
What is Brainspotting?
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Where you look affects how you feel.
A gentle yet powerful tool for healing trauma
Brainspotting is a brain-body therapy that helps people process and heal from trauma, emotional pain, anxiety, and deeply rooted patterns—often in ways that traditional talk therapy alone can’t reach.
It’s based on a simple yet profound idea: where you look affects how you feel. By using specific eye positions, we can access parts of the brain and nervous system where trauma, stress, or overwhelm may be stored—especially the kind that feels hard to explain or understand with words
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How it works.
In a Brainspotting session, we start by identifying an issue you want to work on—this could be anything from a traumatic memory to anxiety to a physical sensation or even a stuck emotional pattern. Then, using your eye position as a guide, we locate a "brain spot"—a spot in your visual field that connects with where that experience lives in your body.
From there, we slow down. I’ll support you in staying present and grounded while your brain and body do the healing work beneath the surface. You don’t have to retell your story in detail or relive the trauma. Your system knows what to do—we create the space for it to happen.
Many people experience a deep sense of release, clarity, or calm—sometimes right away, and sometimes gradually over time. The process can be subtle, emotional, or even surprising.
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Why Brainspotting?
Trauma often lives in the deeper parts of the brain—the parts that don’t respond as easily to logic, reasoning, or language. Brainspotting helps us gently access and heal those areas.
It can be especially helpful if you:
Feel “stuck” even after previous therapy
Experience anxiety, panic, or somatic symptoms
Struggle with addiction or compulsive behaviors
Have trauma that’s hard to put into words
Want a more body-based or intuitive way of healing