Biofeedback Therapy: Train Your Brain & Body To Relax

Biofeedback is a powerful, medication-free treatment that helps you learn to calm your nervous system and regulate your body’s response to stress, anxiety, and trauma.

Biofeedback is backed by clinical research, including a study showing 40–50% drop in self-reported stress and anxiety levels ⓘ

What Is Biofeedback Therapy?

Using sensors placed on your skin, biofeedback shows real-time feedback on things like heart rate, breathing, muscle tension, and skin temperature — giving you a clear window into how your body reacts to stress, anxiety, and emotion.

Then, through guided sessions, you learn to control those reactions — training your brain and body to stay grounded, relaxed, and focused even under pressure.

Conditions Biofeedback Helps

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Depression & Mood Disorders
Anxiety, Panic & Stress Disorders
Chronic Stress & Burnout

Substance Use & Craving Regulation
Chronic Pain or Muscle Tension
Insomnia & Sleep Disturbances
Headaches & Migraines

Biofeedback is especially helpful for people who feel constantly on edge, stuck in fight-or-flight mode, or disconnected from their bodies due to trauma or chronic stress.

What to Expect During a Biofeedback Session

Every Biofeedback session is personalized to your needs — whether you’re working through trauma, managing anxiety, or recovering from substance use.

You won’t just be told to “relax”. Instead, you learn how your body reacts in real time and discover practical ways to shift those patterns.

Over time, biofeedback builds confidence and positive skills so you no longer have to feel hijacked by stress, worry, or emotion in everyday life.

1 Sensors Placed on the Body: Small, painless sensors are attached to your finger to track signals from your nervous system.

2 Real-Time Monitoring: You’ll see your stress response displayed on a screen — showing heart rate, breath pattern, skin conductance, and other signals.

3 Guided Relaxation Techniques: A trained clinical specialist guides you through specific exercises — like breathing, visualization, or grounding — while you watch how your body responds.

4 Skill-Building Over Time: With practice, your brain learns how to adjust your stress response automatically. Most people report improved control, calm, and confidence in just a few sessions.

Is It Safe?

Yes—biofeedback is completely safe, painless, and non-invasive.

It doesn’t stimulate your brain or change your chemistry — it simply reads the signals your body is already giving off and helps you learn to control them. There are no side effects, and it’s safe to use alongside therapy, medications, or other treatments.

Key Benefits of Biofeedback Therapy

Most patients start noticing a difference in just a few sessions — like easier sleep, fewer outbursts, or a calmer physical baseline. And because it builds skills you can use anytime, the benefits last long after sessions end.

Drug-free, non-invasive, and safe
Builds real self-regulation skills
Helps reduce emotional reactivity
Improves focus, sleep, and relaxation
Supports trauma recovery without needing to “talk it all out”
Strengthens resilience and nervous system flexibility
Can be combined with therapy or medication—or used on its own

Is Biofeedback right for me?

If you feel like you’re constantly on edge, reacting too strongly, or stuck in survival mode — biofeedback may be the breakthrough.

It’s especially helpful if:

You’ve tried therapy but still feel dysregulated
You want to avoid or reduce medication
You struggle with anxiety, trauma, or emotional outbursts
You feel disconnected from your body

Biofeedback at Indiana Center for Recovery

Here, we don’t just treat symptoms — we shift your system at the source for long-term healing.

If you need more support, Biofeedback therapy is just one of the innovative treatment options you have access to here. You also have access to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Spravato Ketamine Therapy and even GeneSight Testing, as well as gold-standard treatment options like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

Whether you’re here for anxiety, addiction, PTSD, or burnout, advanced tools like biofeedback help you feel better from the inside out.

Yes, Treatment Is Covered By Insurance

Treatment here is usually in-network, so any cost to you is as low as possible — sometimes even zero. No one will be notified if you reach out. And, there’s no commitment to get answers.

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Deeply Experienced, Nationally-Recognized Mental Health Experts

Dr. Michael Kane MD

Chief Medical Director (Psychiatrist)

Double board-certified in Psychiatry and Family Medicine, Dr. Kane brings over a decade of experience treating complex mental health issues. Featured in Newsweek, PsychCentral, and MSN, he’s known for helping people feel seen, while delivering real results through medication and advanced therapies. Patients trust him to treat the whole person, not just the symptoms.

Jackie Daniels LCSW

Director of Clinical Development (Therapist)

Jackie is a licensed therapist, national speaker, and in long-term recovery herself. With 20+ years of clinical experience, she’s led major statewide efforts—like expanding Naloxone access and launching Indiana University’s first Collegiate Recovery Program. She’s known treatment models that is not only evidence-based but deeply rooted in lived experience.

It Starts With A Simple Call

If you feel stuck in survival mode, biofeedback can help you calm your system and take back control naturally. The team at Indiana Center for Recovery guides you through this gentle, effective option to finally start feeling calm and clear again.

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Loved biofeedback. It teaches you to physically control your breathing and other physical processes that influence/are influenced by anxiety and stress.

Anonymous

I've done biofeedback and had a lot of success in helping in calming the dysregulation caused by my early childhood trauma. It's been many years now, but the improvements have been lasting.

Lucy

It helps my brain regulate itself more, so it doesn't get as stuck in hypervigilance (or dissociation). I have a lot fewer anxiety attacks than I used to. It's been that helpful for me.

AC Fox