Psychophysiology Evaluation

I offer a unique evaluation that combines assessment of 1) baseline autonomic nervous system functioning, 2) your body’s individual physiological responses to different types of stress and 3) the cognitive, emotional and interoceptive factors that may be maintaining chronic stress. While I am happy to offer this evaluation to any of my patients or as a standalone service, I perform this evaluation for any of my patients who will be receiving any form of biofeedback. After the full evaluation, which may take one or two sessions, I will send you a personalized report that will illuminate opportunities to radically change your relationship with stress.

Heart rate variability & Breathing Assessment

Our autonomic health, or the tone of our vagus nerve, can be assessed through a non-invasive assessment of HRV. Additionally, many stress-related problems are directly caused or worsened by breathing styles that can be mechanically or chemically unhealthy.

Stress profile

Each one of us responds to stress in unique ways. With the stress profile evaluation, I am able to give you bespoke feedback on what and how (at a physiological level) you are reactive to and, importantly, areas where your physiological stress does not fully recover.

psychological factors

No matter how regulated our body is, the mind can overpower it through cognitive processes like rumination, emotional suppression and being either over- or under-connected to bodily sensations (i.e. interoception). I offer individualized feedback about these factors, how they relate to your physiology and integrate it all into a treatment plan.