What is biofeedback? It’s a mind-body technique that uses gentle sensors to show you, in real time, what your body is doing, such as your breathing, heart rate, muscle tension, skin temperature and sweat response. Seeing those signals lets you learn to change them, so you can calm your body’s stress response on purpose.
Much of your stress response runs on autopilot. Your breathing gets shallow, your shoulders tighten and your hands get cold, often without you noticing.
Biofeedback makes those hidden changes visible. Sensors pick up a signal, and a screen or sound shows it to you moment by moment. As you practice a skill like slow breathing or relaxing a muscle, you watch the signal respond.
It works a bit like a mirror for your nervous system. With practice, the skills become second nature, and you no longer need the equipment to use them.
People often use biofeedback for:
Biofeedback complements medical care. It does not replace it, and results vary from person to person.
I was led to a biofeedback session with Ellen by my neurologist when I was suffering from chronic migraines almost daily in 2005. During these great sessions, that I now regard as invaluable, I gained a number of powerful tools from breathing techniques to visualization that did make an impact on the number of headaches I suffered.
The Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA) certifies biofeedback practitioners who meet its education, supervised training and exam requirements. Choosing a board-certified provider means your clinician has met those standards.
Ellen Chernoff Simon is Board Certified in Biofeedback (BCB) and a Senior Fellow of the BCIA, with more than 30 years of experience as a mind-body therapist.
Ellen offers biofeedback in person at her office at 2770 Main Street in Frisco, just north of Dallas. She often combines it with IFS, hypnotherapy and guided imagery. Learn more about biofeedback therapy in Dallas, or read What is IFS / Internal Family Systems?
Book a free 15-minute consultation with Ellen to see if biofeedback is a good fit for you.
Prefer to talk? Call (972) 880-0102 or send a text.
Biofeedback, IFS and hypnotherapy, all under one roof in Frisco, just north of Dallas.
Or talk to Ellen directly: Call (972) 880-0102 or send a text.
