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BRAINSPOTTING
Brainspotting is a therapeutic approach developed in 2003 by David Grand. It works on the simple idea that where you look affects how you feel.
Brainspotting taps into your brain’s natural capacity to heal by connecting eye-position, body sensations, and inner experience. By locating specific “spots” in your visual field, called “brainspots”, we can awaken what’s often stuck in the deeper, subcortical parts of the brain (the parts that carry memory, feeling and somatic experience).
Once a brainspot is found, you rest your gaze there while bringing gentle awareness to whatever arises (sensations, emotions, memories, shifts). The body & nervous system begin to reprocess and release tension, old trauma, emotional residue, often without needing to relive the full story.
Brainspotting helps you go beyond words, to heal what is held in the body and brain as energy, memory, or pattern.
Who is brainspotting for
Brainspotting is deeply helpful for people who feel stuck in old patterns, stress, emotional pain, or unprocessed trauma. Typical reasons clients choose Brainspotting include:
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Difficult past experiences like childhood wounds, difficult memories, unresolved grief or shock
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Emotional overwhelm through sadness, chronic stress, overwhelm, fears, emotional exhaustion
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Nervous system dys-regulation when your body continues responding as if you’re still in crisis (fight/flight, freeze, dissociation)
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Somatic pain or body-held tension that seems connected to emotional history
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Performance blocks, creativity blocks, or internal barriers to growth, especially when conscious “talk through” approaches don’t shift them.
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Anyone longing for deeper nervous-system reset, emotional release, spiritual clarity or relational healing beyond what talk therapy alone can offer.
How a brainspotting session works
When you come for a Brainspotting session, here’s roughly what happens:
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We’ll begin by tuning in and gently creating a calm, safe container. We’ll talk briefly about what’s calling you in
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I’ll guide you to gently follow a pointer to scan your visual field. We’ll notice where your gaze lands, where subtle shifts or sensations begin, what feels “hot”, physically or emotionally. That spot becomes your “brainspot.”
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Once the brainspot is found, you simply rest your gaze there, while practicing mindful awareness through noticing what arises internally (sensations, emotions, memories, images, shifts). As your nervous system, body, and brain begin to process, profound release and integration often occur.
This work is not about forcing catharsis. It’s about allowing what’s ready to emerge, in a contained, supportive way.
What clients experience
Many people who come to Brainspotting report:
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A deep sense of nervous-system calm, release of old emotions or tension, and relief from emotional heaviness.
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Less reactivity to triggers, fewer intrusive thoughts, reduced stress or sadness.
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Release of somatic symptoms like tension, body pain, tightness connected to old emotion or experiences.
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Greater emotional resilience, clarity, self-awareness, and capacity to relate to self and others from a grounded, compassionate place.
BRAINSPOTTING
Your nervous system already knows how to heal. Brainspotting gives it the right access.
Some experiences live deeper than words. They’re stored in the body as tension and in the nervous system as activation.
Brainspotting works below conscious thought, allowing the brain and body to process and release naturally. You don't need the right words or the whole story. Just presence.
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Our Process
Where you look affects how you feel. — David Grand
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Identify the Activation:
We choose the specific emotional or internal pattern to focus on.
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Find the Brainspot:
We locate the eye position connected to that experience.
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Process at a Deeper Level:
You stay present while the brain and body process what’s been held.
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Integrate the Shift:
We notice what’s changed and support ongoing regulation and clarity.
Typical duration: 60-90 minutes depending on pattern depth and goals.
faqs
Brainspotting is a thought-rewiring modality that uses eye position to access and process deeper emotional patterns.
The sessions are typically 60-90 minutes long. You focus on a specific physical point while staying aware of internal sensations as your coach talks with you.
Not too much. Most of the questions you will be asked to answer will revolve around your awareness of physical sensations. Much of the work happens internally.
Brainspotting works to support processing of stuck patterns and emotional intensity.
It’s unique but shares elements with mindfulness, hypnosis, EMDR and focused attention work.
Like our other modalities, brainspotting changes occur very quickly. Most people notice shifts in a few sessions.
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