Banner Institute

10/26/2026

A brain that can't find rest on its own will often reach for something that brings relief. The relief is real, for a while.

Stopping becomes harder than anyone on the outside understands, in part because repeated use gradually reshapes the brain's reward and stress systems. The brain that learned this pattern can learn a healthier one.

Neurofeedback shows your brain its own activity in real time and gently rewards it as it moves toward steadier patterns. Nothing is put into the brain; the sensors only listen. One approach used in addiction care for decades helps the brain practice reaching a deep, restful calm on its own. Many people in recovery describe catching a craving sooner, with more room between the urge and the action.

It will not fix addiction for you. It works best beside a real commitment to recovery.

If you are physically dependent on alcohol or certain medications, stopping suddenly can be dangerous. Talk with a doctor first. Neurofeedback works alongside medical care, counseling, recovery groups, and your church community, never in place of them.

It supports the brain God designed to learn, heal, and walk forward on firmer ground.

Every path at Banner begins with a free 20-minute conversation with our Care Coordinator: where you are right now, and what a good next step might look like. 318.396.8152

Read the article: https://banner-institute.com/2026/10/neurofeedback-for-addiction-and-recovery/

10/19/2026

Banner welcomes Camryn Burroughs, PLPC, who joins our counseling team.

Camryn offers a space to explore identity and purpose alongside personal struggles, through both a clinical and a faith-informed lens, with steady support through difficult seasons.

If you have questions about working with Camryn, or about what a first step could look like, our Care Coordinator is glad to help.
318.396.8152

10/15/2026

Meet Katie White, LPC! Katie brings honesty, warmth, and authenticity to her work, helping individuals of all ages navigate difficult seasons and supporting parents as they build stronger connections with their children.

She also offers counseling for children, helping meet a significant need in our area. We’re grateful to have her on the Banner Institute team!

10/13/2026

10/09/2026

Tom will be in town soon! If you would like to meet with him in person, please reach out to the office as soon as possible!

We are also planning a group Q&A. If you’re interested in attending that, please let us know!
318-396-8152

09/25/2026

Steady is not where a man is meant to stop, and well-built life can still be heading nowhere. Three days, eight men, and the thing you have not been able to move past.

From the outside, your life may be working. You show up, provide, and carry what is yours. Still, something in you knows there has to be more.

The Banner Intensive is not therapy, and it is not a weekend away. If you have been to a men's retreat, this is not the same thing; this is what comes next.

The men who come are already walking with Christ, and the work is unapologetically Christian. Hard questions are welcome. These are men who did the hard work of getting steady, and have started to suspect that steady is where they stopped.

October 16–18, 2026. Off-site, in a private retreat setting, open to men from any state. $2,500, with food, lodging, and the full three days included.

It starts with a brief fit conversation with our Care Coordinator. The conversation is the application. There is no obligation. If another kind of support would serve you better, we will say so plainly.

Three days. Eight men. A direction you can carry home.

https://banner-institute.com/the-banner-intensive/
Or call 318.396.8152.

09/21/2026

Scripture does not teach us to ignore or suppress our emotions. God cares about our feelings.

The Bible is full of people bringing their rawest emotions straight to God. Lamentations is full of grief and anguish. Job cries out in the middle of devastating suffering. David's Psalms carry fear, anger, doubt, joy, and hope. None of them were condemned for what they felt. They were bringing it into relationship with Him.

This is the other half of what Nikki means when she says feelings are not God. They don't get the throne, but they are still welcome, and even invited, in His presence. As she puts it: "I can be heartbroken and still trust."

Read Nikki's full article:
https://banner-institute.com/2026/09/feelings-are-not-god/

Every path at Banner begins with a free 20-minute conversation with our Care Coordinator: where you are right now, and what a good next step might look like. 318.396.8152

09/17/2026

Banner is built for the whole distance: not only getting people through crisis, but walking with them into lasting strength.

Rescue comes first. Stability is solid ground, the capacity to live, work, and love without constant crisis, and reaching it matters. Strength is what lies past it: becoming able not only to stand, but to carry others.

Banner uses the best clinical tools available, and they serve a larger aim: a Christian understanding of the person, ordered toward Christ.

From What Makes Banner Different:
https://banner-institute.com/2026/07/what-makes-banner-different/

Every path at Banner begins the same way: a free 20-minute conversation with our Care Coordinator about where you are right now and what a good next step looks like. 318.396.8152

09/14/2026

Andrew's article does not take the word narcissist away from anyone. It says the line it marks is not the whole map.

He opens by naming how the word actually gets used: "the go-to label for the toxic ex, the tyrannical boss, the politicians we dislike."

Then he draws a line, and it is a hard one. On the near side is the wounded person whose grandiosity is loud but fragile, still protecting something small and frightened, exhausting and often cruel and still reachable. On the far side is the person who has looked at the possibility of being broken open and answered with a permanent no. That distinction matters, and Andrew is clear that the near side is often engaged from a safe distance.

What the older word adds is everything outside that line. Pride was never a diagnosis and it exempts no one. The practice he recommends is David's, and it is a request rather than a verdict: "Search me, O God, and know my heart."

From Andrew Dodson's article, Narcissism as a Crisis of the Soul.
https://banner-institute.com/2025/12/narcissism-crisis-of-the-soul/

Every path at Banner begins the same way: a free 20-minute conversation with our Care Coordinator — where you are right now, what you're oriented toward, and what a good next step looks like.
318.396.8152

09/10/2026

That message can still arrive. Neurofeedback can help deliver it.

Your brain was designed to protect you. Sometimes it doesn't get the message that the danger has passed.

Trauma isn't a weakness of character. It's a set of real, physical changes in how the brain handles threat.

What happened to you taught your brain to be alert. The alarm learned to stay on. The steady voice that would normally say we're safe now goes quiet. And the memory itself never quite gets filed away as a past memory, so it keeps arriving as though it were happening now.

None of that is a malfunction. It is a system doing everything it can to keep you from being caught off guard again, long after the need has passed.

Neurofeedback helps the brain find its way back toward a steadier pattern, so it can finally receive the signal that it's safe now. The goal is to help the brain feel safe enough to settle, and it works alongside any trauma-focused therapy and medical care.

We believe the brain's capacity to heal is part of how you were made.

Deacon James on what happens in the brain after trauma, and what neurofeedback training can do:
https://banner-institute.com/2026/09/neurofeedback-for-trauma-and-ptsd/

Every path at Banner begins the same way: a free 20-minute conversation with our Care Coordinator — where you are right now, and what a good next step looks like. 318.396.8152