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Expert-Guided Home Neurofeedback

Expert-Guided home neurofeedback is an at-home alternative to coming to the clinic. Perfect to treat poor attention/concentration and for “top ups” if you have been a client with us before. You just come back for a short assessment and we’ll take care of the rest online! Register your interest at the bottom of this page or arrange for a call back from one of our staff.

How does home Neurofeedback work?

You come to the clinic for an assessment as normal. Based on your symptoms, baseline EEG data and goals, we will program a headset and taylored neurofeedback training protocol which you can run at home.

We will make all the relevant decisions with you. All you need to do to start your neurofeedback training is put on a simple headset and play some games at home!

Every training program is supervised by one of our psychologists and neurofeedback specialists. Please bear in mind that home NFT is not for everyone. The decision is made based on your EEG data, so we cannot tell in advance if you will be a candidate.

The program runs via an app on your phone or tablet. You connect the Muse Headset to this app via bluetooth. We will give you log in details for the app, and when you log in, a personalised protocol will be ready for you. Multiple people can use the same headset; however, each user needs their own assessment, licence and log in details.

The sessions require you to wear the headset and connect to the app. The app picks up your brain signals which control a game or a YouTube video. The game/video will play when your brain creates the type of activity we want to increase. Otherwise it will stop. Through this process, your brain learns which types of activity we want to train.

We supervise you and track your progress

We supervise neurofeedback sessions remotely, so you can be sure your training is being looked after by one of our experts.

You can complete questionnaires and diaries online, so we can make sure neurofeedback is working for you. Depending on circumstances, we can arrange for you to come back to see us in person and check your progress.

Advantages of home neurofeedback training

Much less travel, have unlimited sessions at home, much cheaper, therapist-guided, come back to the clinic anytime.

Some disadvantages include the fact that we can only train one brain area at a time, we cannot use the 3D modelling for training (we will still use it for the assessment), and it requires an amount of motivation and organisation to train regularly. Home neurofeedback is not for everyone.

Add members of the family

You can add members of the family for a reduced rate of €100 per month

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Neurofeedback

We provide two neurofeedback options: remote and in-clinic. For more information on remote NFT, please read here. For in-clinic neurofeedback, we have partnered with The Dublin Mind Clinic. This is run by our wonderful colleague Michelle Franca who continues to consult with us at Actualise.

What is Neurofeedback?

Neurofeedback, or more precisely “Neurofeedback Training”, is a learning-based, completely non-invasive intervention that trains the brain to function more efficiently.

Several studies have extensively shown that Neurofeedback Training is particularly effective in the treatment of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anger management, substance abuse (addiction), and trauma.

However, Neurofeedback Training has also been shown to be a very powerful resource for those who don’t have any disorder in particular but still want to improve their performance at work and life in general (“Peak Performance” training).

How Does Neurofeedback Training Work?

The very first time a client visits the Neurofeedback clinic, an assessment of symptoms/complaints or personal development goals is performed by a certified Psychologist.

Subsequently, baseline (before Neurofeedback Training) electrical brain activity (electroencephalogram or EEG) is measured during a condition of complete rest (also called resting state).

Neurofeedback uses electroencephalogram (EEG) to measure and optimise your brain activity

This first phase is necessary to link behavioural reports and observations to brain function and, importantly, to identify areas of the brain that might not be functioning as well as they could.

For example, if you have had difficulties with attention, a specialist in EEG analysis will examine your resting state EEG tracings, looking for “anomalies” in the waveforms that are known to be associated with attention disturbances/disorders.

The EEG specialist will then select the areas of the brain associated with the EEG anomalies detected and finally devise a tailored Neurofeedback Training with a view to normalise abnormal EEG activity.

What Happens during a Neurofeedback Training session?

We have partnered with our colleagues at the Dublin Mind Clinic to provide neurofeedback training services.

As shown in the photo, you will be asked to wear a cap (very similar to a swimming cap!) with electrodes adhering to the head scalp to monitor electrical brain activity.

Importantly, the connection between electrodes and scalp is established in a completely non-invasive, pain-free way using water-based gel.

No injection or cut will be given to you at any stage of the session…all you will need at its completion is just a nice head wash with shampoo and warm water.

During the session, you will watch a movie on a computer monitor or engage in a computer game. Every time the selected brain regions exhibit EEG anomalies, the movie/game will stop.

While we measure your brain activity, a computer will give you real time feedback of your performance so you can quickly learn what works

However, the brain very quickly and gradually will learn to change its electrical activity in order to reduce the interruptions in movie/game reproduction and obtain a smoother perceptual experience.

In other words, session after session, by learning how to make the movie/game play more and more smoothly, your brain can learn to recruit new resources, eventually cancelling specific functional anomalies and ultimately reducing the associated behavioural disturbances.

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