This process takes about an hour. Thereafter, each neurofeedback treatment session takes about 45 minutes, with sessions being held usually 1-3 times per week. Neurofeedback training is a painless, non-invasive procedure. Using conductive paste, one or two sensors are attached to the scalp and ears. Brain activity is presented to the client visually and auditorily by means of an amplifier, a computer-based instrument, and as a video game on a large TV monitor.
Abnormal function is shown in specific characteristics of the brain waves.
As the activity moves back toward pathology, the game slows or stops. The trainee is asked to make the video game go using his or her own brain. Gradually, the brain responds to the cues that it is given, and new, non-pathologic patterns develop accompanied by readily observable improvements in many areas. Usually the brain reorganizes itself through information derived from the five senses. In neurofeedback, when the brain observes its own activity, it automatically leaps forward toward states of improved functioning at many levels.