Description
This talk reviews the mechanisms of long-haul covid as well as novel treatments and their results. The talk begins by describing the symptoms of long-haul covid, followed by discussing its proliferation. Then we dive into the possible sources of long-haul covid, specifically on its infiltration through the blood-brain barrier. We will also discuss different neurofeedback-based treatments and possible supplement treatments. Finally, we will go through a case study of Pre and Post Long-haul COVID.
Objectives
- Describe three of the mechanisms of Long COVID
- Describe why COV-19 spike proteins cause mental health & cognitive issues.
- List 3 beneficial therapies to help address Long COVID symptoms
- List two circumstances when you should involve a medical practitioner when working with long COVID patients
Presenters
Shari Johansson, RDH, MA, LPC, NCC, BCN, QEEG-D has worked both in private practice and in the university settings. She added Neurofeedback as a specialty in 2015 after seeing how this modality effectively resolved her son’s ADHD and daughter’s Temporal Lobe seizures.
Since 1993, Shari has been involved in counseling dedicated to encouraging women and men to live fully by design in deep relationship with God and others. Areas of specialized interest include: abuse recovery, grief work, identity issues, life direction, marital issues, parenting, adoption parenting and all things relational.
Shari’s specialties include Attachment Relationships, Anxiety, Grief, ADHD; Issues: Anger Management, Codependency, Family Conflict, Obesity/Weight loss, Relationship Issues, Sexual Abuse, Spirituality, Behavioral Issues, Divorce, Life Coaching, Parenting, Self-Esteem, Sleep/Insomnia, Trauma/PTSD, Biofeedback & Neurofeedback
She has served as the Director of Student Counseling services at the college level and has been an approved supervisor for graduate level therapists in training. Shari has also been employed as a consultant for area High Schools. Shari is happily married to David. They have two terrific children and two doodles that keep her busy.
Mitchell M. Sadar, PhD, BCN, BCB-HRV is a licensed psychologist who was the director of a Pennsylvania Correctional Institution’s inpatient program for over 15 years. In 1999 he was trained in neurofeedback and tried to bring this modality to the correctional population, but his attempts were not accepted by the Department of Corrections. He then resolved to dedicate his work to biofeedback and developed his private practice. Since 2015 he has been the president of the Northeast Region Biofeedback Society. His background in neuropsychology readily lent itself to learning how the EEG can facilitate neurofeedback training. In 2018, along with his practitioner wife, Angelika Sadar, he was invited to be part of BrainARC Switzerland and began developing evaluations and protocols based on the research of HBImed, Switzerland. Since that time, he has focused on developing assessments that include an analysis of EEG and ERPs to help to guide biofeedback/neurofeedback protocols but also include recommendations regarding psychotherapy and lifestyle changes.
