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IF YOU NOTICE...
Patterns of emotions and physical sensations in your body, the signs of unprocessed stress and trauma, or conflict in your relationship with yourself. ​
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We aren't able to think our way out of everything that we experience. When something traumatic happens, the memory and the felt experience of it become fragmented and stuck in our minds and bodies. It's something that happens so that we can keep moving forward, it helps us survive. Maybe you notice your body reacting to things when you logically know that everything is fine or you just keep repeating the same patterns...remnants that let you know there's still something there.​​
Whether you've done traditional talk therapy before and are looking for something to take you deeper, or you're open to trying something new, brainspotting is a wonderful tool to allow you to fully process difficulties. It's an experience that can also help teach you how to respond to your emotions, parts of yourself, and your physical sensations in a healthier way. It gives new meaning to how to sit with your emotions while allowing your mind to build new neural pathways so that you can actually experience things differently.​​
Allow your mind & body to fully process, create new connections, and new neural pathways.
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Noticing patterns of sensations or have the sense that things are stuck in the body
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​Experiencing strong somatic responses to things
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Having a difficult time connecting with your body or feeling your physical sensations
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Wanting to let go of things that you've tried to talk or think your way through
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Struggling with internal conflicts, avoiding emotions, and feeling like you can't trust yourself
WHAT DO BRAINSPOTTING SESSIONS LOOK LIKE?
One of the skills brainspotting can help you to develop is noticing and tracking emotions and physical sensations.
We'll start by creating a list of targets, things that you want to reprocess & decrease the intensity of.
Each time we brainspot, we'll talk about one of the targets until you can start to notice your mind and body responding. Then I'll guide you in finding a spot in your visual field, or a brainspot, that let's you access:
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emotions
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physical sensations
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memories
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negative beliefs
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parts
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thought patterns
Your only job while brainspotting is to observe, notice, and allow somatic sensations as your brain and your body work to reprocess.
The things that come up when you brainspot tend to ebb and flow like waves. While you ride them, your mind and body are allowed to rework the associations connected to each target.
This allows you to decrease the intensity as your mind actually builds new neural pathways that help you experience things differently moving forward.
You may notice sensations like tension in your chest, pressure in your head, or movement in your stomach. The focused mindful awareness allows you to re-process and heal these pain points.
Brainspotting therapy can help you...
Reprocess distress
Encounter your painful emotions, negative beliefs, and past experiences in a way that will actually allow you to decrease their intensity
Access parts
Brainspotting can allow you to get in touch with your parts in a more direct way, it's not uncommon for them to show up in the process
Build tolerance
Increase your ability to handle discomfort - an important skill to help you learn how to respond to yourself without resistance or avoidance
Somatic release
Brainspotting helps you work with your nervous system to process patterns of somatic responses (like bracing, tension, and tightness that are common with trauma)
Create new neural pathways
Like we do with all our other memories, brainspotting lets you sort through and change the associations you've developed
Gain self-trust
Witness yourself not only making a difference in your own discomfort, but increase feelings of agency along the way
It's time to allow yourself to have a different experience.
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