Brainspotting

Developed in 2003 by Dr. David Grand, Brainspotting is a relatively new form of treatment that has been shown to be effective for a variety of conditions, particularly with helping to identify and heal underlying trauma that contributes to anxiety, depression and other behavioral issues. The goal of brainspotting is to bypass conscious thinking to access the deeper, subconscious emotional and body-based parts of the brain to facilitate healing. According to Dr. Grand, “where you look affects how you feel.” With this in mind, therapists using brainspotting techniques help their clients to position their eyes in ways that enable them to target negative emotion. Think this approach may work for you? Contact one of our brainspotting specialists today to try it out.

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I have Levels 1 & 2 training to help with somatic movement of stored trauma in the body.

— Jessica Reynolds, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Santa Cruz, CA

This unique approach helps you release the psychological blocks that keep you from being your most connected, creative, actualized self. You may have heard “eyes are windows to the soul” before. As it turns out, there’s medical research that proves that this old phrase is true. As the creator of this Brainspotting, Dr. David Grand, says, “where you look affects how you feel.” Brainspotting helps track points in your visual field that reveal unprocessed trauma in the brain.

— Noelle Benach, Counselor in Baltimore, MD
 

Brainspotting is my favorite way to combine talk therapy with body-focused mindfulness. This treatment is based on the fact that where we look affects how we feel, meaning that we can access nonverbal memories in order to heal them. I have completed training in Phases 1 and 2. I will attend Phase 3 training in July 2023.

— Amber Keating, Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Los Angeles, CA

One of the newest therapeutic techniques, Brainspotting can help process trauma and other issues using you eyes to focus outwardly while the brain heals inwardly. As a certified Brainspotting practitioner, I will use this technique in areas where words may not bring healing or understanding.

— Karl Thomas, Student Therapist in St. Paul, MN
 

"Where you look affects how you feel." Brainspotting is a therapeutic approach that targets trauma and distress by focusing on eye positions that activate specific areas of the brain. It accesses the body's natural ability to heal by facilitating the processing and release of traumatic experiences stored in the subconscious, leading to profound emotional healing and resolution.

— Dexter Mai, Associate Clinical Social Worker

I am a Certified Brainspotting Practitioner and have experienced deep processing and healing in receiving Brainspotting.

— Jacqueline Casumbal, Psychotherapist in Gaithersburg, MD
 

Brainspotting is a powerful, focused treatment method that works by identifying, processing and releasing core neurophysiological sources of emotional/body pain, trauma, disassociation and a variety of other challenging symptoms. Brainspotting works with the deep brain and the body through it direct access to the autonomic and limbic systems within the body’s central nervous system.

— Erin Ingram, Clinical Social Worker in Ingram, TX

At this point, I’m mostly only working with new clients who are open to it as a part of our work together because doing therapy without Brainspotting feels a little like doing therapy with my arms tied behind my back. I just can’t help people make the movement we both want them to make with traditional talk therapy. For more information on Brainspotting visit Brainspotting.com or my website.

— PK Ponti-Foss, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Portland, OR
 

Brainspotting is a therapeutic approach that targets and processes emotional and traumatic experiences by identifying specific "brainspots" within the individual's field of vision. These spots are connected to the activation of unresolved issues in the brain. Through focused attention and bilateral stimulation, often using eye movements, Brainspotting helps individuals access and release deep-seated emotions, allowing for healing and relief. It's a unique and effective method that taps into the

— EH Psychotherapy, Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Cary, NC

I am a certified Brainspotting Practioner. This is an effective deep brain-based modality that helps heal what traditional talk therapy can't such as trauma, developmental trauma, and performance issues. I do a comprehensive intake to assess issues and goals to help reduce symptoms.

— Samantha Schumann, Associate Marriage & Family Therapist in Los Angeles, CA
 

Brainspotting (BSP) is a profound therapeutic tool that can help provide opportunities for healing of trauma & stuck emotional states. It can also help with gaining clarity and resolving creative blocks. Using focused mindfulness to facilitate processing is achieved by the tenant of BSP that 'where we look impacts how we feel'.

— Christina Martinez, Clinical Social Worker in Chandler, AZ

Brainspotting is a brain/body based processing technique that I have found helpful for clients wanting to process areas in which they are stuck.

— Birch Snogles, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Ann Arbor, MI
 

Brainspotting (BSP) is a therapeutic strategy that can help provide opportunities for profound healing of trauma & stuck emotional states. It can also help with gaining clarity and resolving creative blocks. Using focused mindfulness to facilitate processing is achieved by the tenant of BSP that 'where we look impacts how we feel'. I am currently pursuing certification in BSP and have found my experiences in receiving BSP to be incredibly healing.

— Christina Martinez, Clinical Social Worker in Chandler, AZ

Brainspotting is a body-based modality for healing trauma and regulating the nervous system. Brainspotting locates points in a client’s visual field that help access unprocessed trauma in the subcortical brain. The subcortical brain is the most primitive part of the brain and what lights up on a brain scan when the body detects a threat and goes into a stress response of fight, flight, freeze, or fawn. Brainspotting helps you experience prfound healing on a neurobiological level.

— Janelle Stepper, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Roseville, CA
 

"Brainspotting is a powerful, focused treatment method that works by identifying, processing and releasing core neurophysiological sources of emotional/body pain, trauma, dissociation and a variety of other challenging symptoms" Using brainspotting with clients has helped heal the brain from trauma, helped reduce anxiety, helped with OCD symptoms and so much more. I've been amazed at the power of brainspotting for clients and myself at increasing emotional regulation and trauma healing!

— Kylee Nelson, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Denver, CO

I have received Brainspotting training and am a Brainspotting practitioner. I am continuing to get hours of training in advanced Brainspotting techniques and practice in the modality in order to provide the best care possible for my clients. Brainspotting is a technique that involves a deeper level of processing for clients and therefore more access to getting to the root of addressing the trauma.

— Lacee Lovely Lawson, Licensed Professional Counselor in Dallas, TX
 

Brainspotting is a psychotherapy modality that works with the brain and body (somatic) to help you heal and recover from negative and traumatic experiences as well as bring clarity to emotional confusion and ambivalence regarding the issues in one’s life. Brainspotting engages in neurobiological and emotional processes that allows the person to access the deepest recesses of the emotional brain or limbic system where unprocessed trauma and negative experiences are stored and allows for healing.

— John Edwards, Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Oakland, CA