Brainspotting Therapist in Oakland & San Francisco

Brainspotting Therapy

Brainspotting Therapy is a powerful tool that harnesses the power of “eye position” to process unconscious trauma and recover from… 

Unpacking your traumatic experience shouldn’t feel impossible. Brainspotting therapy helps you identify the source of your trauma and recover from addiction or trauma. At Calm Again Counseling, our brainspotting therapists offer this therapy to access unprocessed trauma or other mental health issues that keep you from moving forward. If you feel that other treatments aren’t helping you move past your addiction, trauma, or emotional distress, brainspotting therapy can help at our location near you.  

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Brainspotting therapy specifically addresses “brainspots” by using eye position movements.

This process helps clients access the specified trauma points causing mental and emotional stress. Brainspotting is a neurobiological tool to enhance healing by reducing physical pain, emotional distress, and tension.

If you’re tired of feeling alone, depressed, and overwhelmed with difficult emotions or physical pain, we are here to help you make a positive change in your life.

Are you feeling alone and hopeless in your unique healing process? You don’t have to suffer in silence; we want to know there is always hope for recovery. We use brainspotting therapy to help guide you through your consciousness to reveal repressed thoughts and emotions preventing you from healing. You can enter life with increased self-awareness, ready to embrace change in a positive light.

FAQs

How many brainspotting therapy sessions will I need?

Brainspotting, like other therapy methods, is short-term and more effective in short sessions. Most people have 1 to 3 therapy sessions, while other people may benefit from more to facilitate healing. The length and frequency depend on your specific needs and the brainspotting therapists’ recommendation.

What can I expect from brainspotting therapy?

The goal of brainspotting therapy is for the therapist to help the client make relationship connections between mind and body trauma. Therapy sessions are a safe space to explore your thoughts and emotions as the therapist enables you to process your discoveries. The therapist directs and guides your vision to certain spots as you freely share the areas you want to explore. Both of you may talk during this time as the therapist studies your eye movements and notes unsteady pathways. You are free to share memories, thoughts, or emotions you recall during the process, and brainspotting therapists will help you process them.

How do I know if brainspotting therapy is working?

Every client is unique and will experience results differently. However, there are a few common side effects people experience after their therapy sessions. You may feel emotional or physical fatigue that often comes from the excessive release of emotions. Some people feel relaxed and peaceful, while others feel slightly drained. These feelings are part of deeply unpacking your subconscious and conscious trauma to move toward healing.

Do I need brainspotting therapy?

If you’re struggling with any of the above mentioned mental health or physical issues, you may benefit from brainspotting therapy. Severity ranges from mild to unmanageable. Regardless of your symptoms, you can benefit from the tools you will learn in each session.

How do I schedule an appointment?

You can call us directly and get in touch with our client coordinator, or fill out our contact form on our website and get a response in less than 24 hours.