ABSTRACT
Since the turn of the century, one of the core themes in mental health has been the treatment of trauma especially from a brain-based perspective. The verification that the brain has plasticity opened new avenues for treatment and reinforced the use of biofeedback and brainwave biofeedback (neurofeedback) techniques as viable treatment options. The principle author has specialized in the fields of treating victims and perpetrators of sexual abuse, and began adapting treatment interventions addressing self-regulation skills for traumatized victims and interventions focusing on impulsivity and decision making skills for perpetrators. These physiological assessment and treatment modalities have direct application to most, if not all, forensic populations. This paper provides a brief overview of key aspects of using biofeedback, QEEG, and neurofeedback, and addresses why administrators and clinicians should incorporate the use of peripheral biofeedback and neurofeedback into the array of services used to address sexual perpetrators with the inference of its direct application to treat the majority of forensic populations in both public and private settings.
