Where can I get high-quality training in neurofeedback?
Enjoy the first in a series designed to answer just that.
There are several top people in neurofeedback that just aren't well known outside the field.
Here's one that really stands out.
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Joel Lubar, PhD
Dr. Joel Lubar’s research is a driving force in the development of the field of neurofeedback
Since developing the use of neurofeedback to treat ADHD, Dr. Joel Lubar remains on the cutting edge of neurofeedback, working with and teaching the use of brain imaging (quantitative EEG or qEEG) and Low Resolution Electromagnetic Tomography (LORETA).He's now incorporating Z-score training - an innnovative new training model - as part of his work. Lubar has had tremendous influence on this field through his extensive research and writings, as well as his long work in clinical practice with his wife, Judith Lubar. As a professor and professor emeritus at the University of Tennessee Psychology Department, he’s run a lab for over 30 years that focuses on both neurofeedback and qEEG.
Training clinicians in qEEG and neurofeedback
Click here to listen to Dr. Joel Lubar discuss his course and his approach to teaching neurofeedback and qEEG.
Dr. Lubar specializes in training clinicians to use and improve their use of qEEG and neurofeedback in their practices. Gearing his courses to the participants, beginners and more advanced students increase their individual knowledge.Lubar feels a very hands-on approach leads to success, and participants’ individual cases are analyzed during the course.A new feature of the course is training on Z-SCORE and S-LORETA. Find out more about upcoming courses...
A Clinician's Perspective on Training with Joel Lubar: An Interview with Psychiatrist John M. Tatum, MD
Dr. John M. Tatum, a psychiatrist with over 30 years of clinical experience, considers Dr. Joel Lubar his mentor in neurofeedback and qEEG.Dr. Tatum explains how his ongoing training with Dr. Lubar has enhanced his ability to help patients with complex presentations.
In 1999, psychiatrist John M. Tatum, MD, after briefly using neurofeedback with his patients in the late 1980s, wanted to reintroduce neurofeedback into his practice.In contrast to the earlier period, Tatum felt that, not only were there better studies to support the efficacy of neurofeedback and better neurofeedback equipment, he had patients whom he felt would particularly benefit from the modality. After reading numerous articles and hearing the top people in neurofeedback speak, he was drawn to Joel Lubar and his research and set up a mentoring relationship with him.
Listen to Dr. Tatum talk about his mentoring relationship with Dr. Lubar...
Tatum feels that his mentoring relationship with Lubar has been invaluable in his incorporation of neurofeedback treatment. Tatum explains, “He’s invaluable.He has such a tremendous depth of knowledge in the field from a hardware standpoint, from a software standpoint, and from a clinical standpoint….I couldn’t be more pleased with my decision to work with him many years ago, and that’s why I continue to work with him. ”Tatum has also benefited from group instruction at Lubar’s workshops seen clinicians with both beginning and advanced levels of neurofeedback knowledge benefit from his training. “Joel is a master teacher.I think he has a unique ability to tell you what you need to know at this particular time…. His comments and his teaching are very specific to the point at hand so he doesn’t overwhelm you at all.”
As a psychiatrist who often sees patients with complex presentations, Tatum has found Lubar’s qEEG-based approach to often be essential in determining treatment protocols.
Listen to Dr. Tatum talk about how using qEEG analysis followed by neurofeedback treatment has helped his patients...
Dr. Lubar's books, journal articles, and book chapters related to neurofeedback...
Professional Background
Dr. Joel Lubar, who received his PhD from the Department of Biopsychology at the University of Chicago, was the developer of neurofeedback as a treatment modality for ADHD.Dr. Lubar has published more than 130 papers, wrote many book chapters, and eight books in the area of neuroscience and applied psychophysiology. He has been an Associate Editor for the Journal Physiology and Behavior, and an Associate Editor for Biofeedback and Self Regulation, Associate Editor for the Journal of Neurotherapy, and a member of the Editorial Board for the journal of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. He was an Assistant Professor at the University of Rochester, a Senior Faculty Science Fellow for the National Science Foundation at the UCLA School of Medicine, a visiting professor at the Institute of Physiology of the School of Medicine of the University of Bergen in Norway and is currently a Full Professor and now Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee.
Dr. Lubar had been President of the Academy of Certified Neurotherapists which he incorporated into the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America EEG Specialty area (BCIA-EEG). He has been president of the EEG Division of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB) and was President of AAPB in 1996-1997. He was President of the International Society for Neuronal Regulation (ISNR). Dr. Lubar has been co-director of Southeastern Biofeedback Institute in Knoxville and Pompano Beach, Florida since 1979.
