BCIA Continuing Education Posts

This installment covers Depression, Diabetes, Erectile Dysfunction, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Hypertension, and Low Back Pain.

Drug Effects on Biofeedback

Breathing assessment should always precede HRV biofeedback because dysfunctional breathing can frustrate training success. Clinicians may...

You are a licensed healthcare provider or optimal performance coach who wants to add biofeedback to your practice but are overwhelmed by...

I have been teaching biofeedback to licensed clinicians for a long time. I have always encouraged my biofeedback therapists-in-training...

Maintaining a healthy therapeutic relationship characterized by trust and empathy is critical to success in all behavioral and healthcare...

Since major depressive disorder (MDD) is a heterogeneous disorder, researchers study its diverse phenotypes. Heritability ranges from 26%...

The surface electromyogram (EMG) is an indispensable tool for evaluating and training clients for chronic pain, headache, hypertension,...

Randomized controlled trials have demonstrated the efficacy of HRV biofeedback for diverse clinical disorders like depression, diabetes,...

Biofeedback and neurofeedback are efficacious treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Slow-paced contraction to increase heart rate variability

The low-frequency (LF) band (0.04-0.15 Hz) is affected by breathing from ~3-9 bpm (Task Force, 1996). The baroreflex system’s resonance...

A practitioner's scope of practice defines the services they may legally provide under their license or supervisor's license under state...

The electrocardiograph (ECG) and photoplethysmograph (PPG) are two methods of detecting heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV)....

Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) is the speeding and slowing of the heart across each breathing cycle. RSA is the primary and entirely...

Heart rate (HR) is important because a high rate can reduce heart rate variability (HRV), the changes in the time intervals between...