HOW EXACTLY DOES IT WORK?
The concept of Low Energy Neurofeedback is a completely unique form of “brain optimization.” LENS uses weak electromagnetic fields to stimulate overall brain-wave activity and restore brain flexibility and responsiveness. The LENS operates much more rapidly than “traditional neurofeedback” and has qualities that make it much easier to use with people who can’t sit still. Instead of training parts of the brain to produce desired brainwave patterns like in traditional Neurofeedback, LENS improves overall performance by slightly altering the brain waves before sending them back to the client’s brain through EEG sensors which results in a reduction and/or elimination of symptoms that were interfering with your quality of life requiring no conscious effort from the client! LENS therapy is passive. As you relax in sessions, your brain does the work for you. For a fraction of a second, a TINY and IMPERCEPTIBLE electromagnetic signal causes a slight fluctuation in your brainwaves that allows the brain to reorganize and better regulate itself. For reference, a cell phone generates a signal at least a million times greater than the power of the LENS feedback signal.
It’s the difference of resetting or rebooting the brain and nervous system instead of training it like in traditional neurofeedback or traditional talk therapy. With the LENS, the client doesn’t need to “do” anything, and there is nothing to learn. The typical session with LENS lasts 3-4 minutes and consists of a 15 minute set up.
It may be utilized as the primary modality, or as an adjunct to other therapies. Patients across the lifespan, from young children to older adults, have benefited from LENS; used for over 30 years on infants as young as 3 months of age. In the normal course of events, LENS neurofeedback will be helpful for nearly everyone. Over 1,000,000 people have been helped.
WHO CAN BENEFIT?
The LENS works well with problems of the Central Nervous System. LENS is a great option to help individuals suffering from Symptoms of:
- anxiety
- depression
- attention deficits
- behavior disorders
- emotional disturbances (e.g. explosiveness)
- sleep disorders
- headaches and migraines
- autism spectrum
- addictions
- cerebral palsy
- Chronic pain
- traumatic brain injuries/head injuries
LENS neurofeedback helps the entire brain to regulate and rebalance itself by “rebooting” or freeing the brain from its frozen maladaptive state or defensive looping mechanisms caused by trauma (i.e. head trauma, emotional trauma/stress. LENS is completely non-invasive, safe, brief, gentle, and approved by the FDA.
TREATMENT DURATION
Since consistency is key to a successful LENS neurofeedback treatment, we do ask that you are able to commit to 8 weekly sessions to give your brain ample opportunity to integrate the new patterns that LENS therapy is working to implement for you. Additionally, the LENS time frame for success is shorter with the number of sessions ranging from as few as 1 to an overall average number of sessions of 11.