Brainspotting
At Reflections Therapy Studio we offer Certified Brainspotting (BSP) to facilitate powerful, relatively fast relief of painful symptoms. For clients who are stymied by past traumatic experiences, anxiety, depression, addictions, eating disorders, or any compulsive behavior they would like to change, one of the benefits of Brainspotting is that similar to its precursor EMDR, it provides permanent brain changes for lasting symptom reduction. In addition, Brainspotting does not require disclosure of the traumatic memories for the healing and growth to take place. Brainspotting can be conducted fully over Telehealth or in person.
Brainspotting, is eye-movement therapy for trauma developed out of EMDR to reach the amygdala and limbic brain regions where survival terror is stored. Symptoms relieved include emotional and body pain, dissociation, anxiety, depression, insomnia, disordered eating, nightmares, flashbacks, numbing, addictions, suicidality, and disconnection.
At Reflections Therapy Studio we integrate somatic experiencing (body work) and mindfulness during BSP processing, releasing trauma and stress-related movement patterns stored outside of conscious awareness.
Brainspotting, often effective in cases where EMDR has failed, was voted the #1 effective trauma treatment by the parents and survivors of the Sandy Hook massacre after a five-year study comparing over 25 therapeutic modalities, voted Brainspotting 27% more effective than EMDR.
Distribution Committee of the Sandy Hook School Support Fund. (2016, Sep.). Report of Findings from the Community Survey, retrieved from https://brainspotting.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2016-NSHCF-Community-Assessment-Report.pdf)
About Brainspotting:
How Brainspotting Can Help:
Brainspotting works online or in-person, with powerful and rapid results.
Brainspotting requires no specialized equipment, using eye-gazing positions in the visual field with music for cross-cortical integration.
Brainspotting accesses deep limbic areas where talk therapy cannot reach, is effective in cases of incomplete memory and does NOT require re-living or talking about the traumatic event.
Brainspotting might be right for you if you….
Have ANY behavior you want to stop, change, or explore;
Have not been able to stop despite a strong desire to do so; AND
You don't want the consequences associated with the behavior anymore.
Watch a Video to Learn More About Brainspotting:
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Brainspotting (BSP) Phase I & Phase II, subcortical brain-based therapy for lasting relief from trauma symptoms, addictions, eating disorders; Pacific Counseling and Trauma Center
“The Crocodile Set-Ups” Advanced Brainspotting for Addiction Relapse Cessation, Dr. Roby Ables; Brainspotting AustralAsia Pacific
Somatic Experiencing (SE) sensorimotor psychotherapy to release trauma and associated symptoms stored in the body
Jungian Sandplay Training Program*, C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles
*current enrollment in Year 1 of 2-year training program
The Human and Archetypal Child & Psychotherapy of Early Trauma, Donald Kalsched; New York Center for Jungian Studies
Treating Trauma and Anxiety in Children with Jungian Sandplay, Elizabeth Schofield-Bickford & Sachiko Reece; C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles
Endurance, Transformation and the Power of the Imagination: A Weeklong Seminar, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Donald Kalsched, Connie Zweig, Ashok Bedi, Sylvia Brinton Perera, Monika Wikman; NY Center for Jungian Studies
Mindful Awareness Practice Seminars, Levels I & II (MAPS) – present-centered mindfulness brings grounding and awareness to cope with difficulties, reducing anxiety and related symptoms; UCLA Semmel Institute of Neuroscience
The Numinous Path of the 12-Step Experience, Maggie Gwinn; C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles