Testimonials

"Last week my husband, daughter, and I visited my son on campus.  He had been talking about dropping out of college because of his anxiety and depression.  We saw a complete change in him. He did his typical complaining about school, but he was smiling and laughing a lot.  He was outgoing and very personable.  I haven’t seen this side of him in years.  It was a pleasant surprise as I didn’t expect to see him that way.  He feels confident he can finish out the year now.  I do believe neurofeedback is helping a lot."
Mother of a college student (8 neurofeedback sessions)

 
“When I first came to see Dr. Staso over 4 years ago, I had a long history of severe anxiety and depression and was using street drugs to try and make me feel better.  I had already tried many different antidepressant and anti-anxiety medications, but none of them really helped me.  By the time I turned 23, I had become totally addicted to cocaine and was seriously abusing alcohol.  I was feeling crazy and insane because of my cravings for cocaine.   I was drinking between 10 to 15 drinks every day of hard alcohol, beer, and wine.  I was about to quit work because I was having panic attacks on the job.  I got a referral to see Dr. Staso and the very first meeting and he said we could do talk therapy or try something else.  I had already had 6 years of talk therapy with no results, so I agreed to begin neurofeedback training. 

He set me up in front of a computer, put wires on my head and showed me the Lord of the Rings trilogy.  To my surprise, I experienced change within five sessions.  Then over the next 10 to 15 sessions, I noticed dramatic changes.  The result was no more obsessions on cocaine, which was awesome.  I was able to stay off it without entering a program.  I was also able to reduce the drinking by at least half and the only reason I didn’t stop was because I wanted to still have fun but not drink to excess.  

Ever since I was a child, I would get stuck on a thought and not be able to get away from it.  I had obsessive thinking.  Neurofeedback reduced my obsessive thoughts by 75% and the ones that stayed I was able to manage.

When I went back to work, I noticed a 180 degree change.  I went from feeling totally helpless and out of control of my thoughts to being calm and optimistic.  My depression was completely gone and my anxiety had vanished.  Before, on an average day there would be 10 instances where I would feel a jolt of adrenaline, which would lead me into a panic state, or an extremely stressed out state where I could barely be on the cash register.  I had such severe social anxiety I could barely talk to people and I would avoid eye contact.  Now I'm doing great.  I don't experience that at all.  Now, I look straight at them and say, “How's it going?  Did you find everything?, in a very relaxed way.  That's something I never thought I would have prior to seeing Dr. Staso. 

From high school up to my early 20s, I had seen six psychologists before Dr. Staso and had just talk therapy and tried many medications.   All that therapy and didn’t have nearly the effect the neurofeedback had.  I have nothing but good things to say about neurofeedback.  I never went back to cocaine and its been 4 ½ years.   I’m doing great with my drinking. Neurofeedback has done nothing but help me."
Cashier (20 neurofeedback sessions)