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Bobbi Sanchez, MA, BCN - NewMind Journey

October 25, 2022

NewMind neurofeedback customer review


Video Transcript


Speaker: Bobbi Sanchez, MA, BCN, Neurofeedback Practitioner, bobbisanchez.com

Who are you and who do you help?

Bobbi Sanchez, MA, BCN: My name is Bobbi Sanchez, and I use the NewMind system to serve clients in the Denver area with an office in Lakewood, Colorado. My clients tend to be looking for help with executive function issues like attention, focus, impulse control, memory and calming, word finding, and sleep. More than anyone else, I train my own brain because it makes me a better and smarter person. I'm not a counselor nor a health care provider but have an M.A. In education and a B.A. in psychology. Therefore I don't treat anyone, but I train for more efficient brain function.

What problem were you trying to solve when you found NewMind, and what made you choose NewMind over anything else?

Bobbi Sanchez, MA, BCN: When I came to NewMind, I was looking for an affordable way to do neurofeedback on myself and with my family. Both my teenage son and I were finishing up a round of neurofeedback when he got a concussion snowboarding. He didn't want to go back to his neurofeedback practitioner and I didn't want to pay for missed appointments, but felt that both he and I would benefit from more neurofeedback. Because I have the educational background to do neurofeedback, I started looking into training requirements. The tech who would run some of my sessions recommended NewMind Academy as an online option to complete the 36 hour didactic course. I found a local mentor. Then after my training, worked for her as a neurofeedback technician. I started attending the NewMind Lunch and Learns where I listened in like a fly on the wall, able to watch as exports pored over brain maps. My mentor was generous with her time and explanations, but there was no way she could share as many brain maps as I was able to see on the NewMind Lunch and Learns. After a few months of being a tech, I decided to buy my own equipment through NewMind, to do neurofeedback on myself and with my family. I used NewMind suggested protocols, expanded my practice, and began training with clients

What type of results or successes have you achieved with NewMind?

Bobbi Sanchez, MA, BCN: In general, my clients appreciate the non specific benefit of greater well being. With fast wave training, students have trained their brains to be better able to pay attention long enough to focus and become engaged in and complete their school work. They report a reduction in mind chatter that interferes with sleep and focus. Some clients report feeling more comfortable in large social situations and better able to focus on the person with whom they're speaking. Doing NewMind's Alpha Theta protocol, one client reported feeling the long held tension in her shoulders dissipate as she felt a deep calming and letting go more. Specifically, one 13 year old boy had been struggling with motivation in school and was depressed. He had been seeing a counselor for two years and already had healthy habits concerning diet, sleep and exercise. After a couple months of neurofeedback, he came out of his funk after five months. His mom said he was back to his old self motivated and engaged. Two years later, he is now 15 years old doing calculus in the summer because he likes to get ahead. Another client sought help with brain fog and fatigue that he experiences with limes disease on NewMind's built in progress tracker. He initially rated both his fatigue and brain fog as level 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being very severe and 1 being minimal are never a problem. After four months of training, his fatigue had moved from level 9 to 1, he rated his brain fog at level 2 down from a 9. His busy mind went from 8 to 2, and his feelings of overwhelm decreased from 7 to 2. It was difficult for him to notice the gradual changes in himself because he didn't remember having felt so poorly. Being able to show him the NewMind generated graphs documenting his self reported severity of symptoms helped him see that he had made great progress. His physical appearance changed and he looked more alert and confident.

What benefits do you get from NewMind Lunch and Learns, and how have they helped you grow as a clinician?

Bobbi Sanchez, MA, BCN: One of the best things about NewMind is the Lunch and Learns. Dr. Soutar, other experts, and seasoned practitioners generously share and discuss their interpretations of brain maps and other relevant topics. Three times a week, you have the opportunity to learn and ask questions. You can send in brain maps for the panel to review. You can submit questions to the NewMind ListServe or to the panel and hear experts review current research. For me, the best part is just listening to the conversations other practitioners are having, how they approach different situations, seeing multiple brain maps being interpreted and, being inspired by the expertise and generosity of their practitioners sharing their knowledge.

How would you describe what NewMind is, to a colleague, and why would you recommend it to them?

Bobbi Sanchez, MA, BCN: I would describe NewMind as an all in one neurofeedback system with great customer support, that's easy to use, easy to understand, and designed primarily for the practitioner rather than the researcher. The NewMind mapping system is easy to use and has auto artifacting and simple screens to show when and where there's too much impedance. Intake is easy because there are built in questionnaires that clients can complete at home. The mapping software suggest protocols based on the areas of the brain map most outside the norm. You can use the suggested protocols or create your own. Also when training, you don't have to reinput all the training parameters at the beginning of each session. At the end of each session, the overall trend screen and other data is saved to NewMind Maps. The NewMind Lunch and Learns welcome beginners while attracting experts who generously share their knowledge and insight. Another great thing about NewMind is that it's easy to run a session on yourself. You can choose the protocol and feedback, hook yourself up and then click start while the software does everything else. I would recommend the NewMind system because it's comparably affordable, easy to use, and because the Lunch and Learns present an incredible ongoing opportunity to learn and ask questions.



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