Brainspotting Therapy Online for Trauma, Grief & Stuck Pain

You've talked about it. You understand it. And your body still won't let it go.

Online brainspotting therapy for adults in Colorado, Texas, Virginia, and Florida.

2026 Grief Intensive on Lake Michigan ~ Two Available Weekends

BEGIN WITH A FREE CONSULTATION ➜

How Does Brainspotting Work?

Do you want to move beyond traditional talk therapy?

How brainspotting works: specific eye positions access where your brain stores trauma ~ so you can process it without retelling the story.

In a brainspotting session, we follow your body's signals, not a script. Your nervous system leads and I guide.

Does brainspotting work? Research supports it for trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and grief ~ often in fewer sessions than talk therapy alone.

Release what your body has been holding ~ the stress, pain, and stuck memories that understanding alone couldn't reach.

Work with a certified brainspotting therapist who uses it alongside EMDR, IFS, and somatic therapy to fit the approach to you.

Is Brainspotting Therapy Right for You?

Brainspotting therapy might be for you if:

✅ You've done traditional talk therapy and something still feels unresolved, no matter how much insight you've gained.

✅ You want to release stuck emotions or painful memories without having to endlessly recount your story.

✅ You feel a disconnect between your mind and body and want a therapy that bridges that gap.

✅ You're curious about approaches that work with your brain and nervous system directly, not just your thoughts.

✅ You're ready to get underneath the surface of your challenges, not just manage the symptoms.

✅ You want a therapy that trusts your nervous system to find its way back to balance.

Brainspotting therapy might not be a good fit for you if…

🚫 Focusing on body sensations feels intensely overwhelming or painful right now.

🚫 You don't want eye positions to be part of your therapy.

🚫 You're seeking therapy that stays purely cognitive, verbal, and logic-based.

🚫 You want a highly structured, completely therapist-led approach.

🚫 You can't tolerate shifts in gaze, or you have strong visual processing sensitivities.

🚫 You have uncontrolled epilepsy or migraines triggered by eye movement or visual cues.

Hi, I’m Carly ☼

Your dedicated Brainspotting therapist.

Brainspotting is really personal to me. I was in my first Brainspotting training when I learned of my dad's suicide. That experience showed me firsthand what this method can do with raw trauma and grief ~ not just as a technique I'd read about…but as something I lived.

I'm passionate about helping you get to the root of pain and trauma, not just talk around it.

Learn more about me here →

Step 1:

Consultation

A short call to talk about what's bringing you in, answer your questions, and make sure we're a good fit before we decide to begin working together.

Step 2:

First Session

We get clear on what you're carrying and what you want to be different. We’ll create a Brainspotting target treatment plan, completely personalized to you.

Step 3:

Ongoing Work

Weekly secure video sessions from wherever you have privacy. We go at the pace that supports both your nervous system and your goals, and we check in regularly about whether it's working.

Questions About Brainspotting Therapy

Brainspotting is a brain-body therapy that uses your eye position to access and process trauma, stress, and stuck emotions held in the deeper parts of your brain.
Where you look affects how you feel ~ and by finding the eye position connected to what's troubling you, we can process it at the level where it actually lives, beneath words and logic.
It was developed in 2003 by Dr. David Grand, who discovered it while working with trauma survivors using EMDR.
Brainspotting can help with trauma, PTSD, grief, anxiety, betrayal trauma, chronic stress, and the lasting impact of painful childhood experiences. It's especially useful when you've gained plenty of insight in talk therapy but your body hasn't gotten the memo ~ you understand why you feel the way you do, and you still feel it.
It's also used for performance blocks, creative blocks, and physical symptoms connected to stress and trauma.
In a Brainspotting session, we identify what you want to work on, notice where you feel it in your body, and then find the eye position where the activation is strongest.
You hold your gaze there while your brain does the processing ~ often with very little talking. I stay attuned to you the entire time, following your process rather than directing it.
Your brain knows how to heal. Brainspotting gives it the access and the conditions to do it.
Both Brainspotting and EMDR use eye positioning to help your brain process trauma, but EMDR uses structured back-and-forth eye movements and a set protocol, while Brainspotting uses a fixed gaze point and follows your brain's own pace.
Brainspotting tends to be less structured, more body-led, and often gentler for people who found EMDR's protocol too fast or too scripted. I'm trained in both, so we're not locked into either one ~ we can figure out together which approach fits you, or use both at different points in your work.
Yes ~ Brainspotting is a legitimate therapy used by thousands of trained clinicians worldwide, and many people experience shifts with it that years of talk therapy couldn't reach.
Is Brainspotting a hoax? Not, it's not a hoax or hypnosis, and it's not a gimmick. It's grounded in how your brain and nervous system actually store overwhelming experiences ~ below the level of conscious thought, which is exactly why talking alone sometimes isn't enough.
The most honest answer is that no therapy works for everyone, but if you've felt stuck in insight without relief, Brainspotting is often the thing that finally moves it.

Brainspotting is an emerging evidence-based therapy with a growing body of research, including studies showing significant reductions in trauma and anxiety symptoms.
Because it was developed in 2003, its research base is younger than EMDR's or CBT's ~ fewer decades means fewer studies, not weaker results. It's also built on well-established neuroscience about how the brain processes visual information and stores traumatic memory.
Research is ongoing, and what exists so far is promising.
D'Antoni et al., 2022 ~ Brainspotting compared to EMDR for distressing memories (PubMed Central)
No ~ Brainspotting requires very little talking. You never have to recount your story in detail or relive it out loud for the therapy to work.
Your brain processes internally while you hold your gaze, and you share only what you want to share.
For many people, this is the biggest relief: healing without having to find the words first.
Brainspotting is designed to be gentle, and you stay in control the entire time. Strong emotions and body sensations can come up (that's part of processing) but we work at your nervous system's pace, and we can adjust or pause at any point.
Unlike approaches that ask you to retell your trauma in detail, Brainspotting lets your brain process without re-immersing you in the story.
My job is to keep the work within what you can handle.
Yes ~ Brainspotting can be done online, and it works just as well as in person.
It's how I practice: we use your screen to find your Brainspot, and the attunement between us carries through video just as it does in the room.
Many clients actually find online Brainspotting easier to settle into, because they're processing from the comfort and safety of their own space.
The first step is a free consultation call ~ you can schedule it directly by clicking here.
We'll talk about what's bringing you in, answer any questions, and make sure Brainspotting and I are the right fit before you commit to anything.