What is Trauma?

During the pandemic, all of us have been through trauma. For some of us who lost a love one, this type of wounding on your emotional life is considered a big “T” kind of trauma. People in your life will probably consider that going to therapy for this type of trauma is expected.

The little “T” are things that are still frustrating and annoying. When they add up, they may have the same impact that the one big “T” has on your life. Little “T” could be like losing your best friend in middle school because she decided to play with someone else. Then, in high school, another little “T” could be that your best friend betrayed you and dated your boyfriend behind your back. As you accumulate more betrayals from friends, you may end up being suspicious of your close friends leaving you. This kind of trauma can be healed with brainspotting so that you are not feeling like something is wrong with you or that you are wondering why friends cannot be reliable.

What are my approaches to healing trauma?

Brainspotting

As your therapist, I will help guide you to where your eyes may want to focus on in the space in my office or if we do your session over zoom, in your own space. Next, you will keep your eyes focused on that position as you talk about your painful memories. At any time, if you noticed that your body is having any sensations, you will be mindful about those sensations by tracking what is happening to you. Combining those two activities allows you to access your midbrain and unravel the traumatic memories that will assist in healing the trauma.

For some clients, the therapy may be done wearing headphones to listen to music where the sound output alternates between the left and right ear. The output is not predictable and this helps the brain to settle into a calmer state.

Some sessions may be filled with laughter and new discoveries may occur. One client told me that she was surprised that she had a memory of her childhood friend who she never thought of for a long time until she started talking about her co-worker who reminded her of this friend. Afterwards, she was laughing because she realized that she never had put the connection until she finished her brainspotting session. She realized that by addressing her old memories, she had less tension in her body whenever she engaged with her co-worker. She was grateful for her brainspotting session to help her move her tension out of her body.

The great thing about brainspotting is that if you don’t want to talk about heavy and painful issues, you don’t have to and you can still receive some benefit so that the painful memories are not stuck inside of you.

Nature Therapy

Mindfulness Practice

Drama Therapy

Methods

Brainspotting

Drama Therapy

Art Therapy

Nature (outside the office) therapy

Mindfulness approach

Internal Family Systems

“so grateful that i did therapy with you. i have my life back.”

This quote was said by a high sensitive trait client. Like her, I felt life deeply such that when a store clerk yelled at me for no good reason, I had a hard time letting go of that yelling energy in my body.

Brainspotting helped me to release a lot of my tension and in time, the pain from the tension became less intense. Eventually, my body felt so much lighter and happier.

My brainspotting sessions were supportive in helping me to trust my sensitive traits to guide me towards my own healing. I am excited to be your therapists to guide you on your healing journey.

I have worked with many highly sensitive clients who are appealed to brainspotting. They see that their intuitive skills are validated when they trust themselves to know where to hold their focused eye positions.