Neurofeedback for Addiction Treatment

Neurofeedback, as a practice, is the use of both EEG and HEG to fortify self-regulatory mechanisms in patients, and this is especially critical in the context of recovering addicts who often succumb to the whims of their own addiction.

Using neurofeedback, clients begin to conceptualize that they are not their addiction, and that they can develop control of their internal urges to abuse a particular substance.

While neurofeedback is often implemented to treat disorders such as Tourette’s Syndrome, insomnia, and anxiety, it can certainly interrupt the neurological pathways that yield addiction, if used properly.

There are innumerable benefits to using neurofeedback for addiction treatment, including its non invasive nature, and its empirically tested and proven effective results.

Additionally, neurofeedback does not require any medications, lifestyle changes, supplements, dietary changes, nor does it necessitate active involvement of the client.

Therefore, even if a client possesses little active involvement in their recovery, neurofeedback can still induce discernible results that are both measurable and life changing for the client.

Furthermore, neurofeedback can help attack the root of a disorder by improving memory and attention, and the optimization of hormonal control-in the sense that the brain does govern the endocrine system.

Given that the brain regulates the endocrine system, neurofeedback can help control the hormonal disruptions that give rise to addictive tendencies.