What is biofeedback and why is it helpful?
People usually have only a vague sense, at best, of the many physiological processes that are constantly going on inside them. Biofeedback is the use of biomedical instrumentation to show an individual in real time, exactly what is going on inside them, in precise detail. This information not only provides the therapist clues to the physiological conditions underlying symptoms or performance concerns but it also provides you, the client, with tools to help you learn to control your own internal systems consciously, without medication. These ordinarily hidden streams of internal activity are usually thought to be out of the reach of voluntary control but while watching and listening to the feedback and being coached by a trained therapist, you can learn to control them easily. With practice, the skills become routine and the biofeedback is no longer needed to exercise control. This learning process provides you the flexibility to control your own biological responses, and ultimately, gi
