Refer a Patient
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Locations and Contact Information
Locations
Our Biofeedback team sees patients in Seattle at our Springbrook Professional Center next to the hospital, at Seattle Children's North Clinic in Everett and Seattle Children’s South Clinic in Federal Way.
Referrals and scheduling
- Referral fax number: 206-985-3121
- Referral questions: 206-987-2080, option 4
Provider-to-provider communication
- If you are directing or transporting a patient to the Emergency Department or Urgent Care, please call Mission Control at 206-987-8899 or 866-987-8899 (toll free).
- For co-management questions related to an existing problem for a shared patient, please send an InBasket message via EpicCare Link.
- If you would like to have one of our Biofeedback team members provide in-person or virtual education with your clinic, please contact our Physician Relations team to coordinate.
How to Refer a Patient
We see patients age 8-21 for the following conditions: tension, migraine and post-concussion headaches, borderline high blood pressure (hypertension), recurrent vomiting or rumination and recurrent or chronic abdominal pain.
We encourage use of our New Appointment Request Form (PDF or DOC) or submitting a referral via EpicCare Link. Please complete these forms in their entirety to ensure timely processing of your patient’s referral. If your clinic uses its own referral form, please ensure all fields listed in the NARF are included in your documentation. We may not schedule patients until a complete referral is received.
EpicCare Link: SCCN Users and Seattle Children's Badge Holders
Please note:
- Biofeedback is an educational process – we teach our patients to use skills to help reduce the frequency and intensity of pain. Learn more about our service in our “What to Expect at Your Biofeedback Therapy Sessions” and “Avery Shares Her Journey With Biofeedback Therapy”
- The Biofeedback team helps patients learn to manage the chronic pain that they are experiencing. Biofeedback training may also provide significant benefits for stress reduction and symptom management related to anxiety.
- Biofeedback is not a diagnostic service and does not investigate the source of the patient’s pain; rather, trusts that referring providers have already done this.
- When a patient is in pain for a known condition, the team co-manages them with their other specialists and/or PCP.
- If you are referring your patient for headaches and they have not yet had head imaging, the Biofeedback team will request it unless the patient has already been seen by a neurologist.
What Your Patients Can Expect
- Once we receive your referral, your patient will be in our queue to review and schedule.
- Biofeedback treatment is typically a 9-week appointment series with weekly visits. Best results are obtained when the patient is able to attend each week.
- First appointments usually involve meeting more than one provider and families should plan for their appointment to last at least two hours.
Resources for Providers
To learn more about biofeedback therapy at Seattle Children’s, watch the four-minute video featuring Dr. Seth Enos on our Resources for Patients and Families page. This and other resources on the page are ideal for sharing with patients and families.
If you need assistance with finding a biofeedback therapist in your area, please review the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA) website.