Emma Tattenbaum-Fine

EEG Neurofeedback as Adjunct to Psychotherapy for Complex Developmental Trauma-Related Disorders: Case Study and Treatment Rationale. Fisher, Lanius, Frewen.

2016 –  EEG Neurofeedback as Adjunct to Psychotherapy for Complex Developmental Trauma-Related Disorders: Case Study and Treatment Rationale. Fisher, Lanius, Frewen. Traumatology 2016, Vol. 22, No. 4, 255–260. © 2016 American Psychological Association. The present clinical case study describes the long term treatment of “Bea”, a survivor of repeated and complex developmental trauma, via trauma-focused […]

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The Vital Infrastructure of Attachment Trauma

Hi All, This is a very important paper. If you ever doubted that we need to address early trauma and PTSD by calming the nervous system, those doubts will be eased when you read about the mechanisms at play in the brainstem as a result of eal attachment rupture. I know from experience that the […]

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Infra Low Frequency Neurofeedback Training for Trauma Recovery: A Case Report

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2022.905823/full?fbclid=IwAR0sgff2JPbqHCaVgnmvGAy_I5d9XR1wb-FsuFEhrk6CZXCB67LmaR6-qx0&fs=e&s=cl#B20

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When Bird’s Fly Away

A few years ago, Ruth invited me to come to London, Ontario to meet with her students who are studying how trauma affects the brain. This section of the interview focuses on talking about childhood trauma. How do we talk about experiences that have no words inherently, or that were experienced developmentally before one has […]

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Neurofeedback Gets You Back in the Zone

https://www.engineering.columbia.edu/news/paul-sajda-neurofeedback-improved-performance

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Colo. first responders use Neurofeedback therapy to cope with trauma

https://www.ems1.com/mental-health/articles/colo-first-responders-use-neurofeedback-therapy-to-cope-with-trauma-wNEeK3uOX2RAfNgQ/?fbclid=IwAR16KW2Ow9Q906NS8NBAvkgEeMUc1Ql08gVTvruUqCSvpbhuyilM_fBxCP0

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At Least I Felt Alive

Above, you have a picture of the Default Mode Network (DMN) in those without histories of developmental trauma and those with these histories. The DMN is the self/other network in the human brain. Without it functioning reliably, we can’t form up a felt, known sense of self. The red and yellow are showing brain activation in those […]

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The Brain Storms

Here is the second video in the series of conversations between Ruth Lanius, leading researcher in the impact of early trauma on the developing and developed brain (the effects typically endure), and Sebern Fisher, psychotherapist, author of Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Developmental Trauma: Calming the fear-Driven Brain (and a person with this history). These […]

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Ruth Lanius & Cathy Malchiodi Conference at EEGlearn

Check out this very important conference taking place on February 17 & 18, 2022 virtually at www.eeglearn.com organized by Ruth Lanius and Cathy Malchiodi. More information below: https://tinyurl.com/58s7myne

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ISNR Webinar: Traumatized Brain: Recent Neuroscience Findings and Their Implications

Hi all, I have an upcoming webinar series with ISNR on Friday, February 11, 2022.  In this webinar, I will be discussing the distinction between developmental trauma and PTSD, recent neuroscience findings on the default mode network in developmental trauma, recent neuroscience findings on arousal in DT, the role of salience network in trauma, impacts […]

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