Brainspotting is an effective and advanced form of therapy that helps the brain and body heal trauma. Brainspotting works by accessing the subcortical brain, which is something that talk therapy cannot access. Talk therapy is helpful, but the emotional and physical trauma response cannot be healed through talk therapy alone.

In Brainspotting, the therapist guides the client to center on the present-moment experience, focusing their eye-gaze in one spot while remaining in a subcortical state. Brainspotting allows the therapist and client to enter deep into the amygdala where trauma is stored.

The eyes are an extension of our brain. When a fetus is developing in the womb, the eyes literally emerge from the brain and hold thousands of neurotransmitters. So, when we utilize approaches that involve the eyes, we are able to have direct access to the brain.

According to current research, somatic therapies, like Brainspotting have been shown to be the most highly rated and effective forms of trauma therapy.