Decreasing Headaches Program $

This four-session skills program meets online for 90 minutes on four consecutive Wednesday evenings starting Wednesday, March 4, 2026, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM.

More than one or two headaches a month are too many.

Learn effective, practical, drug-free strategies to decrease stress-related tension and migraine headaches, and to decrease headache pain.

Topics include:

• headache trigger combinations, and the ones to really watch for
• practical strategies to try as a headache is coming on
• the four stages in the migraine neurovascular process where you can intervene
• four techniques to relax your eyes, and strategies to release neck and shoulder tension
• a variety of self-regulation and biofeedback techniques that have a Grade A efficacy rating with headaches

Registration

Learn More and Register. There is a fee for this program.

Facilitator

Kathy Somers runs the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic, providing self-regulation skills training to adults in university, health care, business and community settings.  She is a registered Kinesiologist who is board-certified in biofeedback (Biofeedback Certification International Alliance) and certified in Stress Management Education. The Stress Management & High Performance Clinic began in 1978 in the Department of Human Kinetics with Dr. Evelyn Bird’s research on the impact of biofeedback and self-regulation/Non-Sleep Deep Rest techniques on health and performance. When Dr. Bird retired from teaching at the University, Student Affairs asked the Clinic to continue providing this research-based skills training for interested students, staff, and faculty.