Brainspotting: A Gentle, Deep Way to Heal Trauma (When Talk Therapy Isn’t Enough)
You’ve tried talk therapy. You’ve worked hard to understand your past, name your patterns, and explain your feelings. But something still feels stuck.
That’s where Brainspotting can help.
Brainspotting is a gentle, body-based therapy that helps you process trauma without needing to re-tell the whole story. It works deep in the brain and nervous system—beyond what words can reach.
What Is Brainspotting?
Brainspotting uses your eye position to access where trauma, stress, or emotional pain is held in your body. A trained therapist helps you find a “brainspot”—a point in your visual field linked to an unresolved experience.
As you focus on that spot, your brain and body begin to do the healing work. You don’t need to explain everything or relive the pain. You just notice what’s happening inside and allow it to shift—gently, naturally, at your pace.
Many people describe it as powerful, emotional, and even calming. It often reaches parts of the self that talking can’t touch.
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Brainspotting vs. Talk Therapy
Talk therapy can be helpful—especially for insight, support, and learning new tools. But it’s mostly a top-down process. That means it starts in the thinking brain and tries to work its way down into the body.
Brainspotting is bottom-up. It starts with the body and the deeper parts of the brain that store trauma, stress, and emotion. This is why Brainspotting can be especially helpful if you:
Feel stuck even after years of therapy
Struggle with anxiety, panic, or dissociation
Can’t find the words to describe what you’re feeling
Feel overwhelmed by your emotions—or feel nothing at all
Want a gentle, embodied way to heal
Brainspotting doesn’t replace talk therapy. It adds something more. For many people, it’s the missing piece.
Why It Works When Words Aren’t Enough
Trauma lives in the body. It’s stored in the nervous system, not just in thoughts or memories. That’s why talking abouttrauma isn’t always enough to heal it.
Brainspotting lets your body lead. It gives space for things to rise, move, and resolve—without needing to explain them. This is especially powerful for those who’ve experienced trauma, chronic stress, or emotional wounds that feel hard to put into words.
You don’t have to “perform” or be perfect. You don’t have to push through. Brainspotting meets you exactly where you are.
Ready to Try Something Deeper?
If you’re longing for a healing approach that’s gentle, grounded, and deeply effective, Brainspotting might be the next step.
You don’t need to keep feeling stuck. Your body remembers how to heal—it just needs the right conditions.
If you’re a sensitive, intuitive, big-hearted human who’s working to break old cycles—maybe the ones your family never could—this work is for you.
You’re not too much. You’re not broken. You’re already wise. Brainspotting simply helps you come home to yourself.
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You don’t have to do it all alone—and you don’t have to keep talking your way through it. Let’s go deeper, together.
ways to work with me:
Online counseling and Brainspotting for clients located in Bend, Oregon and the state of Oregon. Click here to schedule a free consultation.
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