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.

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:

Get Biofeedback At Indiana Center For Recovery

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

Biofeedback therapy is just one of the innovative treatment options you have access to. You may also benefit from TMS Therapy, Spravato Ketamine Therapy or GeneSight Testing, as well as gold-standard treatment options like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

Biofeedback is part of both tracks:

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Patient Biofeedback Experiences

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

Anonymous
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
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
AC Fox

Biofeedback Therapy Is Covered By Insurance

Treatment here (including Biofeedback) is often 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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