Mental Health Support for Women
We’re here to support women’s mental health at every stage of life. Our personalized approach meets you where you are and offers neuroscience-backed techniques to relieve your symptoms, support your mental health, and improve your overall wellbeing.
Mental health & women’s health are interconnected.
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Women experience many periods of hormonal shifts throughout their lives that can have a profound impact on their mental health and brain function. From puberty, menstruation, pregnancy, postpartum recovery, perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause, the brain and body is constantly adapting to changing levels of hormones. These hormonal fluctuations can lead to a variety of symptoms impacting your mood, sleep, focus, energy levels, and overall health.
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Women may be at higher risk for certain psychological conditions or experience them at higher rates compared to men, due to a combination of biological, social, and environmental factors. Conditions such as anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and eating disorders are more commonly diagnosed in women.
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Factors like societal expectations, gender roles, stereotypes, etc can contribute to mental health challenges in women.
These factors can also hinder their ability to seek or access mental health resources as women may find it difficult to recognize their mental health struggles, to seek help without fear of stigmatization, etc. This can turn into a harmful cycle—mental health challenges begin to affect overall health, disrupting sleep, hormonal balance, and immune function, which in turn further worsens mental well-being. Mental and physical health are deeply interconnected, and when one suffers, the other is inevitably impacted.
Neurofeedback for Women
We highly recommend neurofeedback because it’s effective and non-invasive, making it safe for women of all ages, in every stage of life.
Neurofeedback can help with:
Emotional regulation and mood stability
Hormonal balance
Stress and anxiety management
Sleep disruptions and fatigue
Cognitive functions: attention/focus, working memory, mental clarity
How does Neurofeedback work?
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1. Brain map
Brainwave assessment identifies imbalances and helps to create a personalized treatment plan.
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2. Treatment setup
Non-invasive sensors and headphones are placed on your head and the treatment session begins.
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3. Brain activation
Software translates your brainwave data and stops or starts audio/visual media based on your brain activity.
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4. Conditioning
In response to the audio/visual feedback, your brain adapts and learns to regulate your brainwaves and build new, healthy neural pathways.
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5. Brain Training
Over time with continuous brain training, healthy brain activity in target regions increases, and symptom-associated activity decreases.
Ready to start the process?
Step 1: Schedule an intake appointment.
This initial session is a time for you to meet with our clinical psychologist, Dr. Fallahpour, to discuss your medical history, symptoms, goals, circumstances, etc. Fill out the booking form here or call us directly at 212-877-2130 to schedule your intake session or inquire for more information.
Step 2: Complete brain assessments.
After your intake session with Dr. Fallahpour, we recommend that you complete a qEEG brain map and neuropsychological screening. This provides us a more objective understanding of what is happening in your brain and which issues we need to focus on treating.
Step 3: Start treatment sessions.
After reviewing the results of your brain assessments, Dr. Fallahpour will design a personalized treatment plan for you. Then you will be able to start treatment sessions in office or remotely if eligible. Click here to learn more about our treatment options.