Abreactions

Abreactions are any unwanted and usually negative responses to brain training. They are rare when one is carefully following a brain map, and no research has ever found that there are lasting negative effects to a few sessions with negative reactions. That said, there is usually never a time when a negative response such as headache, spaciness or extreme exhaustion is something we should work through. I would admit that there are times when a client may have a slight headache after or during a session but the next day experience a dramatic change. In that case I might (with the client’s agreement) try it again, but ideally I’d want to know what about the protocol was resulting in the headache or the extreme exhaustion. There is no reason for a Calvinist approach to neurofeedback.