle:
How Neurotherapy Effectively Treats Depression, ADHD, Autism, and More
Author: Paul G. Swingle
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Pages: 240 pages
Subject: Health
and Medicine
Paper ISBN: 978-0-8135-4779-4
Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8135-4287-4
Publication Date: February
2010
Praise forBiofeedback
for the Brain
“Swingle is a seasoned
biofeedback practitioner. His work will appeal to both
professionals and the concerned public.”—Siegfried Othmer, chief
scientist, The EEG Institute
“Dr. Swingle's book is the
first (and the best) to give the rationale for neurotherapy in a
panoply of neurological and psychological disorders. He has a
practical, yet sophisticated approach to neurofeedback and to
adjunctive techniques which make it work faster and better. It is
an outstanding guide to neurofeedback for the beginner and the
experienced clinician.” —Jonathan E. Walker, M.D., Board Certified
Neurologist, Medical Director, Neurotherapy Center of Dallas
"This book is a readable
primer or introduction, written to help readers decide whether
neurotherapy might be of benefit to you or someone close to you.' The
book achieves that objective with clear examples and sidebars that
highlight questions readers may have. [Swingle's] book provides
guidance for those seeking a neurotherapy practitioner. Recommended." —Choice
“A wonderful primer for the
would-be practitioner. . . . Swingle writes nicely, very readably, and
is a good teacher, and [surely], a good healer.”—Roy Sugarman, Metapsychology
Description:
Neurofeedback is a
cutting-edge, drug-free therapeutic technique used by over a thousand
licensed therapists in North America to treat a range of conditions
from attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders to epilepsy, stroke,
anxiety, migraine, and depression. First popularized in the 1970s, this
naturalistic method is based on the idea that we can control our brain
activity and that, through training, the brain can learn to modify its
own electrical patterns for more efficient processing or to overcome
various states of dysfunction.
In Biofeedback for the
Brain, Dr. Paul G. Swingle describes in clear and coherent
language how these procedures work. With numerous actual case examples,
readers follow the progress of clients from the initial "brain map"
that shows the location and severity of the neurological abnormalities
to the various stages of treatment. Conditions often considered
untreatable by conventional health practitioners respond positively to
neurotherapeutic treatment and Swingle describes many of these
remarkable recoveries. Other chapters describe the use of neurotherapy
for a variety of surprising purposes, including performance training
for elite athletes, of which the most famous example is the Italian
soccer team who considered the technique to be their "secret weapon" in
attaining a World Cup victory.
Despite wide-ranging
success stories and the endorsement of the American Psychological
Association, many health care practitioners remain skeptical of
neurofeedback and the procedures are still not well-known by the public
or conventional health care providers. This book provides a thorough,
definitive, and highly readable presentation of this remarkable health
care alternative that offers millions of individuals a chance for
healing.
About the Author:
Paul G. Swingle is
a registered psychologist in British Columbia and is board certified in
biofeedback and neurotherapy. He was professor of psychology at the
University of Ottawa, lecturer in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
and was the coordinator of the clinical psychophysiology service at
Boston's McLean Hospital.
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