Links to Course Descriptions on this page:
   Australian 4-Day Neurofeedback in a Clinical Practice
   Australian 2-Day Alpha/Theta
   4-Day Neurofeedback in the Clinical Practice
   ADHD
   2-Day Alpha/Theta
   Advanced Beta Reset
   Beta-Reset: An EEG Neurofeedback Intervention Protocol
   Integration of Neurofeedback and Psychotherapy
   Mining the EEG
   4-Day Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology
   Peak, Power, Optimal
   Peripheral Biofeedback & Neurofeedback
   Psychopharmacology
   Z-Score

Professional Courses in Neurofeedback

Australian 4-Day Neurofeedback in a Clinical Practice

This course will give you a thorough grounding in this field and prepare you for successful clinical implementation of Neurofeedback. The course is very practical, experiential and 'hands-on'. Sufficient basic neuro-physiology is presented to allow participants to understand the neurofeedback process and reasoning for protocol decisions. The class size is kept at a low maximum number of 12 attendees. This allows catering for individual needs. The aim of this course is for each participant to achieve a level of competency, sufficient to begin providing EEG Biofeedback to clients that present with an uncomplicated profile. Supervision is available and strongly recommended during the initial period of clinical service provision.

Our aim is for course participants to become successful, effective and efficient Neurofeedback Practitioners.

Australian 2-Day Alpha/Theta

This course offers a comprehensive introduction to Alpha/Theta training protocols. The Alpha/Theta protocol, also commonly referred to as the "Peniston Protocol" (in recognition of the ground-braking published research by Eugene Peniston, achieving an 80% success rate, with 10 year follow-up, in the treatment of alcoholism), is deep state work, mainly applied to address Addictions, PTSD and for Peak Performance. However, combining Alpha-Theta fairly early with Beta-SMR training can, for many clients, accelerate their healing process. Some of the topics covered include: historical development, research history, Alpha/Theta training methodology, clinical applications and an experiential practicum.

Prerequisite: Australian 4-Day Neurofeedback in a Clinical Practice - "Getting Started in Neurofeedback"

Recommendation: The clinician has had ample opportunity to understand the higher frequency training protocols.

4-Day Neurofeedback in the Clinical Practice

Ed Hamlin, Ph.D., BCIA

We offer 32 CEs for psychologists!  (36 BCIA)

The purpose of this training course is to present a comprehensive approach to the clinical application of the emerging EEG biofeedback (neurofeedback) modality.  The course is intended for clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, educators, educational therapists, clinical social workers, rehabilitation specialists and academic researchers in neurophysiology and biofeedback practitioners who have little or no background or experience with neurofeedback. It is also a good refresher course for current neurofeedback practitioners.

The course includes pre-course reading materials from selected medical texts.  It is important that you give adequate time to familiarize yourself with this material.  It will help you gain more from the course.  The four-day course is a combination of didactic presentations and hands-on training. Multiple practicum are conducted over the four days.  One neurofeedback system is provided for every two attendees.

Upon completion of the course, attendees will have gained a clear overview of the capabilities of the EEG biofeedback process, how to evaluate clients with respect to its possible use, how to choose an appropriate EEG biofeedback protocol and implement it on computerized instrumentation, and how the process might be used in their individual practices.  We recommend additional courses and clinical consultation following this introductory course.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
	Understand the latest research as it applies to neurobehavioral problems and clinical disorders.
	Understand the latest research as it applies to EEG Neurofeedback and the underlying science.
	Be able to identify the most appropriate clinical uses for EEG Neurofeedback and application.
	Be able to record and measure the EEG from various 10-20 Electrode sites with EEG Neurofeedback equipment.
	Understand how to organize and write appropriate EEG Neurofeedback treatment plans.
	Learn the basic properties of the EEG including frequency and amplitude
	Understand how arousal is measured across multiple modalities
	Understand the relationship between arousal and task efficiency
	Understand the basic principles of over-arousal and under-arousal
	Learn to utilize the symptom-based model of behavioral training with neurofeedback (NFB)
	Understand the arousal-based paradigm for aberrant behavior
	Understand the proper setup procedure for acquiring an optimum EEG signal for neurofeedback training
	Understand how to set up an EEG training protocol and run a training practicum
	Understand location-specific and frequency-specific decisions for anticipated outcomes of training
	Understand the use of a protocol decision tree to determine training program
	Understand what the EEG represents and how operant conditioning of the EEG is the primary mechanism of neurofeedback (NFB)
	Understand what structures in the brain create and affect the EEG, especially the brainstem and thalamus
	Appreciate the importance of central placements (e.g., Cz, C3, C4) for neurofeedback
	Understand the basic organization and anatomy of the brain with general understanding of the primary function of the main components
	Appreciate the importance and relevance of such knowledge to applying competent NFB
	Learn about efficacy/effectiveness research
	Learn to develop a comprehensive assessment using standardized testing procedures and how to apply them to NFB

ADHD

EEG Biofeedback for Attention, Learning and Behavioral Problems

Instructor: Matt Fleischman, Ph.D.

This course will present a comprehensive program for the management of attention, learning and behavior problems in a private practice setting. Detailed presentations of assessment tools, EEG biofeedback protocols, other treatment options and case presentations.

Matt Fleishman, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist specializing in attention, learning and behavior problems in children and adults, and is the Director of the Center for Attention and Learning in Eugene, Oregon. Dr. Fleischman has extensive experience with assessment and treatment integrating social learning, cognitive behavior skills training, family therapy and neurofeedback. He is the author of "Troubled Families: A Treatment Program."

2-Day Course - 14 CEs

2-Day Alpha/Theta

Instructor:  Neil King, M.S.W.

Limit:  12 Participants

Alpha Theta is deep-state work. Adding Alpha-Theta fairly early (within 10-20 sessions) for many clients, can accelerate the healing process beyond just Beta/SMR. Course includes:

• Introduction and History 
• Running a session - All about bings and bongs 
• Running first  and second sessions 
• Interpreting and facilitating sessions 
• Integration with therapeutic techniques 
• A tool for transformation 

Prerequisite: 4-Day Neurofeedback in a Clinical Practice.
Recommendation: The clinician has had ample opportunity to understand the higher frequency training protocol.

2-Day Course - 14 CEs

Advanced Beta Reset

Instructors:  Jaclyn Gisburne, Ph.D. & Jana C. Harr, B.A.

Limit:  20 Participants

This is an advanced skills training workshop.  It is only open to those clinicians who have attended an introductory Beta Reset workshop conducted by Jana Harr and Jaclyn Gisburne or who have received permission from the workshop presenters.  In addition, this workshop fulfills the first step of four steps in the Matrix Reimprinting practitioner's certification process, that of the 4-day EFT/Matrix Reimprinting skills workshop.  Interested clinicians may then pay the appropriate practitoner certification fees, register for the required 12 Matrix Reimprinting skills webinars and arrange for mentored supervision.  Information for this will be available at the workshop.

The Beta Reset protocol is not used as a stand-alone, but is used in conjunction with numerous adjunct modalities to help faciliate client needs and achieve optimal outcomes.  Included in this workshop will be Beta-Reset condition-specific variations, screening and assesing clients, recognizing and processing implicit and explicit memories, transitioning clients to stabilization protocols and modalities, certification-levl skills training for EFT and Matrix Reimprinting.

The purpose of this training is to provide experienced neurofeedback clinicians with additional skills in order to a)facilitate the integration of the Beta Reset process into their practice and b)enhance clinician's adjunct modality skill sets to expedite initial trauma resolution.

3-day course - 24 CE's

Beta-Reset: An EEG Neurofeedback Intervention Protocol

Instructors:  Jaclyn Gisburne, Ph.D. & Jana C. Harr, B.A.

This workshop is designed for experienced EEG Neurofeedback users who are open to working with stress and/or trauma event reconciliation with adjunct modalities.

This workshop is designed for Experienced EEG neurofeedback users who are open to working with stress and/or trauma event reconciliation with adjunct modalities.  Participants are encouraged to bring their own systems in order to gain some experiential practice.

Objective:  By the end of the training, the participants will:

• Gain an understanding on resetting functions of Beta-reset, e.g., alpha/beta suppression and rebounding, REM Sleep, outcomes
• Articulate the difference between the Beta-reset protocol and other more traditional EEG neurofeedback protocols
• Be able to describe briefly the protocol and its uses, limitations and potentials
• Learn the rationale for the use of Beta-reset and/or other intervention protocols
• Learn the basics for site selection & sequencing of the Beta-reset intervention protocol
• Learn 3 factors for determining how and when to transition from intervention to stabilization protocol and which frequency-based protocol is most appropriate
• Understand the significance of "stories" and the emergence of trauma-event(s) memories, and introduce research on significance of this "window of opportunity" and reconsolidation of memories
• Learn what to be aware of if protocol doesn't work and list at least three psychological factors that might inhibit a client's progress of recovery
• Learn and articulate three types of client "resourcing" and at least two adjunct modalities and their role in resourcing the client
• Be able to successfully execute the basics of at least one adjunct modalities 

4-Day course - 32 CEs

Integration of Neurofeedback and Psychotherapy

Instructor: Sebern F. Fisher, MA, BCIAC

Trauma and Recovery: The Integration of Neurofeedback and Psychotherapy

Abstract:   Post-traumatic stress disorder is, at its foundation, a disorder of the brain, particularly of the brain's ability to regulate fear. The brain oscillates between high sympathetic arousal as manifest in nightmares, startle responses and aggression and parasympathic under arousal, manifest, at its worst, in dissociation. PTSD is a brain in the grip of fear.  Neurofeedback can be used to regulate the fear circuitries in the brain. Regulation of fear may, in fact, be the single most important contribution that neurofeedback makes to the treatment of severe conditions such as PTSD, attachment disorder and personality disorders. This workshop focuses on the integration of neurofeedback and psychotherapy in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, both acute and chronic.

The topics covered include:

• The role of the psychotherapist once using neurofeedback
• The role of neurofeedback in psychotherapeutic treatments
• Affect regulation as the corner stone of effective psychotherapy
• The role of neurofeedback in the regulation of affect
• Fear as the central affect of concern
• The neural circuitry of fear
• Repressed memory and neurofeedback training
• The discovery and use of FPO2: frequency and time considerations

To read Sebern's detailed course description, click here: A Dance of Discernment: The Integration of Neurofeedback and Psychotherapy

1-Day Course - 7 CEs

Mining the EEG

Instructors:  Ed Hamlin, Ph.D., Clinical Director of the Center for Advancement of Human Potential and Andrea Meckley, MA

Enrollment is Limited to 15 participants

Course Objective: 

An enormous amount of information can be gained by exploring the EEG in-depth.  We will examine numerous 19- channel EEG recording to learn what patterns to look for in the raw tracing, how these patterns relate to clinical symptoms, and build a bridge between the patterns seen in the raw EEG and those in quantitative analysis.  In doing so we will look at the advantages and disadvantages of various EEG montages and explore the information that can be derived from maps and tables that comprise referenced and non-referenced QEEG approaches.  We will explore analysis techniques from several different databases (SKIL, Neuroguide, NxLink) and will present new 1-,2- and 4- channel techniques that can be used in situations where a full-head assessment is not practical.  We will also examine the importance of the Posterior Dominant Frequency and how to assess this in quantitative analysis and during a clinical session.  Participants will leave with a greater understanding of the raw EEG, how patterns relate to their clients  symptoms and what changes to look for during neurofeedback training.

1-Day Course - 7 CE's

4-Day Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology

Instructor: Harold Burke, Ph.D.

The more you know about neurophysiology and how the brain is organized, the better you'll understand, from a physiological standpoint, the various cognitive, behavioral and emotional problems your patients experience. This helps you apply specific protocols at a more sophisticated level. We will discuss aspects of brain behavior relationships;  dimensions of subcortical/cortical connections, left hemisphere vs. right, and anterior vs. posterior.  We’ll focus on how different parts of the brain communicate, how the brain is organized and how medications and hormones affect the brain.

This course can be used to fulfill the Human A&P requirement for BCIA EEG certification.

4-Day Course - 32 CEs

Peak, Power, Optimal

Instructor: Rae Tattenbaum, MSW, BCIA

This course is designed for practicing neurofeedback professionals who wish to provide an integrated program in optimal performance training to an audience that includes executives, sales personnel, entrepreneurs, athletes, performers and musicians. Participants will learn about assessment tools and protocol selection, along with adjunctive techniques for physical balancing

Rae Tattenbaum, MSW, BCIAC, is a licensed clinical social worker and certified neurofeedback practitioner who specializes in optimum performance training. Rae has over 30 years experience in the performing arts as well as international business experience.

2-Day Course - 14 CEs

Peripheral Biofeedback & Neurofeedback

Instructor:  Angelika Sadar, MA

Limit:  20 participants

Course Objective:

 This course will introduce the Thought Technology Physiology Suite to EEGer clinicians. Standardized clinical screens will be available to make it easy for EEGer users to adapt to this software. A number of physiological biofeedback markers will be covered, including targets that lend them selves to easy use with neurofeedback clients. Skin conductance and temperature are two of the easiest targets to integrate. Other measures include blood pressure, heart rate, and muscle tension. This course will also lay the ground work for later courses which will address heart rate variability and hemoencephelography (HEG). Participants will have the opportunity to get hands on experience using these targets with at least one other person. As a result, each participant should come prepared to be the subject of someone else’s training. This course is intended to introduce accessible biofeedback targets that can improve neurofeedback outcomes, and will not prepare practitioners for biofeedback certification. Hardware, software and sensors will be provided.

1-Day Course - 7 CE's

Psychopharmacology

Instructor:  Harold Burke, Ph.D, BCIAC

This course will introduce you to basic principals of psychopharmacology and will provide the latest information on the major classes of psychotropic drugs.  You will learn about (a) specific brain circuits, (b) how specific neurotransmitters are associated with those circuits, and (c) how drugs affect those circuits.  You will also learn about how drugs may potentially influence the efficacy and safety of neurofeedback and the effects of drugs on your client's mood, cognition, behavior, and the EEG itself.  This will allow you to better understand how your treatment is actually affecting your client and how to work with the prescribing physician to titrate the dose if necessary and to help your client wean off a drug if possible and appropriate.  Included will be details about drug side effects, important because you need to know whether effects are due to neurofeedback to durgs, or to a combination.

Specifically, you will learn about:

• Electrochemical communication between neurons.
• Neurotransmitters and receptors
• Specific brain circuits, how their dysfunction may result in psychiatric symptoms, the neurotransmitters associated with those circuits, and how drugs may affect those circuits.
• Major classes of psychotropic drugs, including antidepressants, mood stabilizers (i.e., lithium, anticonvulsants,antipsychotics), anxiolytics, drugs to treat ADHD, cognitive enhancers, drugs to treat pain/funtional somatic syndromes (e.g.,fibromyalgia), and drugs that affect sleep and wakefulness.
• Inter-individual variability in drug effects and drug-drug interactions.
• Effect of drugs on the EEG/qEEG. 

2-Day Course - 14 CEs
The CE credits earned in this course may be applied toward the Psychopharmacology requirement for BCIA certification.

Z-Score

Instructors:  Ed Hamlin, Ph.D., Clinical Director of the Center for Advancement of Human Potential and Andrea Meckley, MA

Enrollment is Limited to 20 participants

Course Objective: 

This course will introduce the EEGer approach to 4-Channel Live Z-Score training.  Use of 4-Channel Z-Score will be demonstrated and the pros and cons of using it in a variety of clinical situations will be discussed.  Participants will leave the course with hands on experience of using 4-Channel Z Score training with at least one other person.  As a result, each participant should come prepared to be the subject of someone else's training.  Hardware and software will be provided.

1 Day Course - 7 CE's