Brainspotting Therapy
For When You’re Ready to Access What’s Beneath Words and Experience Real Change
There’s a part of you that knows something has to shift—but you don’t always know how to reach it through talking alone. You bring insight, reflection, and honesty to therapy, yet some reactions still feel automatic, intense, or hard to explain.
Brainspotting works with the simple but powerful principle that where you look affects how you feel. By identifying and focusing on specific visual points that correlate with emotional and physical responses, your brain and body can process what’s been held beneath awareness, leading to genuine relief, emotional regulation, and a deeper sense of self-trust.
What Brainspotting Therapy Is—and How It Works
Brainspotting is a brain-body therapy that helps access experiences stored beneath conscious awareness. When something has been overwhelming or unresolved, your body often remembers it even when you can’t fully explain it.
By using focused visual positions that naturally connect to emotional and physical responses, Brainspotting allows your nervous system to process what it’s been holding—without forcing insight or narrative—so those experiences no longer drive your reactions from the background.
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Brainspotting relies on deep attunement and sustained focus rather than structured protocols. It allows your system to lead the process, often accessing material that isn’t easily reached through words or cognitive understanding.
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No. Brainspotting does not require detailed storytelling. Processing happens through awareness and the brain-body connection, not through verbal recounting.
What Brainspotting Therapy Can Help With
You may feel stuck, reactive, or emotionally overwhelmed without a clear reason why. Even with insight, your body may continue to respond as if something unresolved is still present.
Brainspotting can help with anxiety, trauma, emotional shutdown, attachment wounds, chronic stress, and patterns that feel automatic or out of proportion to the present moment—especially when the issue feels hard to name.
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No. While it is highly effective for trauma, Brainspotting is also helpful for anxiety, performance blocks, emotional regulation, and experiences rooted in long-term stress or relational dynamics.
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That’s okay. Brainspotting works well when the issue feels vague or confusing. We begin with what you notice in your body or emotions and allow your system to guide the work from there.
What Brainspotting Therapy Looks Like at Alchemy Practice
Brainspotting sessions are quiet, focused, and paced according to your nervous system. Rather than directing or analyzing your experience, I provide attuned support while your system processes what’s ready to emerge.
You remain present and in control throughout the session. Over time, this work supports greater emotional regulation, clarity, and a felt sense of internal stability that carries into daily life.
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Experiences vary, but many clients notice shifts in emotion, body sensation, or awareness. The process is often subtle yet deeply impactful, unfolding at a pace that feels manageable.
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While each session is 53 minutes, the length of therapy depends on your goals and what you’re working through. Some clients notice meaningful shifts within a few sessions, while others engage in a longer, more integrative process.
How We’ll Begin Together
Initial Visit & Readiness
Your first session is a space to slow down and orient to what you’re experiencing. We’ll explore what’s bringing you to therapy, identify your goals, and assess whether Brainspotting is the right fit—ensuring the process feels collaborative, grounded, and aligned with your pace.
Attunement & Nervous System Support
Before deeper processing, we focus on attunement and regulation. Brainspotting emphasizes safety through presence and connection, allowing your nervous system to feel supported as awareness develops—without pressure to analyze or perform.
Processing, Integration & Change
When your system is ready, Brainspotting uses focused visual awareness to help process experiences held beneath conscious thought. Over time, this work supports emotional release, increased clarity, and integration that carries into your daily life, relationships, and sense of self.