Why Enlighten TMS Center

Enlighten TMS Center

Mission: we are a group of professionals working together to improve the quality of life of people suffering from Mental Health. We use up-to-date medical technologies and procedures that allow us to achieve this goal.

The Center for Overcoming Depression exists to educate the public about how major depression can be treated as a brain disorder, and to provide safe, effective, drug-free treatment; and at the same time provide rapid and effective relief for the reduction of symptoms and thus reincorporate our patients to daily life with their family and work.

Our Vision is to be recognized as an integrative mental health clinic, offering our patients the best alternative for their recovery and wellness.

Integrative Approach
We partner with Your Wellness Practice to provide our patients a wider range of treatment solutions to meet their individual needs right on site.
Effectiveness of TMS
Over 80% of the TMS patients in our associated clinics have responded well to the treatment.
Covered by Insurance.
TMS therapy is covered by most major insurance providers
Non-Invasive
TMS is a safe, non-invasive and non-sedating therapy. Patients are able to resume daily activities immediately after each treatment session.
FDA Approved
TMS therapy is FDA approved for treatment resistant depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxious depression, smoking cessation and pain relief.

What is TMS Therapy?

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation is a safe, effective, non-invasive, non-systemic alternative to treatment resistant clinical depression. It does not require anesthesia or sedation and is not to be confused with Electroconvulsive “shock” Therapy (ECT).

TMS occupies a privileged position for mapping brain functions, thanks to the combination of its capacity for spatial and temporal resolution, as well as the fact that it is capable of activating or interfering with brain functions. This makes it possible to establish causal relationships between brain activity and behavior, and not simply correlations as can be derived from studies with other neurophysiological or neuroimaging techniques. Furthermore, applied repetitively (rTMS), TMS is capable of modulating brain activity in the affected cortical region beyond the duration of the stimulation itself. This allows exploring therapeutic applications, where rTMS is used to induce desirable changes in brain activity and normalize alterations.

Insurance Coverage for TMS Therapy

At Enlighten TMS Center, we are committed to making Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) therapy accessible to everyone. We are pleased to inform you that TMS therapy is covered by most insurance providers. Our team is dedicated to helping you navigate the insurance process, ensuring you receive the coverage and benefits you are eligible for.

We accept insurance and will assist you with all necessary paperwork. Our goal is to work closely with you to ensure you can receive the treatment you need without added stress.

For more information or to schedule a consultation, please contact us.

Clinical Explanation

Express TMS

Express TMS, also known as Theta Burst Stimulation (TBS), offers one significant advantage: TIME.

It is a newer and much faster treatment protocol which will cut down treatment time to just 3 minutes per session. Before that, the required treatment time per session was up to 37 minutes.

ACCELERATED TMS THERAPY

In September 2022, the FDA officially approved the SAINT Neuromodulation System for treating depression. While the official SAINT protocol studied at Stanford University includes functional neuronavigation, similar treatments can still be implemented using standard brain mapping methods instead of functional MRI-guided targeting, which has not yet been proven to be the key factor in SAINT's success. Other components of SAINT, such as high-frequency Thera burst dosing, a larger number of sessions (50 compared to 36), and a more intensive treatment schedule (1 week versus 7-8 weeks), can be effectively administered with conventional TMS machines and standard localization techniques.

We provide Accelerated TMS Therapy. If you’re interested, please ask a member of our team for more details on what Accelerated TMS Therapy would look like. Here are some key things you should know about it:

Accelerated TMS became widely recognized due to its application in the SAINT study at Stanford University.
This is still TMS, where a coil is brought close to your head for a short period and exact magnetic stimulation is performed to open up under-used pathways in the brain.
In this approach, patients undergo 50 treatments over 5 days, typically receiving 10 daily sessions, each lasting 9 minutes, to address depression. There is usually a 50-minute break between treatments.
This technique is more intensive compared to other TMS methods.
We take pride in using only the MagVenture TMS device, the same equipment employed by Stanford University in the SAINT clinical study for treating treatment-resistant major depressive disorder.