How to Find a Biofeedback Practitioner

Biofeedback enables people to learn about their body's functions and then learn how to control them. Practitioners hook participants up to machines that measure brain waves and/or heart rate. Participants can learn how to control parts of their body's functions with relaxation and other techniques. It can help with sleeping problems, headaches, backaches and urinary incontinence. If you're interesting in biofeedback, you need to find a biofeedback practitioner.

Instructions

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  Contact the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America (BCIA). Here you can search for certified (through BCIA) biofeedback practitioners in your area.

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  Go the Association for Applied Psychology and Biofeedback for another list of biofeedback practitioners in your area. To be on the list at the AAPB, participants must have BCIA certification. AAPB does not certify practitioners themselves.

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  Talk to your care provider if you can't find a practitioner in your area. They may know of someone going through certification who can help you.

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  Use caution when choosing a biofeedback practitioner since there is no state regulation regarding their training or licensing. Anyone with equipment can claim to be a biofeedback practitioner. Most experts agree that biofeedback practitioners should have certification and should have a background in psychology.

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  Interview a couple of practitioners, if possible, to find one that you like and that has experience caring for your particular health problem. Your practitioner should be someone you trust, someone who knows how to use the equipment and someone who actually helps you.