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Integrated Allied Health Services with
Physiological & Neurological Self-Regulation
Our clinic is proud to provide a 90-95% success rate.
We offer:
EEG Neurofeedback
We review your medical and personal history, sleep patterns, nutrition, provide other strategies to assist you in meeting your health and wellness goals. These services may include naturopathy, homeopathy, counselling, hypnotherapy, shiatsu massage, Indian head massage, reflexology, Orton Gillingham therapeutic tutoring, as well as kinesiology/Brain Gym exercises to activate various brain functions. Low cost option such as Brain Gym have been demonstrated to enhance analytical thinking, organization, communication, presentation, writing skills, as well as fine and gross motor movement. Even exercise alone has been demonstrated to reduce symptoms of depression as well as offering other health benefits. Hypnotherapy could be another option to enhance clinical outcomes, speed up recovery time, and help you with achieving your personal, professional, and health goals. We also provide referrals to support groups or non-profit organizations; liaise with schools, families and medical professionals; parent education, workshops, and client support; as well as having an extensive resource library for families to benefit from.
Below is a list of conditions responsive to EEG Biofeedback according to published clinical data (BCIA 2004, Evidence-Based Practice in Biofeedback and Neurofeedback, Donald Moss, Ph.D., and Lynda Kirk, MA, AAPB 2004.) as well as the associations' and industry's publications.
Introduction to Neurofeedback- by EEG Spectrum International
Neurofeedback is a technique which enables us to train the brain to improve its regulation of all body functions and to increase one's awareness of the body's responsiveness to conditions. If the brain is not functioning normally, this can often be detected in the Electroencephalogram (EEG). By challenging the brain in a variety of situations, tasks, and exercises you can teach your brain coping strategies, endurance and to better function when facing challenges similar to how exercise improves one's overall health.
A more efficiently functioning brain helps improve focus, concentration, attention, memory and daily performance. It can enhance sleep so you can be more alert during the day while reducing anxiety, depression, seizures, headaches, migraines, stress and chronic pain. In addition, it can increase how well you can persist during boring tasks, teach you to slow down and think before typically instantaneous responses or reactions, and help you better manage emotions and behaviour. Since the brain is the control centre for your body's functions and responses, it can be programmed to think, feel and react in a desired way using operant conditioning. When your emotions are out of control, training can correct the problem. If you are apathetic, that can be corrected through training as well.
There are specific areas where EEG biofeedback training is helpful such as with epileptic seizures, traumatic brain injuries, tremors, strokes, depression, AD/HD, and autism. Training may not "get rid of" the actual condition or underlying problem, but it can help the brain reorganize, self-regulate and develop further so it can better function with the initial condition, injury and/or loss of function(s).
Biofeedback is a training exercise that allows personal development and self-regulation. Specific client centred objectives are established at the first intake session where baseline measurements are obtained. Training is then scheduled regularly at a pace comfortable for the client to maintain their gains and achieve their optimal performance. Naturally, due to life stressors and unforeseen biological or life changes, a few booster sessions may be recommended to ensure peak performance. Just as symphonic musicians practice to maintain and improve their talent, EEG biofeedback training can be used to enhance performance with professionals, corporate executives, performing artists, hockey players and Olympic athletes around the world.
Once you realize how biofeedback and neurotherapy can be effective for you, you may wonder if the training will change who you are. When a child known for temper outbursts and anger receives training and the rage dissipates, (s)he is certainly different than before, but the changes allow you to observe the child's true underlying personality and talent without the distraction of temper tantrums and anger. The training also helps people actualize who they really are or wish to be by helping abate undesired symptoms so their stress levels are more manageable and they are less distracted.
Come see your self emerge and learn strategies to improve your quality of life and health.
For more information, visit www.eegspectrum.com/IntroToNeuro
Reflexology
Reflexology originates back to ancient Egypt as evidenced by inscriptions found on the physician’s tomb in Saqqara. The hieroglyphics translation are: "Don’t hurt me." The practitioner replies:- " I shall act so you praise me".
Shiatsu
Shiatsu is a Japanese therapeutic massage that uses pressure applied to specific trigger or acupressure points. It begins with a physical assessment then systematically moves along the body’s meridians. The recipient remains fully clothed throughout the relaxing experience. Aromatherapy can also be included if desired. It uses a combination of massage, stretches, Sotai Therapy, and energy rebalancing to affect the body on a physical and emotional level. The client has the option to include reiki or other forms of Healing Touch to enhance their experience and relaxation.
Shiatsu helps:
- Balance energy centres (chakras)
- Relieve back, neck, & shoulder pain
- Recovery from injuries
- General relaxation
Please see the Reflexology/Massage Page for more details
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Acupuncture
Acupuncture can transform our bodies naturally, safely, and harmoniously. Results can be seen quickly and in China and other areas of asia, acupuncture is used as anesthetic during surgery to stop pain and the pain signal from reaching the brain. No medication needs to be used and subsequently side effects are eliminated.
We also provide acupuncture detoxification, facial rejuvenation acupuncture, and the traditional chinese medicine approach to the treatment of poor ovarian reserve and acupuncture for pregnancy and childbirth.
Call today to learn how we can assist you.
604-730-9600
Hypnotherapy
Guides you through mental exercises that create a state of deep relaxation. In this state, you are more responsive to ideas and images. You are fully aware of everything occurring around you while you are more relaxed and distractors are removed. We teach techniques that can enable you to master your state of awareness and help actualize your goals from a deeply relaxed state. By using hypnotherapy as a tool, you can alter your own physiological functions, reduce pain, improve recall, better manage your responses, as well as help create the goals you desire to acheive.
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604-730-9600
Brain Gym & Educational Kinesiology
Brain Gym® involves moving with intention to optimal learning. We help empower you to reclaim the joy of living and optimize your health and wellness through movement-based programs that help integrate both sides of your brain with your body and awareness.
Brain Gym Goals Include:
- Promote play and the joy of learning
- Draw out and honor innate intelligence
- Build awareness regarding the value of movement in daily life
- Emphasize the ability to notice and respond to movement-based needs
- Encourage self-responsibility
- Leave each participant appreciated and valued
- Empower each participant to better take charge of his own learning
- Encourage creativity and self expression
- Inspire an appreciation of music, physical education and fine arts
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developed according to your organisation's schedule and tailored to your employees’ needs and goals.
Corporate Training Sessions provided on-site or off-site at our False Creek waterfront location or Whistler resport
Neurotherapy and self-regulation is rapidly evolving into a primary care option for many disorders as well as within the corporate environment for improving employees’ productivity, outcomes, organisational competitiveness, reducing absenteeism, and undesired conflict or behaviours. It can be used to manage mood, anxiety, sleep quality, learning, cognitive processing, pain, addictions, anger management, memory decline and over 64 other undesired symptoms. Other relaxation techniques will be introduced including massage, imagery, psychological techniques, and psychiatric assessment tools to assist with better assigning staff to more effective roles within the organisation or structuring their workload accordingly.
The workshop starts with overviewing areas each employee can improve their productivity, competitiveness in the local and international market, identifying undesired behaviours they wish to reduce, while introducing innovative training and workplace strategies to increase long term competitiveness. We will demonstrate how all day to day operations can be improved through self-regulation, effective business management, improving the use of the internet and web sites for sales and marketing, and any other specific areas of interest. We will discuss managing stress and anger, dealing with conflict and difficult behaviours of colleagues or customers, performance enhancement strategies, as well as how new feedback and computer devices can be used to achieve improved accuracy and performance goals. Methods for optimising customer relationships or reactivity, aggressive behaviour, misunderstanding, and hostility will be explored. Each participant learns how to self-regulate their physiological and psychological responsiveness and maximise their learning & IQ as well as set suitable and attainable goals.
An initial assessment of each employee’s needs and a post training comparative will be conducted to determine learning objectives. Biofeedback, relaxation, BrainGym, behaviour modification, psychological approaches, as well as strategies are integrated and explained to address a wide range of situations or conditions enabling staff to immediately apply these easy stress reduction and performance enhancement techniques. Individuals desiring more comprehensive support can request private sessions depending on their needs.
(Pre and post comparatives, a continuous performance test (Test of Variables of Attention), a mini-EEG, and other electrography or polysomnography (full physiological monitoring) baselines are performance to identify each participants level of focus and how long it takes them to regain their ideal performance state). On-going quantifiable and qualitative comparatives are performed.
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Parenting a Child: Be The Parent You Want To Be
Are you finding it challenge to manage stress and a child with the daily demands? Do you find it frustrating to know how to effectively manage conflicts or implement consequences for misbehaviour or your child not cooperating? Come join our parenting workshop and support group to learn strategies from other parents experiencing the same frustration that can help you effectively support your child or teenage develop into a mature, responsible adult despite life's challenges.
Based on the fundamentals of Adlerian Psychology and Systematic Training for Effective Parenting
Hosted by Teresa de La Boursodiere, a member of the BC Parent's Society who has a Bachelor of Sciences in Biomedical Sciences from Trinity Western University with a thesis in biopsychology and speciality in Neurosciences. Teresa worked in the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia and was the assistant to the Director of The Melbourne Clinic, Australia's largest Psychiatric Hospital. She has experience dealing with complex conditions such as abuse, depression, anxiety, opposition, anger, mental illness as well as neurological conditions. Her thesis in epilepsy and neuroplasticity combined with her Cardiology research within Quality Improvement at Chilliwack General Hospital equips her with knowledge and skills to assist families and individuals facing complex health needs and strategies to improve recovery and reduce complications. Having grown up living with and overcoming a disability, she has a direct understanding of the challenges a child and parent may face and how the family can be instrumental in empowering their children.
Co-hosted by Dr Tanja Demajo, MD and Counsellor, Tanja works with women who have difficult family situations and those with complex needs at Pine Tree Lodge facility. She also works with other local family support resources including the Immigrant Services Society helping families navigate new cultural settings & settlement.
Come join us and learn how you can implement to become aware of how your communication, encouragement, the family birth order, goals of misbehaviour, and natural and logical consequences can equip you with a better understanding for parenting. Together, we can learn, share and discuss practical techniques that will transform your home life through improved communication, encouragement, discipline and more.
For more information, please contact us at (604)730-9600 or info@neurofeedbackclinic.ca.
List of Courses
Operations Management
This course provides an overview of operations management. Students will analyze the planning, organizing, controlling, and general management of productive resources in manufacturing and service organizations. This course also addresses the design and control of systems that are responsible for the efficient use of raw materials, labour, equipment, and facilities in the production of customer satisfying products and services.
Marketing Management
This course develops the marketing principles by which products and services are designed to meet customer needs, priced, promoted, and distributed to the end user. The focus is on the application of these marketing principles to a wide range of customers, both internal and external. Topics include new product/service introduction and segmentation and positioning strategy.
Finance for Managerial Decision Making
This course integrates the principles of financial and managerial accounting to prepare the manager to use accounting to assess and manage the health of the organization. Students are exposed to a set of accounting tools and the management of financial information used in making effective business decisions in Canadian and international settings.
Management Accounting
This course covers cost-volume-profit analysis, costing systems, activity-based costing, flexible budgets, variances, inventory costing methods, cost behaviour, and cost allocation.
Organizational Behaviour
This course in organizational behaviour encompasses the study of individual and group behaviour in organizational settings. Managing organizational behaviour challenges individuals to understand and embrace workforce diversity, elements of change, effective communication, and performance systems. A comprehensive review of these processes, as well as others, will allow students to examine their role in organizations in the new millennium.
Human Relations and Organizational Behaviour
This course examines the human relations theory and practice through individual, group, and organizational performance. Topics include perspectives on organizational behaviour, optimizing individual performance, leadership and power, organizational design and structure, change, and improving organizational effectiveness.
Organizational Leadership and Change Management
This course develops principles and tools in economics for managers to use in making business decisions. Topics draw from both microeconomics and macroeconomics and include pricing for profi t maximization, understanding and moving among market structures, management of business in expansions and recessions, and monetary policy. The focus is on the application of economics in operating and planning problems using information generally available to the manager.
Strategic Management
This course introduces the principles and tools for managerial use in the development, implementation, and review of strategy for organizations. Topics include internal and external environmental analysis; value, competition, and strategic choice; strategic positioning; and implementation and control issues.
Statistics and Research Methods for Managerial Decisions
This course prepares the manager to utilize statistics and research in making business decisions. It focuses on the role of the manager as a critical consumer of statistics, capable of assessing the validity and reliability of information. Topics include business research, descriptive statistics, probability theory, parametric and non-parametric statistics, correlation, regression and time series analysis.
Naturopathy
Anti-aging protocols include natural aesthetic procedures, non surgical facelift and facial rejuvenation, cellulite treatment, and breast firming
Mesotherapy is a minimally invasive procedure that is widely used all over Europe and elsewhere. In addition to being an alternative cosmetic procedure, it is used to treat various injuries and medical conditions. It is a non-surgical solution targeting problem areas with microinjections of either homeopathic or FDA approved conventional medicines such as vitamins, minerals, plant extracts, enzymes and amino acids. Small amounts of these products are delivered directly into the mesoderm (the middle layer of skin) that are highly specific to the condition being treated. Among its many applications, Mesotherapy can be used for eliminating cellulites and local fat deposits, promoting weight loss and provide natural support in the anti aging process as well as treating acute and chronic sprains, strains, muscular aches and joint problems.
Bowen Therapy is a form of muscle and connective tissue therapy. This technique involves a series of gentle, rolling motions sometimes referred to as “soft tissue manipulation” that stimulate the body to heal itself. The Bowen technique usually results in relief of many health problems and specific injuries both acute and chronic. This is done using the body’s innate healing power, through the practitioner delivering signals to the nervous system at specific locations on muscles, nerves, tendons or ligaments.
The Bowen technique addresses the entire body by restoring balance via the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS). Most people today live in a state of constant stress or sympathetic ANS over stimulation (fight or flight). Healing generally occurs when people are in a more relaxed or parasympathetic dominant state. Fortunately, Bowen technique seems to help create this shift from sympathetic to parasympathetic, which is why during sessions, patients tend to fall into deep relaxation or fall asleep. Each treatment consists of sets of soft tissue manipulations, with short pauses (minimum of 2 minutes) in between to allow the body to adjust and integrate the changes.
Some of the conditions that often respond well to Bowen work are:
• Back pain and sciatica
• TMJ problems
• Hip, knee, ankle and foot problems
• Neck and shoulder problems
• Carpal tunnel syndrome and tennis elbow
• Groin pain, pelvic tilt and uneven leg length
• Sports and other traumatic injuries
• Menstrual and hormonal problems
• Respiratory problems
• Digestive and bowel problems…
Intravenous Therapy. Diet plays a big role in health. Our diet these days mostly provides the basic needs of the body, however it has been shown that certain nutrients have much stronger effects when given at higher doses. IV therapy allows for the rapid delivery of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and antioxidants, by bypassing the digestive tract and going directly into the blood stream. This way we’ll reach pharmaceutical doses that would otherwise impossible to attain through oral intake. IV therapy is considered an effective and powerful treatment for certain conditions such as:
• Fatigue
• Acute bacterial & Viral infections
• Deppression
• Anxiety
• Muscle spasm
• Migrain headache
• Detoxification
• PMS
• Cancer
• Crohn’s disease
• Ulcerative colitis
• Nutritional deficiencies
• Post surgery
• Slow recovery from illnesses
Chelation Therapy. Chelation therapy is an effective alternative therapy in treating many chronic and degenerative illnesses caused by heavy metal toxicity. Chelation therapy involves the intravenous infusion of chelating agents such as DMPS or EDTA. EDTA (Ethylene Diamine Tetra-acetic Acid) removes toxic heavy metals, mainly lead, as well as excessive metalic ions such as iron from the body, therefore cleansing the blood and improving circulatory and metabolic functions of the body. It has been shown that EDTA can effectively be used in the treatment of many cardiovascular and circulatory diseases such as carotid artery disease, atherosclerosis, venous stasis disorders, cerebral vascular disease, peripheral vascular disease, coronary artery disease, as well as other degenerative disease such as multiple scelorosis, alzheimer’s disease, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and autoimmune disorders. DMPS is a sulfur based compound mainly used for removal of mercury, however it does have an effect on the removal of other heavy metals, such as lead, arsenic and cadmium.
