Brainspotting

“Where you look affects how you feel”.

Dr. David Grand

Have you been in therapy for a long time, but don’t feel like you are going anywhere? Do you feel that an underlying trauma might be the root cause of your challenges with mental health? Do you think that healing the trauma might in fact heal your depression or anxiety?

If so, perhaps you need to explore the amazingness of Brainspotting (BSP). Brainspotting locates points in the client’s visual field that help to access unprocessed trauma in the subcortical brain.  Brainspotting was discovered in 2003 by David Grand, Ph.D. He found that “Where you look affects how you feel.” It is the brain activity, especially in the subcortical brain, that organizes itself around the eye position. This short video can help explain this further:

I am certified in Brainspotting and I have found it to be an incredible intervention for my clients suffering from trauma, but also for general anxiety and depression. It’s a moderately new way to access a part of the brain that is difficult to reach in traditional talk therapy. I have attended many Brainspotting trainings, including Levels 1 and 2, Expansion Brainspotting, Crocodile Set-up for Addiction, and Child and Teen Brainspotting. I have just finished the Core Gifts and Brainspotting seminar and I find it energizing and transformative. It’s about finding your true gifts and learning about how to share them. If this is remotely interesting, just let me know and we can find yours. Mine is:

My Core Gift is helping people to be open to experiencing other’s perspectives.

I give it by helping them to allow the lightness to come out, to experience the freedom of the moment, by seeing peoples’ true selves, and by helping people feel.

Ask me more about Brainspotting and how I use it in person in my office and online in video therapy by calling me at 415-841-2634 or emailing me at peggy@peggylmft.com for a 15-minute consultation.

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