Rest

First responders often engage in shift-work with inconsistent schedules and frequent nighttime waking that can make it difficult to get the adequate rest the brain and body require for effective cognitive and emotional functioning. This can also negatively impact physical health and job performance. As frequent witnesses to trauma, many often deal with nightmares and insomnia, adding further challenges to getting sufficient and quality sleep.

Neurofeedback positively impacts sleep. Due to the vital nature of sleep, this alone can have a life changing effect and can improve healing and functioning in additional areas.

By regulating brainwave patterns related to sleep, neurofeedback promotes deeper and higher quality rest, and it oftentimes increases a person's average hours of sleep per night.

Poor sleep does not carry stigma with it like many mental health symptoms, so it provides an opportunity to serve first responders in a way that is less threatening to their reputations or careers and may be easier for them to initially seek help for.