April 13-15, 2023 Phase 1 Brainspotting: Attuning to BIPOC Experiences
All are welcome: BIPOC and non-BIPOC
Trainers: John R. Edwards, LCSW and Linnea Swanson, PsyD., M.A., LMFT
7am - 4pmPDT/9am - 6pmCDT daily. Thursday - Saturday Online via Zoom
Addiction Counselors | Professional Counselors | Social Workers | Psychologists | Marriage and Family Therapists | Psychiatrists | Nurse Practitioners | Occupational Therapists | Executive/Life Coaches | Naturopaths | Acupuncturists
“It is not our differences that divide us, it is our inability to recognize and celebrate those differences.” Audra Lorde
This training will endeavor to challenge us to develop authentic and accountable relationships with each other, professional and client, as we strive to engage in anti-racist practices. We hold the belief that white bodied supremacy has impacted all individuals and that most training spaces center dominate culture, including white supremacy, patriarchy, ableism, heteronormativity, neurotypical, cisgender, and Christianity, to name a few. We as clinicians have all been impacted by and carry implicit bias because of white bodied supremacy. Our implicit bias manifests as believing in the model minority, the strong black woman, the laboring Latina, and the appropriation of Indigenous culture. Our hope is that we can all support BIPOC communities and other marginalized experiences as they embark on their journeys of healing and recovery.
While we will be discussing white bodied supremacy and discussing anti-racism practices, this is not a specific training on anti-racism.
Please see the below document below for list of anti-racism resources.
Registration is open until April 7, 2023. We strongly suggest registration no later than April 1, 2023 to ensure timely shipment of training materials.
If you do not receive materials before the training, adaptations will be provided.
REGULAR REGISTRATION $745/ PRELICENSED $525/ STUDENT $400
If you have a demonstrable financial hardship, please email to be considered for a reduced fee.
QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION OR PAYMENT? Email: Brainspotting@twinflowerpsych.com
A link to a payment page will be provided after you have completed your registration and can be completed with a Credit or Debit Card, or by PayPal. This payment page can also be accessed directly on the Brainspotting Training Payment Page.
Training information and the Zoom link will be provided the week of the training.
FULL AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THIS TRAINING
Seminar Overview
Brainspotting is a powerful, focused treatment method that works by identifying, processing and releasing core neurophysiological sources of emotional/body pain, trauma, dissociation and a variety of challenging symptoms. Brainspotting is a simultaneous form of diagnosis and treatment, enhanced with BioLateral sound, which is deep, direct, powerful yet focused and containing.
Brainspotting identifies activated eye positions designated as Brainspots. Located through either one or both eyes, Brainspots are observed from either the "Inside Window" of the client's felt sense and/or the "Outside Window" of the client's reflexive responses (i.e., blink, eye twitches or wobbles, pupil dilation, quick breaths, and subtle body shifts).
Students will first learn the phenomenological approach that underpins strategies for Brainspotting, followed by strategies for identifying and processing Brainspots. Attention will be given to the utilization and integration of Brainspotting into ongoing treatment, including highly dissociative clients.
Brainspotting is adaptable to almost all areas of specialization. Brainspotting provides therapists with powerful tools which enable their patients to quickly and effectively focus and process through the deep brain sources of many emotional, somatic and performance problems.
Seminar Objectives
Through lecture, live demonstration and small group practice participants will learn to do the following:
Define the components of Brainspotting.
Utilize the techniques of "Inside window", "Outside window" and "Gazespotting".
Define how Brainspotting can be applied to Trauma, Dissociation, Sports psychology, Somatic conditions.
Demonstrate the theories and practices of Brainspotting.
This Brainspotting Phase 1 training is approved by Brainspotting Trainings, LLC and David Grand, PhD, Founder and Developer of Brainspotting. Participants will receive a Certificate of completion indicating 21 hours.
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