Where you Look Affects How You Feel

What is Brainspotting?

Brainspotting is a powerful tool for inner healing and growth. By focusing on specific points in your visual field, you can access subconscious patterns of thinking and belief that may be hindering you. Brainspotting helps you release these outdated patterns, allowing you to integrate new, healthier perspectives. This process can lead to a calmer nervous system, a shift in how you see the world, and a renewed sense of well-being.

Developed by Dr. David Grand in 2003, Brainspotting has become a versatile therapeutic approach, compatible with other healing modalities and useful in both individual and couples therapy. It works by harnessing the body's natural ability to heal itself, as Dr. Grand suggests.

Brainspotting can be particularly helpful in addressing issues related to the "unbearable lightness of being" like stress, achieving goals, reclaiming your creativity. Coach guides you to locate a "brainspott" – a point in your vision that triggers a physical sensation or emotional response related to the issue you're working on. This spot can be identified by noticing subtle changes in your body, like blinking, swallowing, or slight twitches.

Bilateral sounds, such as music, tones, or nature sounds played alternately in each ear, are often used alongside Brainspotting. These sounds stimulate both hemispheres of the brain, promoting relaxation and calming the nervous system's fight-or-flight response, while activating the parasympathetic nervous system, which promotes relaxation.

Brainspotting's unique approach goes beyond traditional therapy. While it excels in trauma and healing work, it also extends its benefits to areas like peak performance and spiritual exploration.

Eyes Find the Spot, Body Heals The Knot.