Inna Z. Khazan - The Clinical Handbook of Biofeedback: A Step-By-Step Guide for Training and Practice with Mindfulness

To my family for always being there

This edition first published 2013

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Khazan, Inna Z.

The clinical handbook of biofeedback : a step by step guide for training and practice with mindfulness / Inna Z. Khazan.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-119-99371-1 (pbk.)

1. Biofeedback trainingHandbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. I. Title.

RC489.B53K45 2013

616.89'1425dc23

2012047738

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Acknowledgments

There are many people who made this book possible. While this acknowledgments page cannot possibly do justice to their invaluable contribution, I will do my best to give thanks.

First, I would like to thank my teachers and mentors. Satya Bellerose was my first biofeedback teacher. Satya, thank you for not only teaching me biofeedback, but for inspiring me to pursue it as a career. Thank you to Saul Rosenthal for his mentorship and support for this book. I am grateful to Judy Krulewitz for her support and wisdom every step of the way.

Christopher Germer has been my mindfulness teacher and mentor for many years. He has also been my guide throughout the process of writing this book. Chris, thank you for introducing me to the power of mindfulness, helping me work through the kinks of integrating biofeedback and mindfulness together, and, most of all, for believing that this endeavor is worthwhile.

I would like to thank the experts in the field of biofeedback who have kindly shared their knowledge and expertise with me during the preparation of this book. A special thank you to Richard Gevirtz for his support at the early stages of this journey; his generosity in giving advice; sharing knowledge, materials, and images; and reviewing the heart rate variability (HRV) chapter of this book. I owe a debt of gratitude to Erik Peper for his advice in the writing of the electromyography (EMG) chapter, invaluable suggestions for its improvement, sharing images, and overall encouragement. To Peter Litchfield, thank you for so generously sharing your time in going over the intricacies of breathing physiology and training, sharing the breathing questionnaire, and the loan of the CapnoTrainer capnometer for testing out the protocols and capturing screen shots. I am grateful to Paul Lehrer for letting me pick his brain in the early stages of planning this book and sharing his tremendous knowledge and expertise in the field of HRV.