What is Brainspotting?

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Brainspotting was developed by David Grand PhD, a pioneer in the field of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). Brainspotting helps you to release trauma and pain from distressing experiences.

 

Brainspotting uses the physiological sensations, or the felt sense of where it is held in the body, along with the visual field to determine where you get the greatest access to that issue. Processing doesn't mean telling the story (again), but rather using focused mindfulness, curiousity, and witnessing as your system processes through that issue.

 

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"Where you look affects how you feel."

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In simplistic terms, when something bothers you, your system lights up. The neurons start firing!  Through the process of Brainspotting, we locate the position in your visual field that correlates with the felt sense of activation in your body. ​Isn't it powerful to know that this capacity to heal is already within you?  

 

How does Brainspotting Work?

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It's not talk therapy. You've done that long enough. Brainspotting bypasses the neocortex - the rational, logical, and thinking part of the brain, and taps into the subcortical part of the brain. Brainspotting helps your system move from dysregulation to regulation; from chaos to homeostasis, something that your system already knows how to do when it is not overwhelmed and stunted from a traumatic or stressful experience. 

 

Brainspotting is a bottom-up modality. In other words, we look for the activation that shows up in the body surrounding the issue that you want to work on, and find the corresponding eye spot in your visual field, called a brain spot, and process from that spot until the symptoms significantly reduce or totally resolve.

 

Brainspotting also uses music. Biolateral music moves slowly and gently, alternating from ear to ear. This auditory response can help deepen and support the Brainspotting process.

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Brainspotting is different from talk therapy where you mostly engage the neocortex and do not access the subcortex. Brainspotting does not require talking as you process. Furthermore, everyone will process differently, and with Brainspotting you have the freedom to process naturally, and organically from session to session. 

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Click here to listen to David Grand PhD the Founder of Brainspotting, provide insight about how Brainspotting came about, how it works, and how it can help in your healing process. 

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Click here to read about my healing journey with Brainspotting.

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Click here to find Psychology Today's article about the effectiveness of Brainspotting.

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Personally trained by David Grand PhD, I am honored and excited to offer Brainspotting to you. Want to know if you are a good fit for Brainspotting? Click below to schedule your free 15-minute consultation. 

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I also offer individual consultation to Brainspotting Practitioners, Group Study Circles, and individual consultation for those seeking to become Certified in Brainspotting.