Growing Mindful Psychotherapy

Creciendo Plenamente, LLC

Free 60-Minute Bilateral Music

Brainspotting Phase 1

Objectives and Agenda

Introductory Level

Course Objectives

  1. Summarize the standards of care and professional practice of the International Brainspotting Association.
  2. Describe the hypothesized neurological underpinnings of how brainspotting works.
  3. Summarize the research that supports the hypothesized way in which eye positions activate and access midbrain activity.
  4. Explain the uncertainty principle as it relates to brainspotting.
  5. Describe the concepts of simultaneous neurobiological and relational attunement.
  6. Explain the importance of client-therapist attunement during brainspotting.
  7. Explain how the treatment frame is set and held by the therapist.
  8. Explain the role of focused mindfulness in brainspotting.
  9. Discuss the similarities and differences between the activation and resource models of brainspotting.
  10. Explain the concept of limbic countertransference.
  11. Demonstrate a basic mastery of the use of the outside window brainspotting technique.
  12. Demonstrate a basic mastery of the use of the inside window brainspotting technique.
  13. Demonstrate a basic mastery of the use of the gaze spot brainspotting technique.
  14. Demonstrate a basic mastery of the use of the resource model of brainspotting technique.
  15. Assess the appropriate brainspotting techniques for the treatment of Post-traumatic stress disorder, including the Dissociative Subtype, and other trauma-related symptoms.
  16. Describe two challenges to assessing and providing evidence-based treatment to individuals with Complex PTSD.

CE Credits

CEUs for this site are provided by NBCC and sponsored by The Gathering Place Counseling and Wellness Center.

Course Agenda

Agenda start and end times will vary slightly between trainings. Please refer to the start times listed in the training registration information for accurate start and end times and adjust this schedule accordingly.

Day One

9:30 – 10:00 amIntroductions
10:00 – 10:15 amPowerPoint
11:15 – 11:30 amBreak
11:30 – 1:00 pmPowerPoint
1:00 – 2:00 pmLunch
2:00 – 3:15 pmOutside Window Demonstration
3:15 – 3:45 pmDebrief
3:45 – 4:00 pmBreak
4:00 – 5:30 pmOutside Window Dyads
5:30 – 6:00 pmDebrief

Day Two

9:30 – 10:00 amCheck In
10:00 – 11:00 amInside Window Demonstration
11:00 – 11:30 am Debrief
11:30 – 11:45 amBreak
11:45 – 1:00 pmInside Window Dyads
1:00 – 2:00 pmLunch
2:00 – 2:15 pmDebrief
2:15 – 3:15 pmGazespotting Demonstration
3:15 – 3:45 pmDebrief
3:45 – 4:00 pmBreak
4:00 – 5:30 pmGazespotting Dyads
5:30 – 6:00 pmDebrief

Day Three

9:30 – 9:45 amCheck In
9:45 – 10:30 amPowerPoint
10:30 – 10:45 amBreak
10:45 0 12:45 pmPowerPoint
12:45 – 2:00 pmLunch
2:00 0 3:00 pmBody Resource Demonstration
3:00 – 3:30 pmDebrief
3:30 – 3:45 pmBreak
3:45 – 5:15 pmBody Resource Dyads
5:15 – 5:30 pmBody Resource Debrief
5:30 – 6:00 pmClosing

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