Neurofeedback Providers in Washington, DC
If you have started looking into neurofeedback around Washington, DC, you are probably after one thing: a working list of who actually offers it nearby. What follows covers the practitioners serving the District and the areas that orbit it, including Silver Spring and Arlington, so you can skip the part where you piece it together from scattered search results.
FullSpectrumDC.com runs out of Dupont Circle and offers what they call Executive Neurofeedback training, available on your schedule. A short walk from there is The Viva Center at 1731 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 400 (20009), which has assembled a fairly large team of providers. Most hold Master's degrees in psychology, and one of them, oddly enough, holds a JD. An attorney who ended up doing neurofeedback in DC. Worth a look.
The Better Brain Center sits across the river in Alexandria at 2121 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 604 (22314). Technically Virginia, but close enough that most DC residents can reach it without much trouble, and the reviews on it are strong. If you are after diagnosis and treatment of specific conditions, the Washington, DC Center for Neurocognitive Excellence (1627 K ST NW, Suite 500, 20006) focuses there, and also handles trauma therapy and general psychotherapy. You tend to be in steady hands with that group.
A few options lean suburban. NOVA Neurotherapy shows up as part of EEG Info, the directory maintained by the Othmer group, which lists clinicians working the DC region. Biofeedback Works in Virginia operates out of Herndon (512 Herndon Parkway, Suite F, 20170, with a second address at 38669 Eudora Lane, Hamilton, 20158); that is a stretch from the city, though if you live near Herndon and commute in, it could be the obvious pick. The Learning Space DC provides neurofeedback as well, over at 4545 42nd Street, NW, Suite 201 (20016).
Two names carry more recognition outside the local scene. Amen Clinics built their reputation on SPECT imaging (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography) for mapping brain function, and they offer Q-EEG neurofeedback from their Reston office at 10701 Parkridge Blvd., Suite 110 (20191). Neuro Edge Coaching takes a different angle, folding NeurOptimal neurofeedback into business and personal coaching; the NeurOptimal setup runs on a 'passive' model, nudging the brain to adjust on its own in response to signals coming back from the computer. They are on Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 113 (20015).
A bit about the premise behind all of this. The point here is to make neurofeedback more familiar to people living in and around the District, and to anyone elsewhere who wants to understand it. The method centers on monitoring, recording, and training brainwave activity. The patterns in question are the usual set: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Theta, and Delta. People who live or work near DC often take an interest because the whole approach is built around bringing brain training into the present century.
Most people arrive wanting the same thing, which is a fix for whatever is bothering them. That part can be hard. The difficulty is usually that the underlying skills have not been built yet: holding executive attention, steering your own emotional and psychological state, dropping into deep relaxation or climbing into peak energy when you decide to, rather than when it happens to you. For that reason, reading up on mindfulness, meditation, and neuro-training alongside any neurofeedback work is a sensible move.