Start with an assessment
Start with the free depression screener. If it points somewhere, the Individualized NeuroDevelopmental Profile reads the limbic system alongside the prefrontal contribution.
Depression
In this model depression is read at the deep limbic system: energy level, mood stabilization and the sleep-wake cycle, three settings that move together and pull each other down when one of them slips.
Where energy, mood and sleep are set
These three are regulated together, which is why they move together.
Deep limbic system
Mood and emotional regulation, energy level modulation, and sleep restoration and circadian rhythm.
Prefrontal cortex
Decision speed, and the problem-solving and reasoning that get slower when the system underneath them is flat.
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What people describe
Energy, mood and sleep move together. People usually notice one of them and describe that one.
- Sleeping all night and none of it restoring anything
- Decisions taking effort that they did not used to take
- Energy arriving late in the day or not at all
- Interest thinning out before the ability does
How we work with it
Then the work itself
For this presentation that usually means Dynamical Neurofeedback®, regulation work that lets the nervous system self-correct. If you are under psychiatric care, keep it. This works on the regulation underneath, which is a different question from the one your prescriber is answering.
Questions people ask
What people ask about the regulation side, and what it does not replace.
Is the depression screener free?
Yes. It is one of the six free screeners on this site, alongside ACE, anxiety, auditory processing, hearing and trauma.
Is this a substitute for psychiatric care?
No. We are not prescribers and we do not replace one. If you are in crisis, contact your physician or emergency services.
What does the work actually involve?
Usually Dynamical Neurofeedback® for the regulation side, run inside NeuroCognitive Processing so cognitive remediation happens in the same session.
Take something home with you
Between sessions is where most of the work happens. These are the downloads and the journal we hand to clients, sold through our storefront.
Adult Autogenics Audio
Twelve minutes of autogenics to run before a 33 minute session, which rounds the whole thing out to 45.
$9.95 USD
My “Lived-Experience” Journal
Handwriting reaches memory and emotional processing along pathways typing does not. Shipped inside the US.
$14.95 USD
Music for Wellness
Ambient soundscapes recorded with violinist Cathy Morris, for quieting a busy mind into a calm focus.
$19.95 USD
Prices in USD, as published in the storefront. Checkout, delivery and support for anything on this shelf run through store.cognitive-connections.com.
Start with the free depression screener
A few minutes, no obligation. It says whether the energy, mood and sleep picture is worth assessing in full.