EEGer Introduction to Neurofeedback Course (EIN)

If you are thinking about practicing neurofeedback, on yourself or on clients (ideally both), you'll need a clinical neurofeedback system.

Until now, clinicians attended the introductory course in person, and a neurofeedback system was provided for use during the practicum. After the course, they began the process of getting to know the software, developing a relationship with a mentor, and getting comfortable with asking questions.

As part of this course, you'll get help setting up your own system, including getting the right computer. And you'll get to meet several experienced EEGer mentors, as well as talk with EEGer tech support. This will make the first few months easier as a beginning neurotherapist.

Plus, if you later decide it's not for you, you can return the equipment in new, working order for your full $600 deposit back.

Yes, as a licensed healthcare provider, if you participate in the practicum with your equipment, and pass the didactic lectures you are qualified to purchase EEGer.

Since EEGer is cleared by the FDA as a medical device for general relaxation, to be an EEGer clinician you need to be a licensed healthcare provider, and have taken a hands-on instructional course.

We also strongly recommend (but don't require) that new neurotherapists develop a relationship with a mentor.

This course will introduce you to the field, and give you a sense of what direction you may want to go next. You'll have lots to learn still (about the neurophysiology of brain-training, and more), but this will get you started.

There are seven things to know before you take the EEGer Introduction to Neurofeedback course.

1. The course is geared to professionals in the mental healthcare field. If you are not working as a therapist, counselor, nurse, OT, physician, tech, or in a similar vein, this may not be for you.
2. You will need to have strong and stable internet connection for the live practicum sessions.
3. You must be relatively comfortable with using a computer.
4. You are strongly encouraged to have an associate present with you who will allow you to practice putting on sensors during the practicum sessions. This can be a friend, co-worker, family-member, etc. It should be someone with no history of things like head trauma, epilepsy, developmental trauma, depression, or other possibly challenging presentations.
5. The recorded didactic lectures can be viewed at your convenience (you'll have 90 days), but to pass the course you must be present for at least the first three live practicum sessions (dates above). If you are taking this course to buy EEGer and begin practicing as a neurotherapist, there are further requirements. See "Does this course qualify me to buy EEGEr?"
6. A general understanding of neuroanatomy will be helpful, but is not required.

See the BCIA website for requirements to be certified as in neurofeedback.

This course will provide the 36 hours of didactic training, and two hours of mentoring. Plus it will get you started in your self-training and give you insight into what you will need in a mentor as you continue your journey.

The EEGer Training Kit contains the EEG equipment you will need for live neurofeedback sessions.

It does not include the computer you will need. To find out what you need as a computer to run this realtime software, see this knowledge base article (KBA) on EEGer Minimum Requirements at EEGStore.com

When you've verified that your computer can meet the recommendations, or ordered a new one, then you are ready for the installation process.

For detailed instructions see this knowledge base article about the EEGer Installation process.

Also, we will host group meetings to help you source a computer, install the software, and configure it for your amplifier. If you add your email to the form elsewhere on this page, you'll get emails announcing the dates.

Things happen. The first three EEGer Online Practicum sessions are required because we want you to gain practical hands-on experience applying sensors, reducing impedance, setting thresholds, and in general getting familiar with running a session.

It's also a requirement to qualify for a clinical EEGer license.

But if you are unable to make one of the sessions, you can make it up by watching the recording and booking a private session with one of the mentors. Their time is not free of course, so expect to pay for it.

Of course, if you are not hoping to qualify for a clinical license, and are not worried about the lost instruction, there will be no charge.

You can work through the recorded didactic lectures at your own pace. They remain accessible for 90 days.

For the online practicum, to pass the course you'll need to attend at least the first three live three-hour sessions. These happen October 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2022 | 12pm - 3pm ET.

For the training kit, your deadline is just that your system needs to be set up and working in time for the first practicum session.

The training kit license is good for 90 days.

Our mission is make clinical neurofeedback accessible as well as grounded in emerging neuroscience. For this reason, we are offering this online introduction to neurofeedback regularly throughout the year, every few months. Check back for future dates!