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February 23, 2015
by Charity Finch,MS, LPC Intern, CRC, BCN

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Neurofeedback as a Treatment for Alcohol and Substance Abuse

February 23, 2015 07:55 by Charity Finch,MS, LPC Intern, CRC, BCN  [About the Author]

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Neurofeedback, or qEEG neurotherapy, records the individual’s unique brainwave patterns and utilizes auditory and visual feedback to train brainwaves to a normalized pattern (Quinn, Bodenheimer-Davis, & Koch, 2004). Alcoholics and illicit substance users show similar abnormal brainwave patterns outside the range of individuals without dependence upon alcohol or illicit substances. [More]