Online Across California

Brainspotting Therapy

A body-based trauma therapy that’s client-led to reach trauma held deep in the nervous system

Brainspotting

Brainspotting reaches the subcortical nervous system directly, the deep part of the brain where trauma is stored below language. 

Unlike EMDR, brainspotting is more client-led. It follows what you notice and feel, rather than being directed by your therapist. For many people that makes it a gentler, more open way to reach what has been held in the body. People often tell me they feel relaxed and calm afterward.

How I Work

Brainspotting follows your attention rather than my agenda. We find a point that connects to what you are feeling, and from there I help you stay with what your body and nervous system bring up, at your pace. It reaches the places that talk therapy often cannot, and it works well online. Sessions are 55 minutes. The work often includes:

  • Following what you notice and feel, led by you

  • Reaching trauma stored in the subcortical brain, below language

  • Staying with body and nervous-system awareness as it surfaces

  • Allowing release that often leaves people calmer and more settled

What Brainspotting Therapy Treats

  • Trauma held in the body

    Experiences stored below language that talk cannot reach

  • Anxiety and nervous-system overwhelm

    Tension and reactivity that live in the body

  • Emotional blocks

    Places you feel stuck without fully knowing why

  • Attachment and developmental wounds

    Early experiences held deep in the nervous system

  • When words are not enough

    A body-led approach for what talk therapy has not moved

  • Calm and regulation

    Reaching a more settled, grounded nervous-system state

How to Get Started:

Take the first step towards profound change and self-discovery, guided by expertise in Brainspotting therapy.

  • Step 1 - Schedule Your Free Consultation

Reach out for a free 15-minute call to talk through what is bringing you in and whether we are a fit.

  • Step 2 - Find Your Starting Point

We begin by understanding what you want to reach and finding the point that connects to it.

  • Step 3 - Follow What You Notice

    From there the work is led by what you notice and feel, at your pace, online across California.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Brainspotting reaches the subcortical nervous system, the deep part of the brain where trauma is stored below language, using what you notice and feel.

  • EMDR is more structured and directed by the therapist. Brainspotting is led by what you notice and feel. Both reach the body directly, and people often feel calm afterward.

  • Yes. I offer Brainspotting online across California and have found it works well in that setting.

  • I work with adults 30 and over. Brainspotting can also suit children and adolescents, though my practice focuses on adults.

  • Many people notice an effect on the body and emotions during or soon after a session, and describe feeling relaxed and calm.