Ongoing assessment: experience of a university biofeedback clinic

The purpose of this paper is to assess the Georgetown University Family Center Biofeedback Clinic in its first 2 years of operation. The clinic used Budzynski's and Stoyva's training routines as well as family systems theory. Details of the treatment methods and the patients seen are described, along with an ongoing procedure developed to assess results. Preliminary results on 93 patients show that 80% report symptom improvement. Self-report of improvement is associated with decreases in frontal EMG levels and with changes in life-style.