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Brainspotting is a brain-body based approach that accesses the deep brain through the visual field. Where you look affects how you feel, and Brainspotting uses that connection to locate and process trauma stored below conscious thought and language. Unlike talk therapy, which works primarily at the level of the thinking brain, Brainspotting reaches the subcortical structures where trauma pathways actually live. Subcortical processing through Brainspotting is up to 10 to 60 times faster than at the cortical level. This is why it can move things that years of other approaches haven’t been able to touch.

DBR works with shock energy in the deepest part of the brain stem, the precursor to what happens in the midbrain before feelings happen as everything ascends in the brain. Where Brainspotting works in the subcortical brain, DBR goes even deeper, to the very foundation of the nervous system’s survival responses. Together, these approaches allow us to reach layers of the nervous system that most other modalities simply cannot access.

If you’ve been carrying something that hasn’t shifted despite your efforts, whether it manifests as anxiety, depression, chronic pain, relational patterns, or anything else a sense that what you’re feeling goes deeper than what’s been explained to you, this work was designed for exactly that. The best way to find out if it’s the right fit is a discovery call. It’s a zero pressure free conversation where we can get a sense of where you are and whether working together feels right for you.

Yes. I work with adolescents and adults of all ages. For teens, sessions are thoughtfully paced and adapted to meet them where they are. Adolescents process very quickly.

It starts with a discovery call, which you can schedule directly through the client portal. This is a free conversation to talk about what’s bringing you in and see if you feel that we’re a good fit. If we decide to move forward, you’ll complete your brief intake paperwork through the same secure portal before your first session. You will not be asked to recount/re-experience or list trauma while you are alone completing the intake.  It’s important to understand that intake can only captures what is accessible in the thinking brain. What lies beneath will be revealed through the processing itself. Sessions are conducted via Simple Practice’s built-in telehealth platform, which is fully HIPAA compliant. From there, we work at the pace your nervous system sets.

This varies from person to person and depends on what you’re working through, how long you’ve been carrying it, and how your nervous system responds to the work. What I can tell you is that we only ever work at the speed of your nervous system, because that’s the only pace at which healing can occur.  Going slow, of needed, is actually fast. . We’ll talk about this openly throughout our work together.

Weekly therapy is a steady, ongoing process of going deeper over time. My intensives are a fundamentally different experience built on excavating the root of your distress before Brainspotting even begins. The nervous system access deepens it’s reach with eachsession , allows time for integration, then goes deeper.   The depth we reach in an intensive takes weekly therapy much longer to access. Many people find an intensive gives their ongoing work a significant depth charge. Others find the intensive itself is the container they needed.

Yes. Individual therapy sessions are conducted through Simple Practice’s secure telehealth platform. Brainspotting Certification Consultation sessions and all community groups are held via Zoom. Virtual intensives are also available throughout California and Arizona.