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When Meds Didn't Improve My Depression, I Tried Retaining My Brain Waves Instead

By Laura Zera — 2016

Two years ago, I walked through the door of a Seattle therapist’s office with the goal of resetting my 45-year-old brain. A trauma survivor with a history of depression and anxiety, I was hoping that an alternative mode of therapy I’d heard about called neurofeedback might finally alleviate my more stubborn symptoms.

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How Does a Neurofeedback Session Work? An ADHD Treatment as Example

Neurofeedback started as early as the 1960s when researcher Joe Kamiya experimented with the Alpha activity (8–12 Hz) in the human brain. The results, which were very promising, inspired many other new experiments.

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