Neurofeedback for Anxiety in Adults, Los Angeles & Pasadena
Generalized anxiety disorders can cause people to struggle through their daily lives. Getting support for anxiety doesn't have to be difficult, though; trainers like Vital Brain Health can help people get the support they need.
If you're struggling with anxiety, you need the help of excellent therapists like those at Vital Brain Health. We focus on providing optimal care without the need for medication.
At a Glance
Neurofeedback is a drug-free, non-invasive brain-training method. At Vital Brain Health we use qEEG brain mapping to see how your brain works, then guide it with real-time feedback so the networks behind worry and stress learn to settle. For adult anxiety, this supports calmer emotional regulation without medication.
What is Anxiety?
Anxiety disorders are a series of brain-based conditions that can impact a person's life. They interfere with a person's inner peace by causing constant feelings of fear, dread, and a heightened alertness for danger.
At Vital Brain Health, we are dedicated to providing optimal care to each person who visits our practice. We understand the frustrations anxiety and medication management can cause, and we provide optimal therapies that can help you without the need for medication use.
If you're looking to overcome challenges caused by anxiety in your life, schedule an appointment with Vital Brain Health today.
Common Risk Factors Linked to Anxiety in Adults
Understanding the potential risk factors of anxiety can help you get the support you need. Anxiety is often the result of one of a variety of factors:
Chemical Imbalances
Imbalances in certain neurotransmitters and hormones can cause anxiety and other related conditions.
Brain Changes
Increased amygdala activity has been shown to cause higher levels of anxiety.
Genetics
Family history and other genetic factors have been shown to play a role in the development of anxiety in adults.
Environmental Factors
Stress and other environmental factors can cause anxiety.
Key takeaway
If anxiety keeps you on edge, Vital Brain Health offers qEEG-guided neurofeedback that helps your brain learn to self-regulate, drug-free. It is a supportive, non-invasive path toward steadier focus and calmer days.
What symptoms are associated with anxiety?
Symptoms of anxiety can vary in type and severity. Some of the symptoms that benefit from an evaluation at Vital Brain Health include:
If you are still weighing your options, our clinicians wrote a plain-English look at the question does neurofeedback work for anxiety in adults, covering what the research shows and what to expect from training.
For a closer look at what a program feels like week to week, read our guide to managing anxiety with neurofeedback, written for adults across Los Angeles and beyond.
What are the Support Options for Anxiety in Adults?
Vital Brain Health offers different types of support, each serving a different purpose. Some of the support you may be recommended include:
Neurofeedback
Neurofeedback utilizes advanced brain training to optimize your brain’s natural function using real-time feedback. This can help the different parts of your brain communicate more effectively, which in turn improves focus, emotional regulation, and cognitive performance. Best of all, no part of this process requires medication.
Biofeedback
Biofeedback is aimed at resolving responses in the body related to breathing, heart rate, and muscle responses. This can help teach clients methods to keep their breathing and heart rate steady, which can help prevent panic attacks and other physical anxiety symptoms.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, supporting people with anxiety is one of our primary specialties, particularly women with anxiety disorders who represent our largest adult client group. Our Neurofeedback 3.0 integrated multi-modal approach helps optimize brain networks involved in emotional regulation, stress response, and cognitive control for individuals experiencing anxiety. We provide specialized protocols for various anxiety presentations including generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety, and anxiety-related emotional dysregulation in both children and adults with anxiety.
Our protocols for people with anxiety use neurofeedback to help parts of the brain being overactive, emotional, or exhibiting stress responses learn to be calm and coordinate better with cognitive control areas. Through our visual feedback systems, these brain networks learn to communicate on more balanced frequency channels, developing new nerve connections during sleep that lead to reduced worry, better emotional regulation, and improved stress management in daily life for individuals with anxiety disorders.
Using our 19-room mansion model, individuals with anxiety typically experience specific communication patterns: • Emotional processing suite may be stuck on high-alert frequency channels in people with anxiety • Stress response systems might be over-communicating with other brain areas in individuals with anxiety disorders • Cognitive control rooms may struggle to regulate emotional responses in people experiencing anxiety • Executive function areas might have difficulty overriding anxious thoughts in individuals with anxiety
There is no one-size-fits-all number, because every training plan is individualized from your qEEG brain map. That said, many adult training plans run in the range of 30 to 40 sessions spread over several months. Your exact plan comes from the initial evaluation, where we review your brain map and your goals together and map out a realistic schedule.
Neurofeedback is non-invasive and drug-free. Nothing enters the brain during a session; the sensors only read your brain's activity while the system provides real-time feedback. Some people notice temporary tiredness after early sessions as the brain adjusts to training, and this typically passes quickly. If you ever have questions during your program, your clinician is there to adjust the training with you.
Yes. In addition to our Pasadena office, Vital Brain Health runs nationwide remote programs, so adults anywhere in the United States can train from home. You receive professional home training equipment, and a clinician oversees your progress throughout the program.
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