Brainspotting · Online therapy in NY & DE
Brainspotting: reaching the pain words can't touch
Some wounds don't live in language — they're held in the body, below thought, where talking can't quite reach. Brainspotting uses where you look to access where it hurts, helping your brain release what it's been holding.
Brainspotting is a body-based trauma therapy built on a simple discovery: where you look affects how you feel. The eyes and the brain's emotional centers are deeply connected, so a particular eye position — a "brainspot" — can put you in direct contact with where a difficult experience is stored. From there, with my quiet support, your brain does what it's wired to do: process and release what it couldn't before. You don't have to explain it, analyze it, or even have words for it. The work happens at a deeper, more instinctive level than talking alone can reach.
What is Brainspotting?
What Brainspotting can help with
Brainspotting is powerful for trauma and PTSD, anxiety, the lingering effects of accidents or injury, performance blocks, and the kind of distress that's hard to put into words. It's often a good fit when you feel something "stuck" in your body, or when talk therapy has helped you understand a problem but not fully release it.
What it's like in session
It's gentler and quieter than people expect. Together we find a spot in your visual field that connects to what you're working on, and then you simply notice — sensations, images, feelings — while I stay with you, steady and unhurried. There's no pressure to perform or narrate. Many people are struck by how much shifts in the stillness. And it works well over secure video, with me guiding from your screen.
My approach to Brainspotting
I'm trained in Brainspotting and use it within a deep foundation of trauma work — 15+ years with complex trauma, alongside EMDR and IFS. That matters here: body-based processing can move quickly, so I bring careful attunement and steady pacing, making sure your nervous system always feels supported. You set the depth; I hold the safety.
When you can't put it into words — or aren't allowed to
Brainspotting heals without requiring you to recount what happened. For those carrying classified or confidential experiences — military, intelligence, first responders — that means you can process the impact of trauma without ever describing the events themselves.
Questions, answered
How is Brainspotting different from EMDR?
Both are body-based and use the brain-eye connection, but Brainspotting holds a fixed eye position and follows your inner process more openly, while EMDR uses structured, moving bilateral stimulation. Some people respond more to one than the other — and I offer both.
Do I have to talk about my trauma?
No. One of Brainspotting's gifts is that it works without requiring you to describe or relive the details out loud.
Does Brainspotting work online?
Yes. Brainspotting adapts well to telehealth — I guide eye positioning on screen, and many clients feel safer doing this deep work from home.