Before and After Imaging
Neuroplasticity refers to the brain’s remarkable capacity to reorganize itself, forming new connections and pathways. This flexibility serves as a cornerstone of brain health and is crucial for driving improvements in conditions such as substance use disorders, ADHD, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and insomnia, as well as enhancing concentration, working memory, and learning abilities in mathematics and language.
With traumatic brain injury and post-concussive syndrome, there can be neurophysical injury resulting in long-lasting deficits throughout a patient's life, unless neuroplasticity can be improved. We have found this form of neurostimulation treatment to be essential, and life enhancing in these patients.
Everyone’s brain is different and responds at different rates. The brain map on the left is a veteran who retired after 30 years with the USMC. He did 7 combat deployments, was shot, blown up, helicopter crash and more. He had TBI, chronic pain, sleep issues, migraines, anger, depression, double vision and was drinking on average 20 beers a day. For simplicity, green is good and red is bad. The brain map (top view brain scan) is after 10 sessions over 3 weeks. He reported, “I just didn’t feel like drinking anymore.”
Advancing Recovery Through Neuroscience and Mindfulness
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Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) is an evidence-based therapy, supported by more than 16 clinical trials and over $80 million in federal research grants (e.g., NIH, DOD), that unites innovative mindfulness, reappraisal, and savoring techniques — rooted in mindfulness meditation, “third wave” cognitive-behavioral therapy, and principles from positive psychology — into an integrative, unique, and sequenced mind-body treatment approach.
The MORE program is detailed in a treatment manual designed for use by therapists (and patients). Eric Garland, PhD, LCSW developed MORE by translating fundamental discoveries from cognitive and affective neuroscience into targeted therapeutic strategies that reduce addictive behavior, emotional distress, and chronic pain, while simultaneously increasing healthy pleasure, meaning in life, and self-transcendence. MORE has been shown to be nearly three times as effective as standard therapy for treating addiction and chronic pain.
All Neural Science Institute therapists are fully certified in Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE). Each clinician has completed formal training in the MORE Therapy program, ensuring consistent, evidence-based implementation of its core methods across all sessions. This certification reflects our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of clinical excellence and delivering integrative, neuroscience-informed care to every patient.
Explore a new era in recovery, as Neural Pathway Therapy helps restore balance and resilience for those navigating substance use disorders—combining neuroscience and real-life healing to make a difference.
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