Brainspotting

Has your child ever struggled with an emotion or felt a certain way and they don’t know exactly what caused it? Sometimes children and adolescents may be feeling anxious, depressed, overwhelmed, sad, or stressed but they aren’t exactly sure where it comes from which can make it challenging to support.

Welcome to the world of brainspotting! An incredible opportunity for your child to better get to know and understand their brain-body connection. Brainspotting offers a unique opportunity to explore your child’s feelings both in their mind and the physical symptoms those emotions produce in their body.

One technique the brainspotting process allows is for the client to find the calm in their body by sharing where they feel most grounded. Maybe it is in their legs or even in their feet. We can then find a visual field across from them to pair a resource spot or a calm spot that they can look at as they process their story.

Collectively, the child can then learn to rely on the grounded feelings in their body while sorting through the files in their brain that need to be reprocessed in a healthier way. This process allows the child to process their journey and begin to release unwanted psychological and physical symptoms from the body. Each journey is different, but brainspotting can really jumpstart the healing process while helping clear excess emotions and pain that they have been carrying for some time as it can get stuck in the body.

Positive outcomes that have been observed at Evora have been children beginning to recognize the activation and the calm in their body, experience a realization about what to do next in their story or how they can pivot to promote a positive outcome, begin to release heavy feelings that have been weighing on them for extended periods of time, become more comfortable addressing their mental health needs while finding solutions, and creating a safe and trusting space to work through some of life’s most challenging moments.

The most critical component of the brainspotting opportunity is the relationship and specifically the attunement between the client and the therapist. This important space promotes safety and connection to best be able to access these files in our memories that can at times negatively impact our mental health. I welcome you to explore this opportunity more through a free 15-minute consultation with Amanda Ratz to best be able to support your child’s unique needs. Wishing you well as you continue to advocate for your child!

In partnership,

Amanda Ratz, LPC