This work began as a private investigation of the potential for a behavioral approach to the treatment of epilepsy.  Several disciplines were used for this investigation: neurology, psychiatry, psychology and biofeedback.  This first exploration in 1980 involved five patients with an average history of 15 years of uncontrolled seizures. Since then approximately 2573 people have been treated and the success rate for complete control is over 80%.

The Andrews/Reiter approach sees epilepsy as a behavioral disorder with functional symptoms.  The seizures are triggered by emotional reactions and stressful situations.  The seizures are not caused by damage to the brain.  Rather the damage has lowered the threshold at which the brain can no longer handle or recover from an Overload on its circuitry.  When the overload threshold is passed, a seizure occurs.  In some cases it may take weeks or even months to reach the threshold, in others as little as 30 seconds.  Instead of shutting down brain functioning through drug therapy to prevent seizures, a self-discovery process is implemented relating the personal responsibility of the individual to the occurrence of their seizures.  It minimizes or eliminates drug therapy, and reestablishes personal dignity by allowing the individual to achieve a normal and productive life.