Brainspotting Psychotherapy
Brainspotting psychotherapy is one of several approaches I use when working with women navigating complex emotional experiences.
It can be particularly useful when feelings are difficult to articulate, when emotions are felt strongly through the body, or when past experiences continue to shape present-day responses in ways that feel automatic or overwhelming.
What Brainspotting Can Help Address
Brainspotting can be useful when working with:
Persistent emotional responses that feel disproportionate to current circumstances
Difficulty accessing or articulating feelings that seem to be held in the body
Moments when insight exists but emotional resolution doesn't follow
Patterns that repeat despite conscious awareness and effort to change them
This is not an exhaustive list. The work itself reveals what's underneath.
What A Brainspotting Session is Like
In a Brainspotting session, you identify a specific issue or feeling you'd like to work with. I'll ask you to notice where you feel it in your body and what level of activation or distress you're experiencing.
From there, we work together to find a visual point—a "brainspot"—that allows your brain's natural processing to unfold. You may notice shifts in sensation, emotion, memory, or insight.
The work happens at the pace your system can manage.
My role is to stay attuned with you as material emerges, help you stay grounded, and create the conditions for processing without forcing or rushing the experience.
How We Decide Whether Brainspotting Is the Right Approach
Not every client or every session calls for Brainspotting. The decision to use it depends on what you’re working with, how you process experiences, and what feels accessible at a given time.
For some clients, Brainspotting becomes a central part of our work early on. For others, it becomes more useful after we’ve established a foundation of trust and grounding. Even when it is a primary approach, it’s used thoughtfully and in response to what’s present rather than applied automatically.
If you’re curious about whether Brainspotting might be helpful in your work, we can discuss that during an initial consultation.