ABOUT DR. ROSEANN
Dr. Roseann is a mental health trailblazer, founder of The Global Institute of Children’s Mental Health and Dr. Roseann & Associates, who is, “Changing the way we view and treat children’s mental health”. FORBES magazine called her, “A thought leader in children’s mental health”. Her work has helped thousands reverse the most challenging conditions, such as ADHD, anxiety, mood, autism, learning disability, Lyme, and PANS/PANDAS using PROVEN holistic therapies such as neurofeedback, biofeedback, and psychotherapy. She is the author of the first ever book on teletherapy activities for child and adolescent therapists, “Teletherapy Toolkit™” and It’s Gonna be OK!™ book and The Get Unstuck Program™, which are resources for parents to reverse their child’s symptoms. She is often featured on dozens of media outlets: Fox, CBS, NBC, FORBES, PARENTS, and New York Times.
Roseann Capanna-Hodge, Ed.D., LPC, BCN, LLC-Integrative and Pediatric Mental Health Expert
-Founder and Director of The Global Institute of Children's Mental Health and Dr. Roseann and Associates
-Educational Psychologist, Therapist, and Board Certified in Neurofeedback
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WHAT FLIPPED DR. ROSEANN’S LID?
Coming from Italian parents and being a holistic thinker, food has always been medicine. She had already seen a variety of difficult cases in a variety of settings, but one particular child came to her with severe impairment with attention, focus, and behavior problems. He was the kind of kid that if you turned your head for 3 seconds, he would bounce out of his seat and be climbing the walls. He was intellectually gifted and in 2nd grade could produce no work. He could talk and share information. He would have later been diagnosed with autism, but at the time he was diagnosed with ADHD. His supportive parents had tried everything but medication and when they did try them, he suffered horrible side effects. That’s when his mother asked Dr. Roseann about neurofeedback. The program was rigorous but after some time the boy experienced tremendous results! He graduated high school at age 16 and is now a calm, easy-going adult. Seeing this child develop and grow through this therapy changed her trajectory.
What he was experiencing before his therapy was a great number of thoughts coming in all at once and he couldn’t process them which made him hyperactive. He noticed within the first week of neurofeedback that his thoughts were streamlining and he could deal with one at a time. Dr. Roseann now focuses on pairing nervous system regulation and education.
Kim and Roseann discuss the impact of academic rigor, social media, and family disconnection on children, particularly in the face of the pandemic. The suicide rate more than doubled from 2007-2017 in 10-24-year-olds. There is a gross imbalance in children’s mental, social, and spiritual well-being leading to decreased resiliency.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BIOFEEDBACK AND NEUROFEEDBACK?
Biofeedback and neurofeedback are cousins. Biofeedback has been around longer and involves learning how to conscientiously control one of your autonomic functions such as breathing, heart rate, etc. This helps regulate stress responses and get back into a parasympathetic state.
What’s different about neurofeedback is the reinforcement of brainwaves through the use of computers and positive reinforcement— reinforcing the subconscious to change its own brainwaves. The goal is to go from an unhealthy rhythm to a healthy rhythm.
The first step is to use a QEEG brain map which tells you the health of the brain and the formation of the brainwaves. This shows where activity is occurring and takes the guesswork out of what is driving undesired behaviors.
A patient can then connect to a computer with sensors in a few places on the head and as the brain begins to regulate, a movie might play or a bar on the screen might move as positive reinforcement to train the brain to suppress overactive brainwaves.
Unfortunately, patients have often seen up to 10 providers before they make it to a neurofeedback practitioner. Dr. Roseann is passionate about the flaws in the medical system that doesn’t allow for holistic solutions over medication. She empowers people to stand up for themselves and be their best advocate.
HOW DO YOU WORK WITH YOUR TEAM TO DELIVER COHESIVE TREATMENT?
Pre-COVID, patients would fly in and stay 1-2 weeks for intensive treatment and the team meets to coordinate and communicate about each case. They all share the same philosophy of combining treatment with education. They use specialized approaches for psychotherapy and are somewhat limited in the types of patients they see. When patients have medical issues that lead to mental health challenges, her team continues to learn and adapt according to new research to keep their practice evidence-based.
Learn more about neurofeedback and Dr. Roseann’s work by listening to or watching the full episode!
CONNECT WITH DR. ROSEANN
@DrRoseannCapannaHodge
www.drroseann.com
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