Brainspotting Therapy for Women in San Antonio
Brainspotting for Women: Where Your Mind and Body Finally Get Relief
Hey there, I’m Rebecca! You’ve Just Landed Somewhere Soft
(The kind of soft that makes you want to take a deep breath and let your shoulders drop.)
If you’re a deep feeling, empathetic woman, a mom or professional, doing all the things and carrying more than your fair share, I want you to know you’re not alone. You don’t have to hold it together all the time (promise).
You’re balancing your career, family, friendships…and somewhere along the way, you forgot what it feels like to just be. Anxiety, old traumas, low self-worth, and unhelpful patterns have been hanging around a little too long.
If you’re tired of holding your breath and holding it all in, Brainspotting Therapy might be the missing piece for you.
This is a gentle, but powerful way to finally let go of the things you didn’t even realize you were still carrying.
What Is 🪄Brainspotting, Anyway?
Brainspotting (BSP) was developed by Dr. David Grand. He created it while working with trauma survivors and high-performing athletes, and realized there was a way to access the brain’s natural ability to heal, without having to talk through every painful detail.
Brainspotting is a brain-based therapy that helps you process and release stored trauma and emotional pain by focusing on specific “spots” in your visual field. The idea behind Brainspotting is: Where you look affects how you feel.
In Brainspotting sessions, I’ll guide you into finding where your brain and body are holding tension, unhelpful patterns and feelings, tough experiences, and memories, so they can be released through Brainspotting. And you can finally move forward without constantly being pulled back in.
No overthinking. No overexplaining. Just healing-deep, embodied healing.
What Can Brainspotting Help With?
Brainspotting is especially helpful if you:
→ Have been through PTSD & Trauma, including complex trauma, childhood trauma, sexual trauma, or other traumas and difficult experiences.
→ Are carrying attachment style pain and patterns that impact your relationships.
→ Struggle with people pleasing and setting (or keeping) boundaries.
→ Feel stuck in anxiety or emotional overwhelm.
→ Are a deep feeling and thinking woman, or an HSP (Highly Sensitive Person).
It can help with other things, too…
If you’ve ever thought: I’ve done therapy. Why am I still stuck? This might be exactly what you need.
Brainspotting works where words often can’t.
What Brainspotting Therapy Feels Like
Imagine…
You, in the comfiest chair. A cozy blanket (or maybe your pet curled up next to you). A warm drink in hand. And space-real, uninterrupted space, for your mind and body to exhale.
During Brainspotting, you’ll have the freedom to process what’s been there for too long. And you’ll be in control the whole time. I’ll gently guide you, and your brain knows how to heal itself when given the right space.
No forcing. No rushing. Just gentle, steady progress.
Why Work with Me?
I’m not just a therapist. I’m also a deep feeling and thinking woman and:
✽ Specialized Expertise: With over 13 years of experience, I specialize in helping women like you-deep feeling, deep thinking, intuitive, kind-hearted women-heal from trauma, anxiety, people pleasing, and attachment wounds. You’ll also have access to resources to support your growth.
✽ Personalized: You don’t need to explain why you’re a deeply feeling, highly empathetic woman. You don’t need to apologize for wanting more peace. This is a space where you can lay it down, without judgment.
✽ A Nurturing, Empowered Space: I’ll be right here with you. Steady. Compassionate. Ready when you are.
How Brainspotting Works
Here’s how we’ll work together:
① Step One: We find your “spot:” a point in your visual field connected to where you’re holding emotion or tension, what you’re wanting to work on.
② Step Two : I’ll guide you through the process to help your brain process and release.
③ Step Three: You’ll notice shifts. The things that used to trigger or upset you? They soften. Your anxiety doesn’t take the driver’s seat. You feel more like you.
And we do it all at your pace. Just healing in the time and space your nervous system needs.
Each session will unfold naturally, and your brain will process things at its own pace-there’s no timeline or rush.
What Makes Brainspotting Therapy Different (and, Honestly, Pretty Magical)?
You don’t have to retell everything about the trauma or whatever you’re wanting to focus on, for Brainspotting to work.
It’s a brain-based therapy, like EMDR, which means it helps where talk therapy alone can’t always reach.
You can experience real shifts-less anxiety, fewer triggers, less dissociation, more inner calm.
It’s trauma-informed, gentle, and can be incredibly effective for deep feelers and thinkers.
This is about helping you come back home to yourself.
FAQ - Online Brainspotting Therapy
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Expect a supportive space where I help you identify and process emotions, experiences, and patterns, you feel are holding you back through Brainspotting Therapy.
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Absolutely! I’ve seen firsthand how effective online Brainspotting can be for trauma, anxiety, and overcoming unhelpful habits & patterns.
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Brainspotting provides a direct route to your brain's healing ability, and is uniquely effective for addressing concerns related to trauma, anxiety, low self-worth, social anxiety, personal growth, attachment, overwhelm and more!
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We’ll work together to decide on frequency for your Brainspotting sessions during our initial consultation, and create a schedule that supports you and your therapy goals.
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Both EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and Brainspotting are therapies designed to help you heal from cognitive and emotional stress. They differ mainly in their approach to processing emotions.
⇸ EMDR: EMDR uses bilateral stimulation, eye movements, sounds, or tapping, to help you process and desensitize traumatic memories. It’s structured and directly involves recalling a distressing event and feelings connected to the event, while focusing on a back-and-forth movement or sound.
⇸ Brainspotting: Brainspotting works by locating points in your visual field that help you access unprocessed trauma in the subcortical brain. Brainspotting tends to be more open-ended and rooted in the belief that "where you look affects how you feel." It heavily relies on a strong, therapeutic relationship and attunement, and your inner self to guide the healing process.
Both therapies are powerful, brain-based therapies (and I practice both!) but the choice between them can depend on your preference, needs, and goals.
We can talk more about this during your consultation call and your first session!
Ready to Start Brainspotting Therapy?
You don’t have to keep doing this alone (from my heart to yours). Here you’ll find a soft place to land, where healing doesn’t have to feel scary or overwhelming. There’s space here for you. To heal. To breathe. To just be.
And when you’re ready? I’m here to get started with you. Let’s find your spot.
Schedule your complimentary phone consultation with me today.
Ready to Get Started?
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