Neurofeedback — training, not stimulation.
Operant-conditioning training of the brain's electrical activity. The patient sits quietly while their EEG is fed back into a screen, sound, or game. Over sessions, the brain learns to spend more time in the patterns the protocol encourages.
A learned regulation skill.
Sensors on the scalp record electrical activity at specific sites. Software identifies the EEG features the protocol is targeting — typically based on the patient's qEEG findings — and rewards the brain when it produces them. Reward usually means the screen brightens, a tone plays, or a game character moves. There's nothing being put into the brain. The brain is doing the work; the feedback is the mirror.
A session is 30–45 minutes. We typically run sessions twice a week. Most programmes run 20–40 sessions over 3–6 months, with re-examination at the midpoint and conclusion.
Strongest in attention, anxiety, and post-trauma adjunct.
The neurofeedback evidence base has grown steadily — not uniformly. The strongest signal is in attention presentations, where multiple meta-analyses including Riesco-Matías et al. (2021) and Van Doren et al. (2019) report sustained effects on inattention. Anxiety presentations show consistent within-subject effects, particularly when paired with HRV biofeedback. PTSD evidence includes van der Kolk et al's 2016 randomised trial, supporting use as adjunct to trauma-focused psychotherapy.
It is not, in any of those settings, a stand-alone substitute for established first-line care. We use it the way the evidence supports — as a measurement-led adjunct.
Individualised from the qEEG.
We don't run packaged protocols. Every neurofeedback plan is built from the patient's qEEG findings — which sites, which frequencies, which directions of change — and reviewed by Dr Ash before training begins. Most patients run surface-based protocols; some run swLORETA-guided z-score training where the picture warrants the additional precision.
Progress is tracked at every session against pre-defined targets. We re-image the brain at the midpoint and at conclusion to compare against the baseline qEEG.
A few things to be clear about.
- Neurofeedback is not a cure for any condition. We do not claim that.
- It is not stimulation. Nothing is sent into the brain. The brain is generating its own activity; the feedback shows it back.
- It is not a substitute for psychiatric medication, psychological therapy, or primary medical care. We work alongside your existing practitioners.
- It is not appropriate for every presentation — see when it does and doesn't fit.
Your brain.... Your call.
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Scope & safety
We work alongside — not in place of — primary medical and psychological care. We do not diagnose neurological or psychiatric conditions from EEG, and we do not prescribe or alter medication. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call 000 or Lifeline 13 11 14.