Program Overview
Dates: September 12, 13, 14, 2023
Location: Zoom Time: 9 am – 5:30 pm CST
This 3-day Brainspotting Phase Two training is an Intermediate course and will begin with an extensive overview of how to do Brainspotting effectively online in this traumatic time of Covid-19. We will discuss your own Limbic Countertransference during this pandemic and how you can best serve your activated clients. We will review in detail how to do all of the Phase One techniques remotely including: Outside and Inside Window, Gazespotting, and Body Resource Brainspotting with an emphasis on how to clinically interact with clients.
Trainees will be introduced to five additional Phase Two techniques that are very important and effective for resourcing your clients deeply. This includes One-Eye Brainspotting, Z-Axis-3 Dimensional Brainspotting using close and far, this includes Convergence Therapy which expands the Z-Axis to activate the vagus nerve through the ocular cardiac reflex. This prevents panic attacks and is very effective in reducing activation. In this era of such existential trauma, we will be presenting two advanced Outside Window techniques including “Rolling Brainspotting” with slow eye tracking stopping briefly on each Brainspot. Advanced techniques will also include combined Inside-Outside Brainspotting where both reflexive responses and the client’s sense of highest activation are used together to find Brainspots.
Advanced techniques will also include combined Inside-Outside Brainspotting where both reflexive responses and client sense of highest activation are used together to find Brainspots.
Day 3 will be devoted to the second level of the Advanced Resource Model. This will entail combining the resource aspects of One-Eye and Z-Axis Brainspotting. This addresses working with clients with Very Complex PTSD and those outside of the Brainspotting Window of Tolerance.
Brainspotting Phase 2 has been approved by NBCC for NBCC credit. The Gathering Place Wellness and Counseling Center, PLLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. NBCC Approval No. SP-4200.
21.75 NBCC hours offered for completion of the program
Learning Objectives
Through lecture, live demonstration and small group practice participants will learn to do the following:
- Demonstrate the theories and practices of Brainspotting
- Review components taught in Brainspotting (Outside and Inside Window, Gazespotting)
- Utilize Dual Attunement Frame
- Define and demonstrate One-Eye Brainspotting
- Define and demonstrate Rolling Brainspotting
- Define and demonstrate and use combined Inside-Outside Brainspotting
- Define and Demonstrate 3 Dimensional Z-Axis and Vergence Therapy
- Define and demonstrate the 2nd level of the Advanced Resource Model.
- Define Frame and Focus Brainspotting Diagnosis and Treatment
- Define how Brainspotting can be applied to Trauma, Dissociation, Sports psychology, Somatic conditions
Schedule
The training opens at at 8:30 am on the first day.
Training runs from 9 am – 6 pm each day.
Pie Frey, PsyD. is a psychotherapist in private practice in Boulder, Colorado. She has worked in mental health settings, adolescent treatment programs and private practice since 1982. Dr. Frey works with adolescents and adults. Specialties include working with all types of trauma, including childhood trauma; sexual abuse; addictions, mood and anxiety disorders; traumatic brain injuries; and trans-generational issues. She also has expertise working with performance enhancement, mind-body issues and spirituality. She has also developed a Brainspotting protocol for relieving obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
Cancellation and Refund Policy: We understand that situations arise. If you need to cancel, please contact us at keisha@thegatheringplacewcc.org. Please be sure that you are able to be present (on camera for virtual trainings) for all three days of the training. All cancellations must be received 14 days prior to the first day of training, and will be fully refunded less the 4% transaction fee. An additional $50 will be deducted from your refund if materials have already been sent before cancellation. After that, we will provide you with a full credit toward a replacement course, valid for one (1) year. NO REFUNDS WILL BE ISSUED AS A RESULT OF PARTIAL ATTENDANCE. PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE ABLE TO BE FULLY PRESENT FOR THE ENTIRE TRAINING.
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