Brainspotting Therapy
A Modern Neuro-bio-relational Approach to Holistic Healing
Brainspotting capitalizes off knowledge of natural neurobiological processes and relational attunement to target unprocessed emotions and trauma trapped in the body. In contrast to traditional talk therapy, you'll engage in greater focused processing and healing of deeply buried memories and hurt, all at your own pace and without the need to repeatedly retell your story.
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Why Brainspotting Therapy?
Our bodies are innately wise.
Just as our bodies possess the natural abilities to stop a bleeding wound, repair damaged tissue, and fight off harmful bacteria, our bodies also possess the abilities to process heavy emotions and heal from distressing experiences.
But life gets complicated.
Sometimes our bodies' natural tendencies towards healing and harmony are interrupted, leading to things like increased anxiety, mood swings, flashbacks, and emotional instability.
Brainspotting works by essentially “jumpstarting” the body’s natural healing abilities so you can once again achieve greater stability and regulation.
How does Brainspotting work?
Brainspotting involves noticing what direction our eyes tend towards as we reflect on an experience, and combining this with focused mindfulness as we process the experience fully within the context of relational attunement.
Through this process, distress begin to shift towards a state of calm and greater regulation.
As unresolved traumas and emotional blocks are cleared, it becomes easier to stay grounded in the present moment and engage the body’s natural self-soothing tendencies. Memories begin to feel more manageable and triggers become less destabilizing.
This appears to take place as Brainspotting enables a greater regulation between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems (associated with the fight/flight/freeze responses), which are often in a state of dysregulation following traumatic experiences.
So, what's a brainspot?
A “brainspot” is the eye position within your visual field (where you look) that connects to networks of neuropathways in the brain relating to the unprocessed sensory information in the body.
Let’s keep in mind that Brainspotting is primarily a body-based approach to therapy.
Locating a Brainspot appears to essentially bypass the logical/”thinking” sections of the brain and allow for a direct access to the sensory/”emotional” ones that are crucial to regulation.
This is what makes Brainspotting such a powerful tool for healing unresolved traumatic memories, anxieties, and other forms of emotional “blocks”.
As humans, we tend to want to apply logic to our experiences. We end up trying to explain away our emotions when really our emotions just want to be felt.
