Biofeedback requires the use of biomechanical electronic transducers for measuring physical processes, which the individual tries to modify in order to achieve some psychotherapeutic effect. It should be noted that biofeedback therapists are “certified” by private organizations such as the Biofeedback Society of California and the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America. All biofeedback training has four common features. First, in all biofeedback procedures the subject or patient is made aware of various physiological functions that they normally might not be conscious of, such as their heart rate or brainwaves. Second, this awareness is produced by using various electronic instruments that provide measures of the activity of those systems. Third, those measurements are provided as information or feedback to the subject or patient either visually, auditorily, or possibly in the tactile modality. Fourth, the patient is instructed, asked to, or taught to control those functions under the assumption that gaining that control will alleviate psychological symptoms. If all of these conditions have not been met then the patient has not received psychotherapeutic biofeedback training.
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