Biofeedback

I learned biofeedback with in-patient addictions clients while working on a MISA Unit. I furthered my training working at Shirley Ryan Ability Lab's (formerly Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago) Pain Management Center with chronic pain patients in their out painting clinic.

Manhattan Mental Health Counseling has a resident biofeedback practitioner. Rene Gonzalez specializes in biofeedback therapy.

Biofeedback has been found to be effective for treating headache, arthritis, anxiety, insomnia, alcohol dependence and many other problems. Biofeedback can show you how your body reacts physically so you can alter your responses to decrease your pain, anxiety, etc.

Virtual Reality therapy allows us to face fears and reduce anxiety in a contemporary and innovative forum. Biofeedback is incorporated into this process and helps to inform spikes in cortisol levels as we work together. I also recommend to clients the Oura ring, which can offer valuable insights into your biological systems and manage your health better overall.

I use Neurofeedback and HRV to help my clients be in control of their attention, emotions and energy levels. A lot of therapy is spent teaching clients how to regulate these processes, with Neurofeedbak and HRV people can achieve these goals much faster, which then allows therapy to be more productive. Clients report less reactivity, better focus, less energy and mood ups and downs and better sleep.

Our bodies and our minds are extensively connected through neural networks. Therefore, we can use our bodies to help heal our minds! From breathing practices that stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system, to physical movement exercises that release fear, anxiety, and stress held in the body, I will offer you an array of strategies that will make it possible you to use your body to improve your mental and emotional well being.

Krista is a Certified HeartMath Practitioner and currently utilizes HeartMath tools and technology with clients seeking biofeedback.

Our body is constantly sending signal to itself. These signals are all part of a rhythm that develops which coordinates our heart, breath, mind, and other things like hormones. Like most things the longer something goes on the more of a pattern it develops. The problematic issue is when we are chronically stressed, anxious, angry or depressed we set a pattern for these rhythms that is out of synch. Our system is not in these chronic states because it feels normal. Biofeedback helps to identify this baseline of normal, and then through simple interventions someone can see how easy it is to get your system back in synch--regular practice starts to reset the body to its more natural state and helps us to have clearer thoughts and more emotional control

Certified HeartMatch Practitioner