Biofeedback Therapists

You can begin exploring this field by contacting and interviewing biofeedback therapists in your area to gain a more specific understanding of their day-to-day activities. Suggested interview questions include: What made you want to enter this career? What type of tools and technology do you use to do your work? What do you like most and least about your job? How did you train for this field? What advice would you give to young people about preparing for the field and being successful on the job? How will advances in technology change the field?

If your school participates in an annual science fair, consider using the opportunity to develop a presentation on biofeedback. Many simple experiments are possible and appropriate for this setting. (Consider a sophisticated take on mood rings, for instance.)

Outside school, you can practice a number of forms of noninstrumental biofeedback. Yoga and Zen meditation both will help you become more attuned to your own body and its rhythms—an important skill to have as a biofeedback therapist. Learning either of these disciplines will give you a taste of how body systems can be trained to respond to intention and outside control and will teach you how to recognize some of your own body's feedback patterns.

Another way to learn about biofeedback therapy is to familiarize yourself with terminology used by practitioners. Visit https://ahpinstitute.com/dictionary-biofeedback-neurofeedback-terms for a glossary of biofeedback-related terms.