Brainspotting Therapy in Victoria, BC

Brainspotting is a body-based, trauma-informed therapy that can support the processing of experiences, emotions, and patterns that may feel difficult to work through with words alone. I integrate Brainspotting with somatic therapy, nervous-system regulation, and other therapeutic approaches to create an individualized and supportive experience.

What is Brainspotting?

Brainspotting uses focused eye positions, body awareness, and mindful attention to help access and process emotions, sensations, and experiences. It can be particularly helpful when you understand something intellectually but still feel affected by it emotionally or physically.

Brainspotting vs. Traditional Talk Therapy

Traditional talk therapy often focuses on understanding experiences through conversation and reflection. Brainspotting access a deeper part of our brain that holds stored emotions and adds a body-based approach, allowing you to notice physical sensations, emotions, and responses while processing. The two approaches can be used together.

What Happens During a Session?

Sessions begin with connecting-in, grounding, and identifying what you would like to work on. With guidance, you may focus on a particular sensation, emotion, or experience while exploring an eye position that feels meaningful. You remain aware, supported, and in control throughout the process.

Brainspotting Training

I have completed professional Brainspotting training and integrate it with my training in trauma-informed somatic therapy, nervous-system regulation, attachment, and other therapeutic approaches. Brainspotting is offered as part of an individualized therapeutic approach rather than a one-size-fits-all method.

In-Person Brainspotting in Victoria, BC

In-person Brainspotting sessions are available in a private and comfortable counselling space in Victoria, BC, with time and space to settle into the therapeutic process.

Online Brainspotting Throughout BC

Online Brainspotting sessions are available to clients throughout British Columbia, offering the option to access therapy from the comfort of your own space.

Who May Brainspotting Help? 

Brainspotting may be helpful for adolescents and adults experiencing trauma, anxiety, overwhelm, grief, stress, performance anxiety, mental blocks, burnout, or experiences that feel difficult to move through with talk therapy alone.

  • Traumatic experiences can continue to affect the body and nervous system even when we understand what happened. Brainspotting can support the processing of difficult experiences and the emotional and physical responses connected to them, at a pace that feels manageable and supported.

  • Brainspotting may be helpful when your mind feels stuck, your nervous system feels overwhelmed, or you find yourself caught in recurring thoughts, emotions, or patterns. Sessions incorporate body awareness and nervous-system regulation alongside therapeutic processing.

  • Brainspotting may support athletes and high performers experiencing performance anxiety, pressure, perfectionism, mental blocks, or difficulty accessing their abilities when it matters most. It can be used to explore responses connected to competition, mistakes, injury, fear of failure, or high expectations while supporting greater grounding, focus, and confidence.

  • Brainspotting offers adolescents another way to process experiences that may be difficult to put into words. It can be integrated with talk therapy, creative approaches, and age-appropriate nervous-system regulation strategies.