Introduction
One of the main protocols in the rapidly evolving field of Mind-Body Medicine (MBM) is EEG (electroencephalogram) Biofeedback. Biofeedback uses technology to provide a client with needed information about psychological states and physiological states (muscle tension, galvanic skin temperature, and brain waves) in an attempt to mitigate the effects of these physiological/psychological states. This interdisciplinary paradigm was introduced to the US medical community in 1969 as a way of giving humans more control over their physiology and consciousness, making the connecting links between physiology and psychology more apparent and accessible.
Soma/Psyche or Psyche/Soma
The development of Somatic Therapy has been attributed to the German psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich, who in the later stages of the 1800s while treating cancer clients with low voltage electrical currents, discovered that after passing a low voltage current through cancerous tissue to his amazement the cancerous...
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Haldeman, D. (2020). Biofeedback: An Experience of Resonance. In: Leeming, D.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24348-7_200035
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