Trauma & PTSD

Brainspotting accesses trauma stored deep in the brain and nervous system, the kind that lives in your body as tension, hypervigilance, or shutdown even when your logical mind knows you’re safe. It’s particularly effective for complex trauma and experiences that feel impossible to put into words.

Anxiety & Depression

Anxiety is often stored as a somatic experience: a tightness in the chest, a knot in the stomach, a constant sense of dread. Depression often has roots in unprocessed grief, loss, or experiences of helplessness stored in the body. Brainspotting can locate and process the nervous system roots of anxiety and depression, offering relief that goes beyond symptom management.

Creative Blocks

Creative blocks are often rooted in fear, perfectionism, past criticism, or unprocessed experiences tied to your creative identity. Brainspotting can access and release the deeper emotional material keeping you stuck, helping you reconnect with your creativity and voice.

Music Industry Stress & Performance Anxiety

Brainspotting was actually developed in part through work with performers and athletes, making it a particularly natural fit for music industry professionals navigating performance anxiety, creative pressure, and the emotional demands of a career in music. I offer specialized Brainspotting for musicians, artists, and music industry professionals in Nashville and across Tennessee.

What does a Brainspotting session look like?

A Brainspotting session begins with identifying what you’d like to work on. This can be a specific feeling, a memory, a physical sensation, or simply a sense of being stuck. I’ll ask you to notice where you feel it in your body and how it feels on a scale of zero to ten. From there we’ll use a pointer or your own gaze to find your brainspot, the specific eye position where your activation (the distress or sensations you feel) is highest or most relevant.

Once we’ve found the brainspot, you hold your gaze there while your brain and body do the processing. I’ll be present with you throughout, staying attuned, supportive, and available. We can play bineural beats or nature sounds softly in the background to support deeper processing. Sessions typically last 50 minutes and end with verbal debriefing and grounding. Some clients notice significant shifts in a single session, while others work over a longer period of time. As always the pace is entirely guided by you and your nervous system.

Do I have to talk during brainspotting?

Talking is optional. Unlike traditional talk therapy, Brainspotting doesn’t require you to narrate, analyze, or explain your experience. Much of the processing happens internally. You’re welcome to share what comes up if it feels helpful, but there’s no pressure to put words to something that may not have words yet. For many survivors of trauma this is profoundly freeing.