I am excited to announce that I am now trained in Brainspotting Phase 1, a powerful and effective method for healing trauma.
Brainspotting was developed by Dr. David Grand in 2002 and is a therapeutic technique that uses the brain’s natural ability to process and heal from traumatic experiences by identifying activated eye positions that correspond with the issue of disturbance.
Here’s a brief overview of Brainspotting and how it can benefit you:
What is Brainspotting?
Brainspotting is a type of therapy born from EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). Brainspotting uses spots in a person’s visual field to help them process pain and trauma. During a session, we might use a pointer to guide your gaze to specific “brainspots”—eye positions that correlate with where your brain stores trauma. This helps to access and resolve deeply rooted emotional distress.
How Does It Work?
Brainspotting bypasses the “thinking” or reasoning part of your brain and taps into the brain’s innate self-scanning and self-healing abilities. By focusing on these brainspots, we can access the subcortical brain, the area responsible for motion, consciousness, emotions, and learning. This allows us to reach the trauma trapped in these deeper regions, often facilitating quicker healing compared to traditional talk therapy or behavior-based therapies. (Talk and behavior therapies are great but sometimes you want something else.)
Benefits of Brainspotting:
- Faster Trauma Resolution: Brainspotting often leads to quicker breakthroughs and resolutions of trauma.
- Deeper Healing: It targets the root causes of emotional pain, often leading to more lasting results.
- Enhanced Emotional Processing: Many clients find they can process emotions and experiences more effectively.
- Non-Verbal Processing: Ideal for those who struggle to articulate their feelings or experiences in words.
So what can you address with Brainspotting?
Confidence and Acceptance in Self: Struggling with self-confidence and acceptance? Always feel like you’re just not measuring up, whether it’s in your career or personal life? There’s a brainspot for that. Brainspotting can help you build genuine self-esteem, so you can embrace who you are without constantly second-guessing yourself.
Unhealthy Relationships: Find yourself stuck in a cycle of unhealthy relationships, always ending up with partners who drain you emotionally? Yeah, there’s a brainspot for that. Brainspotting can help you understand and break these patterns, empowering you to build healthier, more fulfilling connections.
Childhood or Adolescent Trauma: Carrying around the weight of childhood or adolescent trauma, like bullying or family issues, that still affects you today? Yep, there’s a brainspot for that. Brainspotting can help process those deep-seated pains, freeing you to live a more peaceful and unburdened life.
Anxiety and Stress: Feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, panic attacks, or chronic stress? Can’t seem to catch a break from the constant worry? Guess what? There’s a brainspot for that. Brainspotting can help reduce general anxiety and stress, bringing you a sense of calm and stability within your life.
Money Mindset: Grew up hearing “money doesn’t grow on trees” and “we don’t have money for that”? Now you’re constantly hustling to achieve more and make more, just to escape that low-income stress from your childhood? You guessed it, there’s a brainspot for that. Brainspotting can help you break free from those old money anxieties and shift your money mindset, so you can find a healthier balance between ambition and peace of mind.
In essence, if there’s a persistent emotional or psychological block, there’s likely a brainspot for that.
I have experienced Brainspotting multiple times throughout my training and felt it was helpful and impactful for me. I’m optimistic that you will feel the same type of benefit.
Reach out and let’s talk about how Brainspotting could benefit your life.
I can’t wait to support you!
