We are pleased to announce the return of Dr. Paul G. Swingle for the second webinar in a 4-part series:
Depression and Mood Disorders
April 21, 2010
4:00-5:00 PM EDT
During this lecture, Dr. Swingle will discuss the use of Neurotherapy in treating clients with depression and will address how conditions often considered untreatable by conventional health practitioners respond positively to neurotherapeutic treatment.
Paul G. Swingle, Ph.D., is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association and was a Lecturer in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School from 1991 to 1998. Professor Swingle was Chairman of the Faculty of Child Psychology at the University of Ottawa from 1972 to 1977, and Clinical Supervisor from 1987 to 1997. He has also taught at McGill University, Dalhousie University and McMaster University. He is a Registered Psychologist in British Columbia and is (BCIA) Certified in Biofeedback and Neurotherapy. Since 1997 he has been in a private practice in Vancouver, British Columbia. His most recent book, "Biofeedback for the Brain" (2008), was published by Rutgers University Press and has just been released in paperback.
Other topics to be presented as part of this series are:
September 2010 - Attention and Learning Disorders
November 2010 - Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue and Anxiety Disorders
This webinar, as well as the others in the series, is open to health care practitioners as well as the general public. To register, visit the Events page of our website. To view our press release, click here.
The Biofeedback Foundation of Europe is pleased to announce the third webinar in our 2010 International Lecture Series - Telemedicine - presented by Dr. Howard Glazer.
Dr. Glazer is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Weill College of Medicine of Cornell University/New York Presbyterian Hospital. In this webinar, he will discuss how he shares his expertise in the field of Lower Gastrointestinal, Urological and Sexual Dysfunction disorders with colleagues and patients around the world. A specific example of how this expertise can help patients in the Dallas, Texas area will be presented.
This webinar is open to professionals and the public alike and the cost to attend is $69.00. To register, visit the EVENTS page of our website.
THE WEBINAR TAKES PLACE:
Wednesday - March 17, 2010
16:00 - 17:00 (GMT+1 - Amsterdam)
11:00 - 12:00 AM (EDT - New York)
Future webinars with Dr. Glazer:
Incontinence Issues in Men and Women (May 19th)
Prostate, Urethral and Bladder Pain Syndromes (June 23rd)
Sexual Pain and Dysfunction (September 22nd)
Vulvar Pain Syndromes (October 20th)
Pudendal Nerve Pain and Ano-rectal Pain (November 17th)
In our 2010 International Online Lecture Series, the most respected members of the neurofeedback and biofeedback communities will discuss how biofeedback is used by their profession, supported by evidence-based research and clinical practice.
In the second of a series of ten webinars, New York dentist Dr. Jeffrey Hindin addresses the innovative use of biofeedback by dentists. Jeffrey S. Hindin, D.D.S., F.I.C.O.I. is a general dentist practicing all phases of dentistry with an emphasis on craniofacial pain, TMD, and sleep disorders. He has co-created a system of monitoring physiologic functions and incorporates biofeedback modalities into patient care. He is one of the founders of The Hindin Center for Whole Health Dentistry in Suffern, N.Y and lectures on dentistry and physiologic functions.
In his webinar on February 19, 2010, Dr. Hindin links subjective patient reporting with objective measures using the latest physiological assessment technology for dental assessment. The scientific basis for physiologic assessment is presented based on the latest research data. A few case studies are shown. Different monitoring systems for research, clinic, and home training are shown. Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is discussed and its importance as a measure of change in autonomic nervous system functioning. Powerful multimedia feedback such as DVDs, music CDs and MP3s, selected by patients, can be used to entertain, amuse or relax as the patient practices at home what they have learned in the clinic. Simple session and trend reports help show the patient, and the dentist, the progress they are making on a regular basis.
Using this system, objective changes can be observed and recorded, for example, before and after the insertion of the orthotic and with each subsequent modification or adjustment, or with other dental procedures. The benefits of physiologic dentistry establish a greater awareness of the influence of dentistry on the entire body.
All lectures in this series are designed to provide guidance for both professionals and members of the public with special interest in the topics covered. Subscribers to this lecture series not only benefit by learning of the latest breakthroughs but also know that their contribution to the foundation’s International Research and Education Projects (IREP) help to advance studies and bring alternative and complementary medicine closer to home.
Breakthroughs in Biofeedback introduces leading speakers from around the world in a series of monthly webinars.
In the 2010 International Online Lecture Series, the most respected members of the neurofeedback and biofeedback communities will discuss how biofeedback is used by their profession, supported by evidence-based research and clinical practice.
In the first webinar, renowned psychologist Dr. Paul G. Swingle will introduce you to the wide range of disorders treated at his clinic in Vancouver, Canada. Topics covered include clinical psychoneurophysiology and the QuickQ & BrainDryvr methods. Dr. Swingle will review in detail the initial brain assessments and treatment procedures for a wide spectrum of disorders including seizures, autistic spectrum disorders, attention and learning disorders, defiance disorders, as well as developmental delay, traumatic brain injury and other trauma.
The second webinar in the series is by Dr. Jeffrey Hindin who addresses the innovative use of biofeedback by orthodontists.
In the third webinar on Telemedicine New York based psychologist Dr. Howard Glazer describes how he shares his expertise in the field of Lower Gastrointestinal, Urological and Sexual Dysfunction disorders with colleagues and patients around the world via the Internet.
Subsequent webinars will include exciting developments in biofeedback and neurofeedback from fields as diverse as Rehabilitation, Educational Psychology and Physical Medicine. Topics covered will include Pro Golf, Heart Rate Variability and Attention Deficit Disorder. The combined experience of these presenters who have lectured all over the globe will cover breakthroughs as varied as Elite Sports Performance and Gold Medal winners to Virtual Reality for helping returning troops address issues of PTSD.
All lectures in this series are designed to provide guidance for both professionals and members of the public with special interest in the topics covered. Subscribers to this lecture series not only benefit by learning of the latest breakthroughs but also know that their contribution to the foundation's International Research and Education Projects (IREP) help to advance studies and bring alternative and complementary medicine closer to home.
The fee for each webinar in the series is US $89.90 and the entire series can be purchased at the special rate of US $599.00.
To register, visit thte Events Page of our website.
For more information, contact us at info@bfe.org.
Dr. Swingle's BFE Team is pleased to announce the January 2010 schedule of online education for health professionals interested in learning more about Dr. Swingle's "QuickQ and BrainDryvr" methods. For those of you who have recently purchased Dr. Swingle's software suite this is a great opportunity to further explore the materials contained in it. All the necessary information can be found by downloading the brochure (pictured). You can attend the course from the comfort of your office or home without any travel expenses. Courses have a limited number of participants to ensure personalized instruction and feedback.
The fee for for each 6-hours of online instruction is US$149. The fee includes student notes for each lesson. (The QuickQ and BrainDryvr software suite is available for US$150.00.)
To register online please click here. For additional information, contact blueswingle@gmail.com.
INTRODUCTORY LEVEL:
Tuesdays
January 12/19/26 Feb 2
16:00-17:30 (GMT+1 - Amsterdam)
10:00 - 11:30 AM (EDT - New York)
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL:
Thursdays
January 7/14/21/28
20:00-21:30 (GMT+1 - Amsterdam)
2:00 3:30 PM (EDT - New York)
ADVANCED LEVEL:
2nd Thursday of each month
(ongoing - session can be joined in progress)
Lesson 5 on January 14th
21:00-22:00 (GMT+1 - Amsterdam)
3:00-4:00 PM (EDT - New York)
Surface Electromyography Making Progress in Dysphagia Rehabilitation
Dr. Catriona Steele, Senior Scientist and Director of the Swallowing Rehabilitation Research Laboratory at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, was the invited presenter to the SLP (Speech Language Pathology) group at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on October 22, 2009. Dr. Steele demonstrated the latest techniques and EMG technology that she uses.
Dr. Steele is an Associate Professor in the Graduate Department of Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Toronto. Over the past 6 years she has received particular recognition for her research on tongue movements in swallowing and has developed a reputation as an expert on the use of texture modifications as an intervention for dysphagia. Dr. Steele is known across Canada and internationally as an outspoken advocate of evidence-based practice by speech-language pathologists. Dr. Steele currently serves as Coordinator of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association's Special Interest Division 13 (Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders). She is Past President of the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists and a past board member of the Dysphagia Research Society.
To learn more about this topic, visit the BFE Library and download Dr. Steele's latest methodology:
http://www.bfe.org/library/Methodology%20-%20%20Dysphagia%20FINAL%2014%20Sept%202009.pdf
When 2nd Lt. Jacob Gonzales first boarded an Army CH-47 Chinook, he got sick with nausea.
With a history of motion sickness, the officer said he had to figure out a way to control it to be an effective leader. “When you’re in charge of soldiers, it’s not good for them to see their leader vomiting in front of them,” he said from Fort Sill in Oklahoma, where he is awaiting deployment to Afghanistan.
Last year, while completing his psychology degree, Gonzales signed up for Maureen Haney’s biofeedback class, where he learned to control motion sickness.
“After I learned about biofeedback and techniques for concentrating, breathing and relaxing, I was able to use it, and it worked,” Gonzales said. “I also use it when I’m running five miles a day. It helps me with the pain so I’m able to push through to the end.”
Haney, lecturer in health science and director of the university's Psychophysiology Lab, said biofeedback is a learning process in which people are taught to improve their health and performance by observing signals generated by their own bodies. Her students learn to use biofeedback equipment and skills — such as deep breathing, relaxation, autogenics (self-hypnosis of the central and autonomic nervous system) and visualization — for changing physiological functions.
Biofeedback involves measuring brain waves, blood pressure, heart rate variability, skin temperature, sweat glands and muscle tension via sensors, or electrodes, placed on the skin, Haney said. The information is conveyed through computerized graphs and charts on state-of-the-art biofeedback equipment made up of Thought Technology's Infinity units and EmWave units by HeartMath.
Biofeedback therapy is used by such agencies as NASA, the military, hospitals and alternative medicine clinics.
“It’s very intensive training,” Haney said about the process. Her classes, Health psychophysiology I and Health Psychophysiology II, and a related research lab were created in 2006 and 17, mostly undergrads, have enrolled. The students this semester include a couple of registered nurses, a psychology major, two health science majors, two kinesiology majors and a graduate student majoring in gerontology.
“You can learn to self-regulate with biofeedback by using your mind,” Haney said. “It’s not a quick fix, but you can train yourself to control physiological responses to such things as anxiety, anger, pain or stressful conditions or situations.”
Director's Drive
Haney, who has scoliosis, should know.
She employed what she knew about biofeedback therapy after undergoing two painful surgeries.
"I had a 12-inch steel rod inserted in my back along my spine and segments of seven ribs were removed in 1978," Haney recalled. "Spinal segmentation was not as advanced then, so remaining in bed for three months, post surgery, in a body cast was required. In 1992, I slipped, fell and the rod was dislodged and I had another surgery.
"I requested minimal pain medication after my first 13-hour surgery but never activated the patient-controlled analgesia pump, following my second surgery," she added. "The initial surgery was especially difficult. My first thought was to quickly request pain medication. Fortunately, I was able to refocus and utilize self-regulation skills that allowed me to deal with the intensity of the post-surgical pain."
The experience, she said, "makes me passionate about the power of the mind to regulate physiology."
That explains why she pursues biofeedback research and is a strong advocate for it. She said plans are underway for clinical trials ranging from heart rate variability biofeedback for various medical conditions to resilience training for military personnel. The studies will involve collaboration with multiple agencies.
"The field has many possibilities and opportunities," Haney said, adding that interest in complementary medicine continues to grow and career options in biofeedback are expanding.
From Training to Workforce
Lee Zambrana, one of Haney’s first biofeedback students, completed his bachelor’s degree in psychology last semester and recently landed a job in St. Jude Medical Center’s Chronic Pain Program as a biofeedback specialist. He now is planning on taking the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America exam for national certification.
Haney’s “classes really prepared me for my job,” Zambrana said. “The demand for biofeedback therapy is on the rise with patients seeking alternative methods for dealing with pain.”
Indeed, said Haney, who offers biofeedback services to community members, ranging from those with general stress disorders to individuals dealing with fibromyalgia, through her lab’s Energy Management Training Program. The program consists of six sessions and costs $100.
Military Aid
For the university’s Army ROTC cadets, the lab offers its Performance Enhancement/Resilience Training Program. Cadets in the program are given a psychophysiological stress profile and biofeedback training sessions designed to modulate stress reactivity and promote automatic nervous system flexibility.
“It is a skills building program that fosters the development of emotional and physiological self-control,” Haney said.
Having biofeedback training available on campus benefits the students, as well as the community, said Roberta E. Rikli, dean of the College of Health and Human Development.
"We offer this great service that helps people with their stress issues, while teaching our students how to use the equipment and preparing them for specialized jobs in the field," she said.
"We're one of the few schools in the country that provides the biofeedback certification program, thanks to Maureen's hard work setting up and offering the courses and the lab," Shari McMahan, professor and chair of health science and director of the university's Center for the Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles and Obesity Prevention.
Maureen Haney joined Cal State Fullerton as a lecturer in health science in 1988. In 2006, she became the director of the newly created Psychophysiology Lab.
Previously, Haney worked as director of research, education and marketing at St. Jude Heritage Health Foundation in Fullerton, director of psychology and biofeedback at Fullerton Internal Medicine Center, a behavior education counselor for Nutri/System Weight Control Center in Huntington Beach and a research associate with the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Long Beach.
She is a certified biofeedback practitioner and a certified stress management educator.
Haney, who received her master's in clinical psychology from Cal State Long Beach and her bachelor's in psychology from the College of New Jersey, has made presentations on her biofeedback research nationwide. Her most recent talk was delivered at the War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center in East Orange, N.J.
We are pleased to announce the return of Dr. Paul G. Swingle for the second webinar in a 4-part series:
Paul G. Swingle, Ph.D., is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association and was a Lecturer in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School from 1991 to 1998. Professor Swingle was Chairman of the Faculty of Child Psychology at the University of Ottawa from 1972 to 1977, and Clinical Supervisor from 1987 to 1997. He has also taught at McGill University, Dalhousie University and McMaster University. He is a Registered Psychologist in British Columbia and is (BCIA) Certified in Biofeedback and Neurotherapy. Since 1997 he has been in a private practice in Vancouver, British Columbia. His most recent book, "Biofeedback for the Brain" (2008), was published by Rutgers University Press and has just been released in paperback.
