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clients, called Biofeedback.” Dr. Butler is a Board- Certified Associate Fellow in biofeedback from the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America (BCIA). “It’s a mind-body technique where you teach people to recognize their physical symptoms of stress and anxiety.” Biofeedback
On top of being a therapist, he works with interns. “I supervise doctoral and psychology students who must do a postdoc to qualify for their license.” Regarding the clientele, “Somebody’s got to work with them, with those individuals.
If you commit a crime, you still have a right to an attorney; you have a right to be represented. People have a right to treatment.” What does the future hold for Dr. Butler? “I would like to write and do more research in the area of biofeedback.”
includes sensor readings. “These visual and auditory signals will teach them how to control their sympathetic nervous system—basically recognizing stress and anxiety or increased heart rate, breathing, and things of that nature.” But how long does the treatment take? “The length of a client program is predicated on the clinical picture. I do Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which would go on for probably six months. I teach patients to be their own therapists.” And there are success
stories! Regarding a particular client, “I did CBT- Cognitive behavioral therapy over six months and saw a significate change in their chronic depression. Research indicates that CBT works just as well as medication, and even better if they are on medication and CBT, a combination of both.”
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