A typical sensor layout — placement is chosen from your assessment, not standard for everyone.
The short version: your brain gets a live report card, and it learns from it — the same way you'd learn to steady your hand watching it in a mirror.
What neurofeedback actually is
Small sensors sit on your scalp and read the electrical activity your brain is already producing. Software watches for the patterns we're targeting.
That's the whole loop. Nothing is sent into your head — no current, no magnets, no stimulation.
Brainwave frequencies, explained
Every assessment starts by looking at how much of each of these four core rhythms is present, and where. Tap a band to see how its rhythm looks and what it tends to mean.
Beta waves
Beta is the brain's everyday working rhythm — active during focused attention, conversation, and problem-solving. Sustained, excessive beta can show up as racing thoughts, tension, or trouble winding down.
Why it matters that a counselor runs it
Neurofeedback equipment is widely available, and training someone to place sensors takes an afternoon. What takes years is knowing what you're looking at. A twelve-year-old who can't sit still may have ADHD, or a sleep disorder, or an anxious household, or a reading disability he's hiding. Those lead to different plans, and only one of them is a training protocol.
You get a diagnostic intake, not an equipment demo
A full clinical history comes first. Sometimes it ends with a recommendation for a medical workup, a sleep study, or an educational evaluation instead of training.
Therapy and training can run together
Regulation makes room for the harder work. When talk therapy is the right companion to training, it happens in the same office, under one treatment plan.
Scope and ethics are enforceable
An LMHC answers to a licensing board, carries mandated confidentiality, and is bound to tell you when something is outside their scope. A technician isn't.
Medication stays with your prescriber
Nobody here will tell you to stop or change a prescription. If training shifts your picture, that's a conversation with the physician who wrote it.
Mindy Tanner, LMHC is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (Florida license #MH22032), trained through a BCIA-accredited neurofeedback program and a member of the Biofeedback Society of Florida, with 17 years in practice, providing this neurofeedback program through LiveWell Behavioral Health.
Protocols I treat
Neurofeedback training is used to support the following conditions:
- Addiction
- Autism
- Depression
- AD(H)D
- Epilepsy
- Anxiety disorder
- Memory disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Dyslexia
- Schizophrenia
- TBI (traumatic brain injury)
- Insomnia
- Tinnitus
- PTSD
- Eating Disorders
What a course of care looks like
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20 minutes, by phone
Initial consultation
A short call to answer your questions and see whether neurofeedback fits. No clinical intake happens at this stage.
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60–90 minutes
Assessment and baseline
A qEEG brain map and a DSM-based questionnaire, together forming the baseline the protocol is built from and later compared against.
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20 minutes, by phone
Review of findings
You get the findings explained in plain language and choose a protocol together.
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30–45 minutes, 2× per week
Training sessions
Sensors on, feedback running, brief check-in on symptoms and sleep at each visit. Twice weekly early on matters more than people expect; spacing them out slows the learning.
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Around session 20
Progress review
Two honest outcomes: keep going, or adjust the protocol.
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Final weeks
Tapering and maintenance
Sessions spread to weekly, then monthly, then stop. Gains often hold without ongoing training. Some people come back for a short tune-up after a stressful stretch.
Fees
Initial consultation
No intake. 20 minutes. Over the phone.
Assessment and report
Testing, mapping, analysis, and the review session.
Training session
30–45 minutes, including the check-in.
Counseling session
When talk therapy runs alongside neurofeedback training.
Insurance. Neurofeedback is not typically covered under most insurance plans. For that reason, we do not have an insurance option at this time. However, if your insurance covers neurofeedback, please let us know, and we will do what we can to work with your provider.
Package discount. A 10% discount is available with a 10-session package, with pay-upfront or pay-as-you-go options. Commitment required, restrictions apply.
Step Up for Students. The full neurofeedback process is an approved use of these funds.
LiveWell also accepts debit, credit, HSA, FSA, cash, or check as forms of payment.
Testimonials
"I enjoyed meeting with Mindy for the sessions that we had. Neurofeedback was easy and painless. I have noticed improvements in my focus and clarity in my day to day life. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is seeking focus and discipline in their day to day activities."
— Neurofeedback client
"Having suffered from extreme insomnia for many years, I was willing to try anything. The neurofeedback treatment took some time to tune in, but I saw a drastic improvement after a number of treatments. I definitely recommend it to anyone who suffers from insomnia, depression, or anxiety."
— Neurofeedback client
Common questions
Does anything get sent into my brain?
No. The sensors are receivers. They read the electrical activity already happening at your scalp, the same way a microphone picks up sound without producing any. There's no current, no magnetic field, and no stimulation of any kind. Nothing is implanted and nothing breaks the skin.
What does a session feel like?
Mostly uneventful. You sit in a chair, a paste-like gel holds a few sensors in place, and most clients choose to use this time to have a talk therapy session as well. Many people describe it as relaxing and a little boring, which is normal — you aren't trying to do anything. Some feel pleasantly tired afterward.
How soon would I notice a change?
Some clients have noticed a change within 10 sessions, most have noticed a change after 20.
Do the results last after I stop?
Yes — the model is skill learning, so the goal is that your brain keeps the pattern the way you keep the ability to ride a bicycle. That said, a stressful period can shake things loose, and a few tune-up sessions sometimes help.
Can my child do this?
Children as young as 4 often do well. However, this is on a case-by-case basis and is entirely dependent on the child's ability to remain still during the training session. Tablets or phones can be used to help achieve this outcome.
Will I have to stop my medication?
No, and you shouldn't change anything on your own. Prescribing decisions belong to your physician or psychiatrist. If your symptoms shift during training, we'll document it and, with your permission, share it with your prescriber so they have the full picture.
Is this covered by my insurance?
Neurofeedback is not typically covered under most insurance plans. For that reason, we do not have an insurance option at this time. However, if your insurance covers neurofeedback, please let us know, and we will do what we can to work with your provider.
Areas we serve
The office sits in Melbourne, and most clients come from around Brevard County — close enough for the twice-weekly early sessions a course of neurofeedback training asks for. That includes:
Melbourne, Palm Bay, West Melbourne, Melbourne Beach, Indialantic, Indian Harbour Beach, Satellite Beach, Rockledge, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Cape Canaveral, Merritt Island, Viera, Suntree, Titusville, Port St. John, Malabar, and Grant-Valkaria.
If you're coming from further away in Central Florida — Orlando, Vero Beach, Port St. Lucie, and similar distances — the drive works for some people and not others. Neurofeedback training itself has to happen in person, twice a week early on, so it's worth being honest with yourself about that commute before starting.
This neurofeedback program is administered by Mindy Tanner, LMHC, practicing within LiveWell Behavioral Health — a Central Florida counseling group offering individual, couples, and family therapy alongside programs like this one.
- Clinician
- Mindy Tanner, LMHC
- Practice
- LiveWell Behavioral Health
- Neurofeedback credentials
- BCIA-accredited neurofeedback training
Biofeedback Society of Florida member - Address
- 200 S. Harbor City Blvd, Suite 401, Melbourne, FL 32901
- Office phone
- (321) 259-1662
- Direct phone
- (321) 300-2930
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