What is the edge of awareness? The edge of awareness is a psychic location where something previously unknown takes shape. A body sensation becomes information about our physical state. Unsettledness resolves into a clear emotion. Some words write themselves into a...
Brainspotting and IFS are both transformative ways to work with the effects of trauma and distressing experiences. Each of these modalities supports clients in attending to, rather than avoiding, the present-day pain caused by past traumas. Doing so helps liberate us...
A Brainspotting therapy session starts with identifying the issue you want to work on. It may be a long-ago memory or a recent experience, an emotion, a thought, an image, a physical sensation, or something else. You don’t need to focus on a distressing memory; any...
The neuroscientific foundation of Brainspotting is based on functions in areas of the brain below the prefrontal cortex, partly in the limbic system. This part of the brain is crucial in processing emotions, including ones related to difficult experiences and traumas....
Brainspotting is a somatic (body-based) therapy based on concepts from neuroscience, mindfulness, and other body-based therapies. Brainspotting therapy uses eye position and bilateral stimulation to access and release memories, feelings, and sensations that are stuck...
