Neurofeedback Therapy for Feelings, Thoughts & Behaviors

In the service of enhanced capacity for relatedness, empathy, and trust . . .

Traditional and innovative approaches to improve attention, anxiety, mood and behavior.

Lora Lonsberry, Ph.D

Affective NeuroSciences, PLLC

Since earning a doctorate in Counseling Psychology in 1984, I’ve been in Private Practice for over 20 years in Northwestern Montana. In psychotherapy and facilitated groups, I integrate body-centered psychotherapies, traditional cognitive and behavioral therapies, humanistic and archetypal perspectives, and the teachings of several spiritual traditions. Specialties include: relationship and intimacy issues, recovery from past trauma, working through relationships, body image and self-esteem issues, unlocking the creative process and deepening spirituality. Teaching present moment living skills from the inside out with instant bio-feedback has proved a powerful tool for moving clients through many of life’s challenges and into more vitality.

One to take the road less traveled, beyond traditional methodologies, I have endeavored to actively incorporate such diverse fields as Archetypal Psychology – serving as an Associate at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara; the Sacred Psychology of internationally renowned philosopher, Jean Houston’s Mystery School; Jungian perspectives with the esteemed analyst, Marian Woodman and her BodySoulRhythm Intensives; Shamanism, with the holotropic breath work of Stanislav Grof; and the Earth Vision Circles of entheo-psychologists, Ralph Metzner and Edwardo Luis Luna. Following an inner template, I bring an illumined spark from within my heart into the professional practice of neurofeedback, where therapeutic interventions are often made at the bio-electric level -- where brain and mind meet.

Integration of Neurofeedback and Psychotherapy

We at Affective NeuroSciences, PLLC envision a world where human beings live in balance and harmony with nature, with each other and with the cosmos as a whole through the integration of heart, mind, body and soul. Affective NeuroSciences envisions a world where the cultivation of compassion, wisdom and creativity are as central to human culture as making a living and exploring new frontiers in science and technology. The integration of neurofeedback and psychotherapy is one of the richest experiences any therapist could hope to have. We have the exceptional privilege of being at the intersection where brain becomes mind.

The Mission of Affective NeuroSciences, PLLC is to help individuals and groups live more creative, meaningful, and conscious lives. We achieve this mission by integrating heart, mind, body and soul in the healing process and by cultivating each person’s individual journey toward wholeness. Neurofeedback can be used to address the spectrum from brain dysregulation to mystic states. It addresses a spectrum of brain dysregulation disorders and can be used for applied neurotherapy, designing and implementing treatment protocols for children and adults with attention disorders and autism spectrum disorders, as well as depression, trauma, anxiety, sleep disturbances, addictive disorders, pain control, loss of function associated with disease and normal aging, and head injuries. Neurofeedback can be used as a tool, not only to treat dysregulation but also to attain optimal mental agility, enhanced athletic and musical performance, and personally meaningful transformational experiences.

Live a healthfull life

Dr. Lonsberry is a strong believer in life-long learning and inner-life development.  Dr. Lonsberry’s mission is to enable her clients to find the strength and dignity to create autonomy in their lives.  To help them to leave behind outdated beliefs and repeating patterns which hinder them so that they are able to live more healthfully, life in the here and now.

Montana Woman Magazine features Dr. Lonsberry’s column, “The Awakening Mind,”  designed as a means of reaching out to people of  northwestern Montana with information for the integration of brain sciences, body-mind-spirit psychotherapy, preventative medicine, and emotional well-being.  Click here to view all Published Articles.

 

We are a private multi-disciplinary psychotherapy practice dedicated to providing traditional and innovative intervention options for individuals with neurologically based difficulties in their lives. We work with children and adults who have problems with attention, anxiety, mood, social relatedness, learning, and behavior.

Neuroscience and innovation

The last decade has seen an explosion of knowledge about brain function, due primarily to the use of new technologies that permit us to see the brain at work. We closely monitor new findings from neuroscience and carefully evaluate new clinical methods arising out of these findings.

The role of scientific research

We recognize the need for scientific proof of the effectiveness of clinical techniques and methods, and carefully evaluate the scientific foundation and validation for the treatment approaches we offer. However, we also realize that conclusive scientific validation of clinical methods is a very time consuming process, and often takes decades to complete. For this reason, we do offer as an option to our clients some innovative methods that have shown unusual promise in preliminary research and clinical trials. We realize that many people do not want to wait until multiple large studies of a new treatment option are complete, as long as the method is safe and initial studies or clinical experience shows benefit. For this reason, when our study of the literature and others’ clinical experience persuades us that an innovative method offers significant advantages over existing methods, or that this method represents a valuable option for clients to consider when making choices about intervention, we make it available to our clients.

Our approach to intervention

Decades of research has made it clear that every aspect of our psychological functioning is shaped both by biological factors (genetics, brain function, nutrition, and a variety of other factors) and by our experiences – at home in the family, at school, at work, with friends. These two types of influence interact in complex ways: our experience affects the brain and body and our brains and bodies influence our experience.

We are committed to carefully considering all of these factors in understanding the challenges and difficulties our clients face and in devising intervention plans to make for positive change.

For this reason, our approach to intervention is eclectic. We make use of strategies from cognitive behavioral psychology, psychodynamic psychology, attachment theory, family therapy, and other developmental approaches.

Dr. Lora Lonsberry is located in Kalispell, Montana

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Lora Lonsberry, Counselor/Therapist, Affective NeuroSciences, PLLC (406) 752-6634 - 455 N Foys Lake Drive Kalispell, Mt
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