Once the brain patterns of the individual have been established, it is up to the therapist to make the patient more aware of when a particular brain wave is occurring, and also train the person to regulate brain frequency themselves. By doing this, the affected person eventually doesn t need the help of the therapist, having gained the ability to assess and self-mediate. One ingenious system has been developed to help the patient learn this practice. After several sessions with the video game, the patient will have developed the ability to recognise and alter particular brain waves. The analysis in neurotherapy also extends further than monitoring merely brainwaves.
Many therapists test for such things as enzymes, hormones and nerve reflexes.
Once this biofeedback has been analysed, action can be taken, usually in the form of pressure on the nerve channels of an affected part of the body. This in turn causes the body to react by producing the necessary biochemical to fight the affliction. It is seen as a far better way of solving the problem than a prescription drug, which would ease the symptoms, but not necessarily get to the cause of the problem. Neurotherapy is an excellent form of alternative medicine. Although mainly used to treat patients with such problems as epilepsy, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder, it can be used by healthy people to better understand the psychophysiological workings of the brain.