Find Healing with Brainspotting Therapy

Are you struggling with trauma, distressing memories, or other psychological challenges? If so, it’s time to seek help. Luckily, you’re in the right place for that—Thrive Well Trauma Center is here for you. Our group practice in Temecula, California, offers a wide range of mental health services tailored to helping clients find relief from the burdens of their past and move toward a brighter future. Our Brainspotting therapy is a highly effective treatment option that has allowed many people with trauma to find peace and healing.

What is Brainspotting Therapy?

Brainspotting is a new form of therapy that aims to help clients process difficult emotions or traumatic experiences. In brainspotting different eye positions are used to help identify “brainspots” linked to certain experiences, emotions, or sources of distress. Once identified brainspotting therapists use mindfulness techniques to help the client access experiences and process through the thoughts and feelings stored in this brainspot.

Researchers don’t fully understand exactly why or how brainspotting can help people heal from trauma quickly, but they do have some theories. The developer of brainspotting believes that eye position and movement correlate to certain places or ‘spots’ in the brain that store traumatic memories. “Where you look affects how you feel.” Each person’s brainspot may be different, so the therapist needs to first identify the spot by using a set of eye movement exercises with each client. The goal is to help people access, process, and overcome trauma, negative emotions, and pain. This is done by bypassing the brain's conscious thinking, which is addressed in talk therapy. It is often used to treat conditions like trauma, depression, anxiety, attachment issues, mood disorders, and addiction.

Start Your Journey of Healing

You don’t have to live constantly being reminded of your past traumas when Brainspotting therapy can provide you with relief. If you're ready to explore the benefits of Brainspotting therapy further, reach out to Thrive Well Trauma Center today. Our experienced therapists are here to guide you through your journey of healing and transformation.