What Is Brainspotting?
Brainspotting is a focused, brain-body method that helps people process stress, trauma, and experiences that feel “stuck.”
When something overwhelming happens, the body can stay in protection mode long after the event is over. Even when life looks fine on the outside, your system may still be reacting as if it’s under threat.
Brainspotting helps the brain and body complete those stress responses safely.
- Not talk therapy
- No need to retell your story in detail
- No forcing or reliving
- Works at the level where stress is stored: brain + body
How Does Brainspotting Work?
During a session:
- We identify one focus (a reaction, body sensation, recurring pattern, or high-impact event).
- We find an eye position connected to that experience.
- You track what happens inside without pressure to analyze or explain everything.
- Your system processes naturally, at a pace that stays within your capacity.
Sessions are paced and contained. You remain in control and can pause at any time.
What Can Brainspotting Help With?
- cumulative stress exposure
- critical incidents
- trauma recovery
- anxiety and chronic tension
- irritability and reactivity
- performance blocks
- feeling constantly “on edge”
- shutdown or emotional numbness
- relationship triggers
- burnout
It’s especially helpful for people who understand their patterns intellectually, have tried talking about it, but still feel reactive or stuck.
Why Insight Alone Isn’t Always Enough
Many approaches focus on thinking differently. But when the body has been living in survival mode, insight alone doesn’t change the stress response.
Brainspotting works below conscious thinking, helping the system reset so that insight can actually land.
What Does a Session Feel Like?
- focused
- steady
- contained
- sometimes emotional, sometimes quiet
- often relieving
You remain in control. You can pause at any time. You do not have to share details you don’t want to share.
Is Brainspotting Safe?
Brainspotting is designed to work within your system’s capacity. Sessions are paced. We prioritize stability first. There is no pushing or forcing.
Is Brainspotting Therapy?
Brainspotting can be used by licensed therapists as a clinical treatment.
In my practice, it is offered as trauma-informed support and integration-focused work. It is not crisis intervention, emergency care, or a substitute for medical or psychiatric treatment.