Anxiety is Normal
Anxiety is a normal emotion in humans. It's an emotion that is built into our natural safety system so that we can react quickly and effectively to danger. When out hunting, our ancestors could not let their guard down. They were in a constant state of heightened awareness, ready to fend off an attack from a predator. Their body would react with a racing heart and blood-pressure, and a surge of adrenaline that is present during anxiety to help them run away faster or fight harder—an emotional state referred to today as “fight or flight”. Only when they were back in the safety of their home would these feelings subside in the hunter—when there was no longer a need to be on hyper-alert.
Anxiety Should Be Temporary
Most people experience some form of anxiety in their life.
Leading up to a nerve-wracking event, anxiety can get worse, making some people want to cancel it. This is the flight response. For others, the fight response is engaged and once the situation is over, the anxiety goes away.
Anxiety Disorders
An anxiety disorder can have a negative impact on the ability to live a normal life.
An anxiety disorder results when the flight or fight response becomes triggered too easily and too frequently, or is a constant presence, seemingly not related to a specific event, hijacking the brain and making it difficult to think or act rationally.
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Neurotherapy: Natural Anxiety Treatment and Relief
Almost any brain can be trained to function better through self-regulation and for people suffering from anxiety, self-regulation means the central nervous system can be calmed on demand, as needed, reducing or eliminating anxious symptoms.
Using painless sensors placed at specific sites on the patient's head, a QEEG (Quantitative electroencephalography) brain map is generated in the initial consultation session to get a benchmark of how the brain is currently functioning. This shows the neurofeedback practitioner which areas of the client’s brain is not communicating with other areas of the brain as best it could, resulting in anxious feelings. For example, the brain of an individual dealing with anxiety often exhibits over-activity in the part that deals with us having conscious thoughts called the cortex, so it is this part of the brain that becomes the target of the neurofeedback therapy.
Anxiety Treatment Timeline
For informational purposes only. Individual treatment plans may vary.
Initial Treatment Consultation
We meet and discuss your or your child’s case details and suggest a tailored treatment plan specific to your scenario.
Testing and First Treatment
In the first treatment session we test the brainwave patterns using a sophisticated EEG equipment and establish a baseline. Imbalances are recorded and a specific course of at home anxiety treatment is established. The patient receives equipment to proceed with their anxiety treatment from the comfort of their own home which saves both time and costs from a more traditional strictly in-clinic approach.
Testing and First Treatment
In the first treatment session we test the brainwave patterns using a sophisticated EEG equipment and establish a baseline. Imbalances are recorded and a specific course of at home anxiety treatment is established. The patient receives equipment to proceed with their anxiety treatment from the comfort of their own home which saves both time and costs from a more traditional strictly in-clinic approach.
In Home Neurotherapy Training
Patients conduct in-home training with the equipment proved by Walker Therapy Services 4-5 times per week. It takes approximately 40 minutes to conduct the anxiety treatment training for best results.
Final Review and Anxiety Retest
This in-clinic session will retest the new brainwave patterns to confirm anxiety treatment effectiveness. Most clients will already see the results first hand in behavior changes prior to the retest.