Brainspotting

Brainspotting helps process emotional pain, trauma and anxiety using the positioning of your eyes. Evidence has shown that where you look does connect to how you feel. In Brainspotting, a therapist guides you to find “brainspots,” points in your fi eld of vision that link to emotions or sensations stored in the body.

By gently holding your gaze on these spots, your brain and body naturally release stuck emotional charge. One of the things I love best about Brainspotting is that it doesn’t require the client to talk at length—or sometimes, at all—about the memory. Sometimes, we’ll weave Brainspotting throughout sessions, and other times we might focus a whole session around it.

What to Expect in a Brainspotting Session

In a Brainspotting session, I guide you with prompts to notice what arises in your body and mind. I may ask you how activated you feel, using a scale of 0 to 10. You can talk about what’s coming up as much or as little as you like, and silence is completely okay. I may also invite you to play bilateral sounds through your headphones to support your brain in integrating the experience.

It’s designed to help your brain and body release trauma and rewire it in healthy ways, with a therapist present to fully support you in the moment. As we practice Brainspotting, you may experience waves of emotions, bodily sensations or shifts in breathing and muscle tension — all of which are normal as your nervous system processes and heals.

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