Brainspotting Phase 2
Seminar Overview
This 3-day, in person Brainspotting Phase 2 training will begin with an extensive review of Outside and Inside Window Brainspotting and Gazespotting, with an emphasis on how to clinically interact with clients.
Trainees will be introduced to several important applications. This includes One-Eye Brainspotting including the use of One-Eye goggles. Also taught is 3 Dimensional Brainspotting using the “Z-Axis” of Brainspotting close and far; this includes Vergence Therapy which expands the Z-Axis to activate the vagus nerve through the ocularcardiac reflex.
Additional technical refinements will be presented including “Rolling Brainspotting,” with slow eye tracking stopping briefly on each Brainspot.
Advanced techniques will also include combined Inside-Outside Brainspotting where both reflexive responses and client sense of highest activation are used together to find Brainspots.
Day 3 will be devoted to the second level of the Advanced Resource Model. This will entail combining the resource aspects of One-Eye and Z-Axis Brainspotting. This addresses working with clients with Very Complex PTSD and those outside of the Brainspotting Window of Tolerance.
Techniques taught with PowerPoint lecture, discussion with Q & A, demonstrations and practicums.
Trainings are open to all counselors, psychologists, social workers and others in the healing professions with strong clinical backgrounds, as well as students/interns in the mental health field who seek to expand their knowledge.
Learning Objectives
Participants of this intermediate level course will be able to:
- Summarize the research on client-therapist attunement in in-person and online psychotherapy sessions.
- Set and utilize the dual attunement frame.
- Explain the way in which bilateral auditory stimulation may enhance processing during Brainspotting.
- Explain the role of the allocortex and the agranular isocortex in Brainspotting.
- Describe the oculocardio reflex and its relationship to the vagus nerve of the parasympathetic nervous system.
- Demonstrate a basic mastery of the z-axis and vergence therapy techniques.
- Explain how the one-eye Brainspotting technique can focus and enhance processing of trauma-related experiences.
- Demonstrate a basic mastery of the use of the one-eye Brainspotting technique.
- Demonstrate a basic mastery of the use of the rolling Brainspotting technique.
- Demonstrate a basic mastery of the use of the advanced outside window Brainspotting technique.
- Demonstrate a basic mastery of the use of the advanced resource model of Brainspotting.
- Demonstrate a basic mastery of the combined inside-outside Brainspotting technique.
- Demonstrate a basic mastery of the second level advanced resource model of Brainspotting.
- Assess how specific advanced Brainspotting techniques can be used for complex PTSD and other trauma related conditions.
Trainings are open to all counselors, psychologists, social workers and others in the healing professions with strong clinical backgrounds, as well as students/interns in the mental health field who seek to expand their knowledge.
About the Trainer
Melanie K. Young, PsyD, is a licensed psychologist, Brainspotting Trainer, and experienced clinician based in Boulder, CO. With a deep commitment to trauma-informed care, Dr. Young has dedicated her career to helping individuals and professionals integrate Brainspotting into their practice. She brings a wealth of knowledge from years of clinical work, training, and consultation, offering engaging, hands-on instruction to therapists worldwide.
Dr. Pie Frey, PsyD, was a pioneer therapist to adopt Brainspotting and is the Senior US and Canadian Trainer. She has assisted Dr. David Grand, the developer of Brainspotting, in many training workshops and Intensive Trainings. Dr. Frey is a psychotherapist in private practice in Boulder, Colorado. She has trained thousands of BSP therapists throughout the United States and Canada in Phase 1 and Phase 2 since 2009. Dr. Frey has developed a Brainspotting setup for relieving obsessive-compulsive symptoms currently in use all around the world.
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
AGENDA
Training will open at 8:30am on the first day.
Training runs from 9am-5:45pm each day.
Continuing Education Credits
Elevated Life Academy and Melanie K. Young, PsyD are cosponsors of this program. This cosponsorship has been approved by NBCC. Elevated Life Academy is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7471. The ACEP is solely responsible for this program, including the awarding of NBCC credit.
Brainspotting Phase 1, 6350, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by Elevated Life Academy as an individual course. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit.
ACE course approval period: 6/20/2025-6/20/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 21 clinical continuing education credits.
Please see CE disclosure for eligibility.
CE certificates will be issued vie email within one week of successful completion of the course requirements, completion of evaluation, and purchase of CE’s.
Course Completion Requirements
In-Person: “Course attendees must be present for the entire course and complete an evaluation. Partial credit is not allowed. Each attendee must sign in and out of each day.”
Online: “Course attendees must be present for the entire course and complete an evaluation. Partial credit is not allowed. Zoom attendance will be taken for each attendee.”
System Requirements
To access this online interactive webinar, you will need a cable, high-speed DSL or other medium that is internet accessible and a device (typically made within the last 5-7 years) that is able to run the Zoom software. Please view Zoom’s System Requirements for more information.
Accessibility
Melanie K. Young, PsyD. and Elevated Life Academy are committed to ensuring that all our continuing education (CE) offerings meet the highest standards of accessibility. We invite you to reach out to the trainer at officemelanieyoung@gmail.com with any specific accessibility needs or accommodations you may require. Please make us aware of your requests prior to the training so we can insure an inclusive and supportive learning environment.
Cancellation Policy
We understand situations arise. If you need to cancel or reschedule, please contact us at officemelanieyoung@gmail.com. We will provide you with a full refund if you cancel up to 14 days before the event, minus $50 administrative fee. After that, we will provide you with a full credit toward a replacement course, valid for one year.
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