Brainspotting

Brainspotting is a powerful therapeutic tool that I utilize in my coaching practice. Don’t let the name scare you- it’s nothing like the Matrix, though it can be a little “woo”. In a nutshell, it’s a therapuetic tool to help liberate your body/mind from the negative beliefs, thoughts, patterns and loops it gets stuck in. For a more comprehensive look at it, read on!

When something we witness or endure that is too much, too fast or too soon, the emotional “charge” or memory from that event becomes stored or trapped in the Subcortical part of the brain, and is felt in your body. The issues are literally in your tissues. Often, you are not consciously aware that it has occurred, but your brain is altered as a result.  It can cause problems on all levels – emotionally, mentally and physically. Brainspotting is designed to reveal, reprocess and ultimately release that trapped energy so that it no longer causes problems in your life.

Brainspotting uses where you look to affect how you feel. As you hold your attention your “brain spots”, it allows for deep processing to safely reprocess and release the trauma from the mind/body. This memory reconsolidating of maladaptive files allows you to move from dysregulation to regulation more fluidly which means you become less reactive and more responsive in your everyday life.

As a Brainspotting practitioner, I listen to your words and body experiences, observing the eyes, face and body, watching for cues. We work together to find eye positions based on these cues that allow you to access healing. I believe that the brain is self-healing and my role is to set and hold a space that empowers your self-healing abilities.