Z'eva began her work as a counselor and educator in 1972.  Since 1978 she has been in private practice responding to people whose life situations involve difficult transitions, loss, grief, stress-related illness, chronic pain, disability and depression.  She received her Masters of Art Degree in Counseling from Sonoma State University in California and holds a lifetime teaching credential for California Community Colleges.  Her private practice is in Missoula, Montana.

Trained as a marriage/family therapist, Z'eva broadened her background to include training in authentic movement, expressive arts, principles and practices of healing from other cultures, hypnotherapy, visioning, and coaching as well as introductory massage from BSSI.

Z'eva sees individuals, families, couples, children and teens.  Z'eva also offers four in-depth psychotherapy retreats per year.  When offered an opportunity to add neurofeedback to her practice, Z'eva accepted referrals of children and adults who had been affected by life situations and/or problems such as depression, anxiety, lack of attention, autism, head injury and pain management.

Z'eva has written for several health publications, conducted therapeutic workshops and trainings, and presented to parents about the experience of loss in a child's life.  She has been on the faculty of Santa Rosa Junior College and JFK University, both in California.  She is an invited speaker for select classes at the University of Montana and Walla Walla College.  She has been a faculty member of the Milton H. Erickson Foundation for the study of hypnotherapy and has been a presenter at Clinical Exchange Conferences.

Publications include Health Bulletins for McGraw Hill/Glencoe reaching 60,000 middle school health educators across the country; she co-authored Acknowledgment:  Opening to Grief and Unacceptable Loss and authored Sammy and the Spirit of All Things, a read-aloud story for parents and younger children, both from Wintercreek Publications.  She is the author of Building The Bridges:  Acknowledgement, Second Edition, 2005.

Z'eva teaches Integrative Somatics 1 at BSSI, a required course for both the Somatic and Asian programs.  She brings genuine warmth and deep caring to her classroom and students.

  What is EEG Neurofeedback?

EEG Neurofeedback (NFB), or brain wave training, is a non-invasive, non-medical technique of biofeedback which improves the brain's ability to respond with healthy patterns of functioning.  Since the brain can be trained to regulate itself, habitual brainwave patterns which cause painful symptoms or harmful behaviors can be replaced by balanced and healthy brainwave patterns. 

Neurofeedback training is a learning process and results are  experienced over time.  For most conditions, progress can be noted within about ten sessions.  Other conditions may require between forty and sixty training sessions.  In the initial stages of learning, sessions should be regular and frequent, with two, three or even more sessions per week.  After learning begins to accumulate, the pace can be reduced.  

EEG Neurofeedback produces changes in mood, learning, behavior, and physical symptoms and is a powerful adjunct when used in combination with medical treatments for a variety of physical and psychological issues.  It's always best to involve an individual's primary care provider when medication is prescribed. 

Based on more than twenty-five years of research and due to advances in computer technology, neurofeedback is now available for use by trained healthcare professionals and educators. 

What Happens During an EEG
Neurofeedback Session?

Generally there are thirty minutes of actual brain wave training in a one-hour session.  The therapist, utilizing information from the initial intake, chooses the location of "sensors" that are placed on the scalp allowing electrical activity of the brain to be recorded and analyzed by a therapist computer.  A video game, similar to a computer game but without a joy stick or keyboard use, is viewed by the client.  When the brain successfully achieves the desired brain wave state, the game moves faster and some auditory or visual reward is given.  The video game "stalls" when the brain is not getting the targeted exercise.  Gradually, the brain responds to the rewards that it is being given and these new modes of behavior are learned, becoming natural responses available whenever needed in daily life.

 Z'eva Singer, M.A., Licensed Counselor
Singer Associates, P.C. & Accessing Inner Resources
Phone: 406/721-3351   Fax: 406/721-9742