Online Brainspotting Therapy in North Carolina, South Carolina, & Ohio
Find Relief, Healing, and Lasting Change
You’ve tried traditional talk therapy but still find intrusive thoughts, intense emotions, and triggering reminders surrounding your trauma keep coming up. You may not have the words to describe your experience, and don’t feel completely comfortable doing so in front of someone else. Sometimes talk therapy alone doesn't fully reach the deeper emotional wounds, trauma responses, or patterns that keep you feeling stuck. Brainspotting is a powerful, focused therapeutic approach that helps access and process experiences that are stored deep within the brain and body, creating opportunities for healing that goes beyond words.
In order to support deeper and more complex trauma work, I offer Brainspotting in combination with talk therapy to engage both the brain and the body in the healing process. We’ll start with an intake session to assess your needs and relevant background, use several talk therapy sessions to get familiar with one another and the subject of your distress, and then alternate between Brainspotting and talk therapy sessions to fully process the unresolved trauma and stress you’ve been dealing with. I have specific training in utilizing Brainspotting via telehealth in order to support clients who feel safest and most comfortable engaging in trauma work from the familiarity and privacy of their own home. I’m able to see clients living in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio.
You are so much more than your past experiences—and you don’t have to process them alone.
What Is Brainspotting?
Brainspotting is a brain-body therapy developed by Dr. David Grand that helps identify, process, and release emotional pain, trauma, and deeply held patterns that may be stored in the nervous system. Traditional talk therapy usually only accesses the brain, and somatic therapy usually only accesses the body—Brainspotting is designed to combine both forms of therapy for accelerated and longer-lasting healing.
The premise of Brainspotting is simple: where you look affects how you feel. Specific eye positions, known as "brainspots," are connected to emotional experiences held in your brain and body. By identifying and maintaining focus on these spots while processing the distressing subject in a safe therapeutic environment, you can access parts of the trauma that are stored in the subconscious of your brain and nervous system that may not be possible through traditional talk therapy alone.
Many people find Brainspotting helpful when they feel intellectually aware of their struggles but continue to experience emotional or physical symptoms that keep them feeling stuck. Whether you're struggling with unresolved trauma, chronic anxiety, difficult life experiences, persistent relationship challenges, complex grief, or simply feel disconnected from yourself, Brainspotting can help you access deeper healing and move forward with greater clarity, resilience, and confidence.
What Brainspotting Therapy Can Help:
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Unresolved trauma can affect emotional well-being, relationships, self-esteem, and daily functioning. Brainspotting helps process traumatic experiences that may remain stored in the nervous system.
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Persistent worry, panic, overthinking, and nervous system dysregulation can leave you feeling exhausted. Brainspotting can help address the underlying sources of anxiety while supporting emotional regulation.
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When sadness, hopelessness, or disconnection feel overwhelming, Brainspotting can help uncover and process deeper emotional experiences and core beliefs contributing to distress.
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Past experiences often influence how we connect with others. Brainspotting can help identify and heal emotional patterns that impact intimacy, trust, communication, and attachment. It can also benefit those struggling with past or present relational betrayal.
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Experiences like major life changes, career shifts, grief, identity exploration, and personal development can all benefit from Brainspotting's ability to access deeper self-awareness and emotional processing.
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Brainspotting is frequently used to support athletes, performers, professionals, and creatives seeking to overcome blocks, improve focus, and enhance performance.
Clients often report benefits like:
Relief from trauma symptoms
Reduced anxiety and emotional distress
Improved nervous system regulation
Greater emotional resilience
Increased self-awareness
Improved relationships
Enhanced confidence and self-trust
Better ability to manage stress
Greater sense of calm and balance
Lasting emotional healing
Every individual's experience is unique, and Brainspotting therapy is tailored to your specific needs, goals, and pace.
Brainspotting FAQs:
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Yes! Brainspotting can be effectively adapted to virtual therapy sessions. Using brainspotting online can be beneficial as it’s easier to track eye movement and identify brainspots within the defined boundary of a screen, rather than the openness of a room. Many clients also find that participating from their own environment enhances comfort and emotional safety. Your at-home Brainspotting set up can include comfort items, being in your pjs, or take place while sitting in bed!
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Like any other form of therapy, the number of sessions varies based on your goals, history, and concerns—as well as your nervous system’s response to using Brainspotting. Some clients notice shifts within one or a few sessions, while others benefit from longer-term support. I value open communication to pinpoint exactly what’s working for you and what’s not, so you can get the most benefit from our work together as quickly as possible!
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Not necessarily. Brainspotting often allows processing to occur without having to repeatedly retell difficult experiences. Many clients seek Brainspotting because they can’t remember the nuanced details about their experience or the particular timeline of events that might be necessary to discuss in traditional talk therapy. Brainspotting won’t create false memories or force you to recall things that feel unsafe to your nervous system to remember, but it does allow you to bypass the more logical/analytical parts of your brain and access the emotional/survival part that needs to be engaged for true healing to occur.
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Yes! Brainspotting integrates well with trauma-informed therapy, somatic therapy, and traditional talk therapy. I combine these approaches in order for you to get the most benefit from our work together.
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We can pause or stop at any time. You call the shots on your therapy experience! I encourage clients to be open about what they’re experiencing when using Brainspotting, that way we can tailor it to best fit your needs—it’s not a one-size-fits-all approach and can be used in many different ways. Many clients have found that they can make the best decision on if Brainspotting is the best fit for them after at least two Brainspotting sessions. This is because the first session is used for the set-up process and getting adjusted to doing therapy a different way, while the second session allows more room for true deep processing to occur.
Healing should be accessible, effective, and supportive. Online Brainspotting therapy allows you to receive specialized trauma-informed care without leaving your home.
My approach is open, supportive, and grounded in creating a safe therapeutic relationship where you can explore challenges, build resilience, and reconnect with your authentic self without fear. Together, we'll work toward meaningful healing that supports lasting emotional well-being.
Contact me today to schedule a consultation and learn whether Brainspotting therapy is the right fit for your needs!