Welcome to Neural Balance - Brain State Conditioning™ and Cognitive Therapy services for the UK.
We provide assessment and balancing therapy with the latest technologies available. What is Brain State Conditioning™ ?
Brain State Conditioning™ is an individually tailored method of balancing and optimizing the brain. Brain State Technologies™ methods involve collecting the brain waves of an individual and producing personal computer feedback based on the data collected. This process produces personalized exercises to balance and optimize the brain. It is accomplished using electrodes, at specific points on the skull, that read brain energy activity. Through interaction with a computer, the brain energy turns into sound energy when the brain energy exists in an optimized brain pattern. This optimized pattern is a signal to encourage the brain, using computer graphics and other sound encouragements.
Our cutting-edge training sessions help clients achieve optimal results in real time. Clients of Brain State Technologies™ are greeted in a warm, friendly environment then guided to a private, relaxing training room to begin their training sessions. Upon their first visit our BST trainer will conduct an introductory review where the client can discuss their goals and areas of life they would like to see improvement. An assessment is performed on the initial visit to gather brain wave data from different parts of the brain. Our proprietary software processes the assessment and goal data to produce an individualized training plan.
The training involves computer translation of brain waves into sounds that represent optimum patterns for the brain to function at a given location. These sounds vary by note and by volume based on how the brain is functioning. This allows the brain a means of observing itself. The client relaxes in a zero gravity chair and is led through detailed visualizations to assist the brain to find a more balanced state. A Brain State Conditioning™ session usually lasts about two hours. Sessions are often done every day, or multiple times per day.
How Are We Different?
Brain State Technologies™ uses different methods than other
modalities and neurofeedback providers. Brain State
Conditioning™ is different from conventional models of
psychotherapy and medical practice, and other neurofeedback systems..
A Holistic Foundation
Every brain, like every person, is unique. Still, the consciousness of
all people includes many realms – physical, mental,
emotional, spiritual. All of these realms have been considered together
as the basis for Brain State Conditioning™. Brain State
Conditioning™ does more than simply treat a diagnosis or
symptom; it deals with the entire person. The founder, Lee Gerdes, has
a background in math, physics, psychology, and theology – and
has brought all these disciplines together in providing Brain State
Conditioning™.
The Medical Model
The allopathic medical community runs tests for physical functioning or
tests for mental functioning. These tests enable the medical
professional to diagnose a problem or disease of the individual
patient. The diagnosis then allows the medical professional to
prescribe a medication for alleviation of the diagnosed problem or
disease. When a medication is prescribed to work on the brain, the
entire brain is affected. This means that any medication to affect the
brain, affects the entire brain even though only certain functioning of
the brain needs the medication.
Additionally, allopathic medicine will often treat the symptom of a
problem and not its source. Of course if that treatment is successful
and the symptom disappears, there is relief for the patient. It
doesn’t mean, however, that the pathology won’t
reoccur since the source isn’t always treated.
The Psychological Model
There are many psychological models practiced to deal with personal
problems and needs. Some of the psychological models are based on
in-depth questionnaires and interviews with the patient. The
information collected in the questionnaires and interviews is compared
to standardized results which are regarded as
“normal” and a diagnosis is made. Talk therapy
and/or behavioral models are established to assist the patient in
changing their perspectives in order to alleviate the diagnosed
problem(s).
Unfortunately, the psychological model doesn’t include the
possibility that the diagnoses and recommended therapy could be based
on activating a stimulus which is actually the basis of the problem and
not the solution. Talking about a traumatic event may be an example
where remembering the event can actually strengthen the pathology it
has caused. Also, the psychological model requires the brain to change
from out-side-in based on talking and/or behavior therapy. Thus, change
can happen but often requires a long time – months and years
– and is as ultimately costly as it is time consuming.
Standard Neurofeedback Models
Some neurofeedback methods are based on a Quantitative
Electroencephalographic Analysis (QEEG). Using a QEEG, the
neurofeedback provider compares the brain waves of the client to a
normative data base of other brain waves and irregularities are noted
for neurofeedback training. The problem with a QEEG is the
basic assumption that the data base of brain waves is helpful to
establish a normal or healthy brain wave pattern for an individual. Can
I compare my brain wave patterns to many others and determine if I am
normal and where my abnormalities exist?
Some neuro-feedback providers will train for 30 to 40 minutes 2 to 3
times per week. This often requires 40 to 100 sessions to complete a
training process. Benefits are sometimes not seen for 20 sessions or
more and when seen may be subtle in nature.
Brain State Technologies™ Model
Brain State Conditioning™ is a technology based approach to
assist an individual in self-optimization by balancing and harmonizing
their brain wave patterns. Brain State Conditioning™ stresses
total individuality in a holistic context whereby algorithms are
applied to an individual brain wave pattern along with the subject
analysis of the individual to assist in the determination of a brain
training plan.
Brain State Technologies™ understands the brain to be like a
finger print – totally unique. We also understand that
interviews can be beneficial in helping to isolate areas of our brains
where the brain wave ratios provide answers for training the brain.
Brain State Conditioning™ is consistent in dealing with brain
state, not brain content. Comparing brain wave frequency ratios at
major points across the scalp allows us a standardized way to affirm
basic brain balance. This means that we create a personalized training
plan, tailored to the brain frequency ratios and desires of the
individual. We then use client feedback to fine tune the training
session exercises as the training progresses to more completely satisfy
the desired changes of the client. Brain State Conditioning™
uses internal brain wave patterns, client self assessment, and client
input to create a brain balanced and harmonized for physical, mental,
emotional, and spiritual optimization.
The efficiency of Brain State Conditioning™ which
incorporates visualization, deep relaxation, optimum performance, and
targeted solution training has been helpful for over 4,000 people to
eliminate or drastically reduce their pathologies. A Brain State
Conditioning™ training session usually lasts about 1
½ to 2 hours. Sessions are often done every day, or even
multiple times per day, for the first part of training. And, training
is always geared toward brain balance and harmony with an emphasis
toward achievement of client objectives. Usually clients recognize
benefits in the first one to three sessions, and require 5 to 30
sessions to make the benefits permanent with dominant neural-networks.
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