Brainspotting
Where you look affects how you feel
Do you want to start therapy, but you have no idea where to begin
talking about your concerns?
Would you like to unlock hidden parts of your brain that you didn’t even know were there? Brainspotting is a gentle but powerful therapy that helps you access and process deep and hidden wounds, guiding your brain's natural healing process to release stuck emotions.Are you struggling with…
Past Abuse
Chronic Stress
Trauma
Emotional Blocks
The Brain-Body Connection
Do you notice yourself getting headaches or stomachaches for reasons you don’t understand? Can you tell you’re feeling angry or anxious based on your hands clenching or your palms sweating? Our bodies and brains are connected, even when we might prefer that they are not. Luckily, this can also help us when we know how to use it, like how brainspotting accesses subconscious patterns using eye positioning.
Where You Look Affects How You Feel
People often stare into space while thinking or discussing difficult topics, which is a natural kind of brainspotting called gaze-spotting. In therapy, the therapist will point out that you are looking at a specific place and explore that connection to the topic more closely.
Brainspotting is a more intentional version of this, where the therapist will have you look at the end of a pointer and slowly move it around, until a specific “brainspot” resonates with you. Looking at this spot will allow your therapist to guide you through the uncovering of trauma or memories that may have been hidden within your brain. Trauma overwhelms the brain’s ability to process properly, and leaves the trauma unprocessed and hidden until it can be found. Brainspotting is one way of finding it.
What Will Happen?
Each brainspotting appointment will be a little different, but these are the basic steps:
Choose the issue you want to address
Assess how distressed you are to begin with
Identify where in the body you are activated
Find the brainspot for the day
Process with focused mindfulness
Assess your level of distress after
Make sure you are deactivated
If these steps sound intimidating, remember that Michelle will be with you the entire time, guiding you through the process!
In other words…
If you’re still a little confused, don’t worry! Here’s a handy video to explain it in a different, more visual way.
And if that doesn’t help either, try a free consultation with Michelle to get clarification and see if brainspotting is something that you’re interested in.
