Trauma Healing Via
Brainspotting

Focused trauma therapy centered on your body’s cues

A magnifying glass looking into a geared brain. Foothold Counseling offers therapy to people experiencing PTSD, trauma, life changes, life transitions, and relationship difficulties.

What is Brainspotting?

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Brainspotting is a powerful therapy tool I use when providing therapy for healers to help process and overcome experiences of trauma, loss, grief, and emotional pain.

Brainspotting focuses on identifying eye positions that relate to the parts of the brain involved in storing and processing trauma.

By guiding you to maintain eye fixation on spots that activate these brain regions, I help you access, process, and release traumatic memories and associated feelings.

What is the Difference Between Brainspotting and EMDR?

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Like EMDR, Brainspotting can help those suffering from PTSD and emotional trauma. However, Brainspotting is more focused on the somatic and body-centered experience. EMDR relies on bilateral eye movements, whereas brainspotting uses targeted eye positions to directly activate trauma in the brain. 

As your therapist, brainspotting allows me greater flexibility to evaluate your body cues and find the right eye positions that will be most effective for you. We will collaborate and work together as a team to find the specific spots that will resonate most powerfully and be the most therapeutic for your healing journey.

“You came to me to heal…
and I’m gonna make you work.”

— David Grand, Founder of Brainspotting

How Can Brainspotting Help You Along Your Healing Journey?

A woman walking the path of stones next to the ocean. Foothold Counseling offers therapy to people experiencing PTSD, trauma, life changes, life transitions, and relationship difficulties.

Brainspotting is used to address a wide range of challenges:

  • Processing trauma, abuse, grief, loss 

  • Healing anxiety, depression, anger issues, and emotional wounds 

  • Overcoming negative self-beliefs, self-esteem, and self-image issues 

  • Boosting creativity, personal growth, and work performance 

  • Strengthening coping and resilience against burnout

In essence, Brainspotting allows your body and brain to unlock and release trapped traumatic and emotional pain in a gentle, calm, and focused environment. With my help, you can access parts of yourself and your history that you may not have even consciously realized were affected.

Empowerment Through Brainspotting

A woman looking up at the sky from inside a cave of rocks. Foothold Counseling offers therapy to people experiencing PTSD, trauma, life changes, life transitions, and relationship difficulties.

Many clients find Brainspotting provides emotional and physiological relief more effectively than talk therapy alone. The insights you will gain will allow you to move forward with more empowerment, increased confidence, and inner peace.

Reach out today if you are seeking therapy for healers and ready to explore how Brainspotting can help you overcome your trauma and emotional pain.