Heartmath Biofeedback
 Stress is the wear and tear the body experiences in reaction to everyday challenges, tensions and pressures. The American Institute of Stress claims that up to 90% of all health problems are related to stress. Too much stress wears down the immune system, and contributes to heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, depression and sleep disorders.
In coordination with cognitive therapy and/or the Low Energy Neurofeedback System we use the Heartmath emWave® PC technology to help our patients learn internal awareness, self-regulation, and emotional management skills. One can learn to prevent stress by becoming aware of when the stress response starts and stopping it in the moment.
• Why HeartMath?
• How does Heartmath help reduce stress?
• Who can be helped with Heartmath?
Why Heartmath?
 HeartMath's compelling approach has been published in journals such as the Harvard Business Review, Journal of Innovative Management, The American Journal of Cardiology, Stress Medicine, and Journal of Advancement in Medicine. HeartMath's successes have been featured in media stories on CNN, ABC World News Tonight, NBC's Today Show, Good Morning America, the Lifetime Network, New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. See www.Heartmath.com for more information.
How does Heartmath help reduce stress?
 The Heartmath emWave® PC technology is an innovative, non-invasive, biofeedback approach to stress relief based on learning to change the heart rhythm pattern and create physiological coherence in the body. With Heartmath one can see how thoughts and emotions affect the heart and nervous system. When stressed, our heart rhythm has an irregular, jagged, incoherent pattern.
When there is a shift to a more positive emotional state the heart rhythm pattern changes to a smoother, wave-like coherent pattern.
 By seeing the visual changes on the screen and associating it with a more peaceful, calm internal state, one can learn how to manage stress and maintain a state of physiological coherence and balance. With practice one can learn how to shift into coherence at will, even in difficult situations. Your clinician will also train you to use the EmWave Personal Stress Reliever - a handheld device that provides similar feedback for monitoring your stress level outside of the therapist office.
Who can be helped with Heartmath?
 Adults and children with ADD/ADHD, anxiety disorders (phobias, test anxiety, OCD, hypertension) sleep disorders or headaches secondary to anxiety are good candidates for Heartmath training.
For more information on how we integrate Heartmath biofeedback please contact Rebecca Shafir at (978) 287-0810 x117.
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