The effects of trauma on the brain are like a brain injury. Neurofeedback teaches the brain to heal itself -- to function optimally. When one has a healthier brain, one feels better, works better, sleeps better, pays attention better, etc.

1. NEUROFEEDBACK FOR TRAUMA: AN
OVERVIEW
Linda Guzman Ellenberger
Proprietor & Clinician
Elevate Brain Training
Email: ElevateBrainTraining@gmail.com
2017

2. A PowerPoint Presentation by
Linda Guzman Ellenberger
Proprietor & Clinician
Elevate Brain Training
Fresno, California
Email: ElevateBrainTraining@gmail.com
© 2017

3. OVERVIEW
1. Clients: Childhood Trauma Victims
2. Trauma as Brain Injury
3. Neurofeedback in General: The Injured
Brain CAN be Healed
4. Neurofeedback:
 What it is Not
 The Process from Start to Finish
 Some Stats
 The Result: A Restored Brain

4.  Every time she
closed her eyes,
she saw her
daughter dying on
the operating table
Before NFB
35-YR-OLD LACEY: DAUGHTER KILLED

5.  Every time she
closed her eyes,
she saw her
daughter dying on
the operating table
 1st time able to close
eyes without seeing
daughter dying on
operating table
Before NFB After 1st NFB SESS
35-YR-OLD LACEY: DAUGHTER KILLED

6.  Every time she
closed her eyes,
she saw her
daughter dying on
the operating table
 1st time able to close
eyes without seeing
daughter dying on
operating table
 Improved memory
 Increased sociability
 More energy
 Improved sleep
Before NFB After 1st NFB SESS
35-YR-OLD LACEY: DAUGHTER KILLED
After 5 NFB SESSIONS

7.  Slept 16 hrs/day
 Not active
 Daily debilitating
sadness, hopelessness,
loss of energy
 D’s & F’s
Before
16-YR-OLD BETTIE: MOLESTED ATAGE 6

8.  Improvedenergy
 Inhighschoolathletics
 Brightercountenance;
smiling
 A’s&B’s
Before After NFB
16-YR-OLD BETTIE: MOLESTED ATAGE 6
 Slept 16 hrs/day
 Not active
 Daily debilitating
sadness, hopelessness,
loss of energy
 D’s & F’s

9.  Improvedenergy
 Inhighschoolathletics
 Brightercountenance;
smiling
 A’s&B’s
**AroundSession#10
Sheopenedup about
molestationafterkeeping
secretfor10years.
Before After NFB
16-YR-OLD BETTIE: MOLESTED ATAGE 6
 Slept 16 hrs/day
 Not active
 Daily debilitating
sadness, hopelessness,
loss of energy
 D’s & F’s

10.  Unable to:
 hold a job
 identify emotions,
likes, dislikes
 set relational
boundaries
 realize her pattern
of toxic
relationships
Before NFB
55-YR-OLD DANA: MOLESTATION VICTIM

11.  Career path
 Exhilarating
awareness of likes,
dislikes, emotions
 Able to identify toxic
relationships & break
free of them
Before NFB After NFB
55-YR-OLD DANA: MOLESTATION VICTIM
 Unable to:
 hold a job
 identify emotions,
likes, dislikes
 set relational
boundaries
 realize her pattern
of toxic
relationships

12.  Fear of abandonment:
“Mommy, don’t leave
me.”
 Fear of peers: social
isolation
 Poor memory
 Blanking out
Before
5-YR-OLD ANNIE: MOLESTATION VICTIM
Before

13.  Fear of abandonment:
“Mommy, don’t leave
me.”
 Fear of peers: social
isolation
 Poor memory
 Blanking out
 Happytoseparatefrom
Mom &gotoschool
 Playswithfriends
 Academicaward
 Articulate &confident
duringdeposition
Before After
5-YR-OLD ANNIE: MOLESTATION VICTIM
Before After NFB

14. NEUROFEEDBACK
IS

15. OVERVIEW
1.  Clients: Childhood Trauma Victims
2. Trauma as Brain Injury
3. Neurofeedback in General: The Injured
Brain CAN be Healed
4. Neurofeedback:
 What it is Not
 The Process from Start to Finish
 Some Stats
 The Result: A Restored Brain

16. BRAIN INJURY

17. BRAIN INJURY
PHYSICAL
CONCUSSION

18. BRAIN INJURY
PHYSICAL
CONCUSSION

19. BRAIN INJURY
PHYSICAL
CONCUSSION

20. BRAIN INJURY
PHYSICAL
CONCUSSION
EMOTIONAL
CONCUSSION
H. NORMAN WRIGHT

21. BRAIN INJURY
PHYSICAL
CONCUSSION
EMOTIONAL
CONCUSSION
H. NORMAN WRIGHT
MOLESTATION
VICTIMS/
FAMILIES

22. BRAIN BASICS
ANALYTICAL
PROCESSING
CALMS
EMOTIONAL
BRAIN

23. BRAIN BASICS
ANALYTICAL
PROCESSING
CALMS
EMOTIONAL
BRAIN
EMOTIONAL
PROCESSING
ALARM PORTION

24. EMOTIONAL CONCUSSION
ANALYTICAL
PROCESSING
CALMS
EMOTIONAL
BRAIN
EMOTIONAL
PROCESSING
ALARM PORTION

25. EMOTIONAL CONCUSSION
ANALYTICAL
PROCESSING
CALMS
EMOTIONAL
BRAIN
EMOTIONAL
PROCESSING
ALARM PORTION

26. Left Brain: LOGIC
 analytical skills
 verbal expression
 setting boundaries
 distinguish between
real & false threat
 expression of positive
emotion
EMOTIONAL CONCUSSION

27. Left Brain: LOGIC
 analytical skills
 verbal expression
 setting boundaries
 distinguish between
real & false threat
 expression of positive
emotion
Right Brain: EMOTION
 reactivity
 hypervigilance: perceives
danger when there is
none
 sensory overload
 expression of negative
emotion
EMOTIONAL CONCUSSION

28. EMOTIONAL
CONCUSSION
DEPRESSION
IRRITABILITY
ANGER;
AGGRESSION
EASILY
OVERWHELMED
WORTHLESS-
NESS
SHAME
LOSS OF
SENSE OF
THE
FUTURE
HOPELESSNESS

29. EMOTIONAL
CONCUSSION
DECREASED
CONCENTRATION
HYPERACTIVITY
NUMBING;
SUBSTANCE
ABUSE
POOR
MEMORY
NIGHTMARES;
FLASHBACKS
ANXIETY;
PANIC
ATTACKS
HEADACHES;
MIGRAINES
LOSS OF
SENSE OF
SELF

30. OVERVIEW
1.  Clients: Childhood Trauma Victims
2.  Trauma as Brain Injury
3. Neurofeedback in General: The Injured
Brain CAN be Healed
4. Neurofeedback:
 What it is Not
 The Process from Start to Finish
 Some Stats
 The Result: A Restored Brain

31.  The 21st Century’s Best Kept Secret
How Can an
Emotionally
Concussed
Brain
Be Healed?

32. A POWERFUL
INTERVENTION:
NEUROFEEDBACK
EEG BIOFEEDBACK;
NEUROTHERAPY

33. NEUROFEEDBACK IN A NUTSHELL
http://neurofeedbackdefined.com/what-is-neurofeedback

34. THE ESSENCE OF NEUROFEEDBACK
When your BRAIN
becomes aware of ITS
OWN ACTIVITY…
Your brain can change it

35. IMPROVEMENTS ARE TYPICALLY
PERMANENT
 Changes are
permanent
 Just as you never
forget how to ride a
bike, your brain
typically never
forgets how to
function better
http://neurofeedbackdefined.com/what-is-neurofeedback

36. A Balanced
Brain

37. A Balanced
Brain
Improved
Brain
Performance

38. A Balanced
Brain
 Better attention
 More alert
 Calm focus
 Better control over
behavior, thoughts,
emotions
 Increased resilience
to stress
 Improved sleep
patterns
 Grace under
pressure
Improved
Brain
Performance

39. A Healthy Brain
Attentiveness;
Calm Focus;
Effective Memory
Free of
Headaches, Migraines,
Seizures
Awareness;
Presence
Healthy Behaviors Efficient
Information
Processing
Positive
Self-Talk
Consistent Energy
Levels
Consistent
Mood
Restorative
Sleep
with Dreams
Emotional
Regulation
Healthy Drive:
Motivation,
Organization,
Creativity
Balanced
Thought Life
w/ Ability to be
Objective

40. OVERVIEW
1.  Clients: Childhood Trauma Victims
2.  Trauma as Brain Injury
3. Neurofeedback in General: The Injured
Brain CAN be Healed
4. Neurofeedback:
 What it is Not
 The Process from Start to Finish
 Some Stats
 The Result: A Restored Brain

41.  The 21st Century’s Best Kept Secret
What is
Neurofeedback NOT?

42. NEUROFEEDBACK IS NOT….
 A cure to make your
child do chores
 A parenting
replacement
 A panacea
 A quick fix
 A “Holy Grail”
 “Mind over matter”

43. NEUROFEEDBACK IS NOT….
 Counseling
 A new age fad
 Hypnosis
 Invasive
 Painful
 Electric stimulation
 Considered “medical
care”  insurance tends
not to cover

44.  The 21st Century’s Best Kept Secret
What Does
the
Neurofeedback
Process
Look Like?

45. GETTING STARTED
 STEP 1: Client composes 4 priority symptoms as
baseline by which progress is measured Ex:
Currently, wakes 4x/night


46. GETTING STARTED
 STEP 1: Client composes 4 priority symptoms as
baseline by which progress is measured Ex:
Currently, wakes 4x/night
 STEP 2: Intake  UCLA-approved 90-question
interview provides “illustration” of one’s brain
functioning

47. GETTING STARTED
 STEP 1: Client composes 4 priority symptoms as
baseline by which progress is measured Ex:
Currently, wakes 4x/night.
 STEP 2: Intake  UCLA-approved 90-question
interview provides “illustration” of one’s brain
functioning
 STEP 3: Software determines optimal brain
training plan, customized for each client  Plan
A and Plan B

48. GETTING STARTED
 STEP 1: Client composes 4 priority symptoms as
baseline by which progress is measured. Ex:
Currently, wakes 4x/night.
 STEP 2: Intake  UCLA-approved 90-question
interview provides “illustration” of one’s brain
functioning
 STEP 3: Software determines optimal brain
training plan, customized for each client  Plan
A and Plan B
 STEP 4: Start sessions  min 2x/week

49.  Sensors are placed
on ear(s) & scalp
 Sensors pick up
electrical activity
coming from
brainwaves
 Each session: 25-35
minutes of feedback
http://neurofeedbackdefined.com/neurofeedback-therapy
WHAT HAPPENS IN A
NEUROFEEDBACK SESSION?

50. Software gives brain
FEEDBACK on:
a) brain’s performance
b) how the brain might
improve its
performance
WHAT DOES THE
NFB SOFTWARE DO?

52. HOW MANY SESSIONS?
 2-3x/week (up to 10)

53. HOW MANY SESSIONS?
 2-3x/week (up to 10)
 Generally, in the first
5-8 sessions, clients
notice
improvements. Plan
B?

54. HOW MANY SESSIONS?
 2-3x/week (up to 10)
 Generally, in the first
5-8 sessions, clients
notice
improvements.
Plan B?
 20-30 sessions:
average number
needed

55. HOW MANY SESSIONS?
  # symptoms
  intensity
  frequency
  sessions needed

56. HOW MANY SESSIONS?
  # symptoms
  intensity
  frequency
  sessions needed

57.  Ages 7 through 11:
Pre-pubescent brain
responds more
quickly
 ANY age may
benefit!
OPTIMAL AGE FOR NEUROFEEDBACK

58.  The 21st Century’s Best Kept Secret
BrainPaint’s Efficacy

59. BRAINPAINT RESULTS: ALL CLIENTS
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2
Sessions
5
Sessions
10
Sessions
20
Sessions
All Clients & All Issues (n=16,490)
Percentage
of People
Reporting
Progress
80%
report
symptoms
are “better”
or
“resolved”
by the 20th
session.
Per BrainPaint Rack Card

60. WHO RESPONDS TO TRAINING?...

61. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
SUPPORTS NEUROFEEDBACK
 “…evidence-based
child/adolescent
psychosocial
intervention”
 Level 1 (Best Support) for
children & teens w/
“attention & hyperactivity
behaviors”
(2013)
http://coe.csusb.edu/documents/CRPsychosocialInterventions.pdf

62. THE BRAIN RESTORED
ANALYTICAL
PROCESSING
CALMS
EMOTIONAL
BRAIN
EMOTIONAL
PROCESSING
ALARM PORTION

63. THE BRAIN IS RESTORED

64. CLIENT 55-YR-OLD DANA:
TRAUMA MAKES YOU LIKE
HUMPTY DUMPTY.
AND NEUROFEEDBACK
PUTS YOU BACK TOGETHER
AGAIN.

65. CLIENT 55-YR-OLD DANA:
THE BRAIN GETS FROZEN
WITH TRAUMA.
THEN IT GETS UNFROZEN
WITH NFB.
LIKE COMING OUT OF
SENSORY DEPRIVATION IN
PRISON.

66. NEUROFEEDBACK HAS HELPED
OLYMPICATHLETES,CEOS,AUTISTIC CHILDREN,TRAUMA
VICTIMS,CHILDREN WITH AD/HD,
VETERANS WITH PTSD, & THE LIST GOES ON….

67. OVERVIEW
1.  Clients: Childhood Trauma Victims
2.  Trauma as Brain Injury
3.  Neurofeedback in General: The Injured
Brain CAN be Healed
4.  Neurofeedback:
  What it is Not
  The Process from Start to Finish
  Some Stats
  The Result: A Restored Brain

68.  The 21st Century’s Best Kept Secret
Final Re-Cap
1. Trauma results in brain damage
2. Neurofeedback restores brain
3. NFB gains = permanent
4. Minimum 2x/week, 10-week commitment
5. Pre-pubescent brains learn faster
6. 80% of clients see gains in 2-4 weeks
7. 95% of people respond to NFB
8. BrainPaint NFB is cutting edge technology 
a game-changer
9. NF is a powerful tool—helping people
function better & feel better, permanently

69. NEUROFEEDBACK
IS