What is Brainspotting?

“Where you look affects how you feel”-David Grand, Ph.D. Have you ever noticed yourself focusing on something as you processed or experienced the emotional pain of a difficult situation? Do you feel heightened and constantly “stuck on” or down depressed and “stuck off?” I want to introduce you to an intervention that can help and it is called Brainspotting. 

Brainspotting is a technique that works to access areas in the brain that have you “stuck.” Through finding a point within your field of view you are able to access and process emotional pain, physical pain, trauma, sports performance issues and many other challenging symptoms. By forming a connection with the right provider, emotional attunement is experienced further enhancing the process. Straying from the typical path of therapist-led interventions, Brainspotting is very client-led. This modality holds a belief that the brain knows what it needs to heal. The therapist is simply there to hold space and follow. 

Yes, the above is a very brief description of this amazing technique so please click on the links below for more information. Also Reno Counseling Collective currently has 4 therapists trained in Brainspotting, two of which have completed their certifcation. If you have tried everything, or close to everything, but still feel the struggle, Brainspotting may be helpful to you. So if this is something that sounds like it could help, let us know;)