What is Biofeedback?

Biofeedback is a method that offers real-time, physiological feedback (e.g. heart rate, muscle tension [EMG], respiration, body temperature, skin conductance) to help you learn techniques to regulate your body’s stress response. The aim of biofeedback is to improve nervous system functioning which, in turn, helps stress recovery.

Who is a Good Fit & What Does Biofeedback Treatment Look Like?

Individuals who struggle with certain stress-related mental and medical symptoms are likely to benefit from biofeedback treatment. This includes but is not limited to: anxiety, stress, panic attacks, headaches (specifically migraine and tension headaches), stress-related medical problems and functional gastrointestinal disorders (e.g. Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS).

In addition to teaching physiological regulation and stress recovery skills, I uniquely blend mindfulness- and compassion-based psychotherapeutic skills alongside biofeedback to address the powerful mental forces of rumination, disconnection from the body and emotional suppression.

Biofeedback tends to be a good fit for individuals who appreciate a data-driven approach to treatment and are ready to adopt regular relaxation practices.

I regularly present, write and train other professionals on how to deliver Mindfulness-Based Biofeedback. Here’s an example of a webinar I gave about how body awareness, or interoception, relates to mental health and how we can use it to recover from stress: