If you feel overwhelmed by the effects of past trauma or hidden emotions you can't explain, trauma therapy can help. Brainspotting therapy is scientifically proven to help therapists guide their clients through repressed trauma and move toward recovery. 

What Is Brainspotting Therapy?

The brain is a powerful organ, storing millions of memories and emotions that affect physical and mental health. It also can protect you from traumatic experiences by blocking out harmful memories or experiences to cope with trauma symptoms. 

When a person experiences trauma, the brain often locks away these painful memories and suppresses them from being released. However, it's still possible for the effects of a traumatic experience to interfere with the brain's natural functions. That's where brainspotting therapy helps unlock repressed trauma so you can work toward healing. 

Who Needs This Type Of Therapy?

Brainspotting therapy can help many people recover from past trauma. If you struggle with anxiety, depression, fear of addiction, phobias, chronic pain, or emotional distress, this therapy can help you identify the root cause to regain control of your life. By focusing on certain eye positions or movements, brainspotting enables you to locate the pain points affecting your life. 

How Does Brainspotting Therapy Work?

The brain helps the body maintain a stable environment, but different forms of trauma can interfere with homeostasis. Brainspotting therapy is a powerful alternative solution that focuses on specific spots in a person's field of vision to help them process trauma. It accesses the repressed trauma by focusing on the functions of the midbrain. This part of the brain helps regulate the functions of the central nervous system, such as sleep, vision, hearing, and motor function. In a brainspotting therapy session, a therapist helps guide you through the journey of recovering from the repressed trauma interfering with your life. 

Although you, the patient, are experiencing the journey, a therapist walks you through specific techniques to help you relax and access the areas hiding the trauma. You are usually relaxed, allowing you to gaze at specific points in the room and follow your therapist's movements. You can share thoughts or feelings as your therapist helps you explore them.

Benefits Of Recovering With Trauma Therapy

According to research, brainspotting is an effective form of trauma therapy that has helped many people recover from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It has sometimes proven more effective than cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR). While it's difficult to discuss and explore painful thoughts and memories, brainspotting therapy offers several benefits, including:

• Better quality of sleep

• Decreased pain

• Positive thought patterns

• Less painful memories

• Reduced feelings of anxiety and depression

Although every person is unique and will experience treatment results differently, brainspotting therapy can help you recover from the effects of trauma and help you regain control over your life.  

Book A Free Consultation Today

If past trauma is holding you back from living the life you want, brainspotting therapy can help. Contact Calm Again Counseling in San Francisco, CA, today and book a free consultation.