BRAINSPOTTING

What is Brainspotting?

Brainspotting is a focused therapeutic approach that uses the field of vision to access unprocessed trauma and emotional experiences stored in the subcortical brain which is the part of the brain that holds our survival responses, implicit memories, and deeply ingrained patterns.

Developed by Dr. David Grand, Brainspotting is based on the discovery that where you look affects how you feel. By identifying specific eye positions (i.e.brainspots) that connect to where trauma or emotional pain is held in the brain, we can access and process material that has been locked away and resistant to traditional talk therapy.

Brainspotting can help with:

• Processing trauma (including childhood trauma, relational trauma, and workplace trauma)

• Releasing emotional blocks and stuck patterns

• Reducing anxiety, panic, and hyper vigilance

• Healing from grief and loss

• Resolving performance blocks and limiting beliefs

• Integrating difficult life experiences

Many clients describe Brainspotting as life-changing, providing relief and resolution where other approaches haven't been able to reach.

How Brainspotting Works

During a Brainspotting session, we identify an issue you want to work on: a situation, a memory, emotion, physical sensation, or pattern.
Through a process of attuning to your body's responses and locating specific eye positions, we find the "brainspot" where this issue is held.

Once the brainspot is identified, you're invited to stay focused on that eye position while allowing whatever needs to surface— emotions, memories, physical sensations, insights—to emerge and process. I hold space and guide you through the experience, but the healing happens through your brain and body's own natural processing capacity.

Sessions can be done in-person or virtually, and the depth of processing is always controlled by you. Brainspotting is gentle but powerful and works at the pace your system is ready for.

How I Use Brainspotting in My Work

Brainspotting is one of the many effective tools I use for trauma healing and releasing deeply held emotional patterns. For high performers navigating transitions, there's often unprocessed trauma underneath the surface: issues from childhood, past relationships, workplace experiences, or earlier losses that this current transition has activated.

I use Brainspotting to help you:

• Process trauma that's keeping you stuck or emotionally reactive

• Release limiting beliefs and patterns rooted in past experiences

• Address anxiety, fear, and nervous system dysregulation

• Support healing from grief and loss at a deep, embodied level

• Clear emotional blocks that are preventing you from moving forward

This work is particularly powerful when combined with coaching and other therapeutic modalities, such as meditation and breath work.

Who This is For

Brainspotting is especially effective for high performers who:

• Have done talk therapy but still feel stuck or triggered

• Carry trauma from childhood, relationships, or workplace experiences

• Experience anxiety, panic, or hypervigilance that feels out of their control

• Know something is blocking them but can't quite name or access it

• Are open to a body-based approach to healing

• Want deep, lasting change rather than just coping strategies

You don't need to fully understand or remember the trauma for Brainspotting to work. The brain and body know where the pain is held and Brainspotting helps them release it.

My Training & Certifications

• Certified Brainspotting Practitioner (Phase 1 trained)

• Trained in trauma-informed approaches to Brainspotting

• Ongoing study and practice in integrating Brainspotting with other healing modalities