An introduction to the innovative therapy that restores optimal functioning of the brain after physical or emotional trauma• Provides an alternative to the more invasive therapies of electroshock and drugs• Shows how this therapy helps ameliorate anxiety and depression as well as childhood developmental disorders• Includes extraordinary case histories that reveal the powerful results achievedAccording to the Centers for Disease Control, each year 260,000 people are hospitalized with traumatic brain injuries. The Brain Injury Association reports 1.5 million injuries, many of which go undiagnosed but which lead to all kinds of cognitive and emotional impairments. While neuroscience has learned an enormous amount about the connection between brain trauma and personality changes, the methods proposed for resolving these alterations are generally limited to drug therapy or surgeries.This book explores a much less invasive but highly effective technique of restoring brain function: the Low Energy Neurofeedback System (LENS). Developed by Dr. Len Ochs in 1992, it has had extraordinary results using weak electromagnetic fields to stimulate brain-wave activity and restore brain flexibility and function. The treatment works across a broad spectrum of human activity, increasing the brain's abilities to adapt to the imbalances caused by physical trauma or emotional disorders--both on the basic level and in the more subtle areas of cognitive, affective, and spiritual processes that make us truly human. While the treatment has had remarkable results with individuals who have experienced severe physical trauma to the head and brain, Stephen Larsen sees it also as an important alternative to chemical approaches for such chronic behavioral disorders as ADHD and monopolar and bipolar depression.

AcknowledgmentsForeword by Thom Hartmann Foreword by Len Ochs, Ph.D. Introduction: Flexible Brain, Quiet Mind 1 The LENS in Clinical Practice • Stephen Larsen, Ph.D. 2 A Brief History of EEG Neurofeedback • Stephen Larsen, Ph.D. 3 The Development of the LENS approach • Stephen Larsen, Ph.D. and Kristen Harringtom, M.A., M.F.T., A.I.B.T. 4 Traumatic Brain (TBI) and Spinal Injury and LENS • Stephen Larsen, Ph.D., Mary Lee Esty, L.C.S.W., Ph.D., and Len Ochs, Ph.D. 5 Healing the Mind of Childhood: Cerebral Palsy, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Autism, Asberger's Syndrome, ADD/ADHD and Learning Disabilities • Sarah Franek, M.T.P., Stephen Larsen, Ph.D., Theresa Walker, M.D., Curtis Cripe, Ph.D, Mary Lee Esty, L.C.S.W., Ph.D., and Len Ochs, Ph.D. 6 The Twilight Zone: Fibromyalgia, Lyme Disease, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome • Stephen Larsen, Ph.D., Len Ochs, Ph.D., and Mary Lee Esty, L.C.S.W., Ph.D.7 High Anxiety, Deep Depression: Panic, Obessive-Compulsive Disorders, Anxiety, Phobia, Depression, and Bipolar Disorder • Stephen Larsen, Ph.D., Len Ochs, Ph.D., Karen Schultheis, Ph.D., Evelyn Soehner, M.A., Thomas E. Fink, Ph.D., and Lynn Brayton, Psy.D. 8 The Divine Madness: Epilepsy, Explosive Disorders, Tourette's Syndrome, and Tics • Stephen Larsen, Ph.D., Karen Schultheis, Ph.D., and Len Ochs Ph.D. 9 Life Hurts: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Pain, and Bereavement • Stephen Larsen, Ph.D.10 Brain Attack: Aneurysm, Stroke, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and Headache • Joan Piper Mader, M.A. and Beth Hanna, R.N.11 Aternative Approaches to Evaluation and Treatment Using the LENS Perspective • Stephen Larsen, Ph.D., Len Ochs Ph.D., Karen Schultheis, Ph.D., and Mary Lee Esty, L.C.S.W., Ph.D.12 The LENS and other Modalities: Psychotherapy, Conventional Biofeedback/Neurofeedback, Heartmath, Photonic Stimulation, Interactive Metronome, Deep Vascular Relaxation, Nutritional Support, Sudershan Kriya Yoga, Qi Gong, and Open Focus • Stephen Larsen, Ph.D., Wendy Behary, L.C.S.W., and Len Ochs Ph.D. 13 Speculations on Physics, Energy Psychology, Chaos Theory, and Magnetite in the Brain • Stephen Larsen, Ph.D. and Evelyn Soehner, M.A.14 The LENS with Animals: Improving the Behavior, Temperment, and Flexibility of Horses, Dogs, and Cats • Stephen Larsen, Ph.D., Sloan Johnson, M.A., Robin Larsen, Ph.D., and Carla Adinaro, A.R.I.A.15 Postscript: The Tao of LENS: Positive Psychology and Optimal Performance • Stephen Larsen, Ph.D. Notes BibliographyGlossary of AcronymsGlossary of Diseases/ConditionsGlossary of Healing ModalitiesResourcesAbout the ContributorsIndex