Mario Salvador Conferinta: Brainspotting tehnica revolutionara de tratarea a traumelor

psihice. Puncte comune cu Analiza Tranzactionala

Brainspotting-ul este un instrument terapeutic folosit in psihoterapie, care funcioneaz prin
identificarea, procesarea i eliberarea surselor neurofiziologice principale ale durerii
emoionale/corporale, traumelor, disocierii i a unei ntregi game de alte simptome problematice.
Brainspotting-ul este simultan o form de diagnostic i un tratament, facilitat de muzica
bilateral, care este profund, direct i puternic dar focalizat i cuprinztoare.

BRAINSPOTTING
What is Brainspotting?
Developer and Trainer David Grand, Ph.D.
Brainspotting is based on the profound attunement of the therapist with the patient, finding a
somatic cue and extinguishing it by down-regulating the amygdala. It isnt just PNS
(Parasympathetic Nervous System) activation that is facilitated, it is homeostasis. -- Robert
Scaer, MD, The Trauma Spectrum
Brainspotting is a powerful, focused treatment method that works by identifying, processing and
releasing core neurophysiological sources of emotional/body pain, trauma, dissociation and a
variety of other challenging symptoms. Brainspotting is a simultaneous form of diagnosis and
treatment, enhanced with Biolateral sound, which is deep, direct, and powerful yet focused and
containing.
Brainspotting functions as a neurobiological tool to support the clinical healing relationship. There
is no replacement for a mature, nurturing therapeutic presence and the ability to engage another
suffering human in a safe and trusting relationship where they feel heard, accepted, and
understood.
Brainspotting gives us a tool, within this clinical relationship, to neurobiologically locate, focus,
process, and release experiences and symptoms that are typically out of reach of the conscious
mind and its cognitive and language capacity.
Brainspotting works with the deep brain and the body through its direct access to the autonomic
and limbic systems within the bodys central nervous system. Brainspotting is accordingly a
physiological tool/treatment which has profound psychological, emotional, and physical
consequences.
It is theorized that Brainspotting taps into and harnesses the bodys innate self-scanning capacity
to process and release focused areas (systems) which are in a maladaptive homeostasis (frozen
primitive survival modes). This may also explain the ability of Brainspotting to often reduce and
eliminate body pain and tension associated with physical conditions.
A Brainspot is the eye position which is related to the energetic/emotional activation of a
traumatic/emotionally charged issue within the brain, most likely in the amygdala, the
hippocampus, or the orbitofrontal cortex of the limbic system. Located by eye position, paired with
externally observed and internally experienced reflexive responses, a Brainspot is actually a
physiological subsystem holding emotional experience in memory form.
When a Brainspot is stimulated, the deep brain reflexively signals the therapist that an area of
significance has been located. This typically happens out of the clients conscious awareness.
There are a multitude of reflexive responses, including eye twitches, wobbles, freezes, blinks
(hard and double blinks) pupil dilation and constriction, narrowing, facial tics, brow furrowing,
sniffs, swallows, yawns, coughs, head nods, hand signals, foot movement and body shifting.
Reflexive facial expressions are powerful indicators of Brainspots.
The appearance of a reflexive response as the client attends to the somatosensory experience of
the trauma, emotional or somatic problem is an indication that a Brainspot has been located and
activated. The Brainspot can then be accessed and stimulated by holding the clients eye position
while the client is focused on the somatic/sensory experience of the symptom or problem being
addressed in the therapy.
The maintenance of that eye position/Brainspot within the attentional focus on the bodys felt
sense of that issue or trauma stimulates a deep integrating and healing process within the brain.
This processing, which appears to take place at a reflexive or cellular level within the nervous
system, brings about a de-conditioning of previously conditioned, maladaptive emotional and
physiological responses. Brainspotting appears to stimulate, focus, and activate the bodys
inherent capacity to heal itself from trauma.
In inside window Brainspotting the therapist and client participate together to locate Brainspots
through the clients felt sense of the experience of the highest intensity of affect/body distress.
Brainspotting can be done with one eye or two. Brainspotting can be directed at distress and
Brainspotting can be directed at establishing and strengthening resources.
Brainspotting is also very useful to access and develop internal resource states end experiences.
These resources allow the therapist and patient, where necessary, to pendulate between
resource or positive states and trauma states during Brainspotting to enable more gradual, graded
processing and desensitization of intensely traumatic and emotionally charged issues and
symptoms.
Brainspotting processes down to the reflexive core. Often when it appears one has reached a zero
distress level, a new strata or floor is broken through, probing deeper into the brain. The reflexive
core is in the deep, unconscious body brain. It is as out of our awareness as respiration,
circulation, and digestion. Brainspotting dismantles the trauma, symptom, somatic distress and
dysfunctional beliefs at the reflexive core.
Brainspotting is a body to body approach. The distress is activated and located in the body
which then leads to the locating of the Brainspot based on eye position. As opposed to EMDR
where the traumatic memory is the target, in Brainspotting the Brainspot is the target or focus or
activation point. Everything is aimed at activating, locating, and processing the Brainspot.
Brainspotting is most powerful and effective when done with the enhancement of BioLateral
Sound CDs. Biolateral sound enhances the brains processing abilities by alternately stimulating
each cerebral hemisphere. For highly dissociated or very fragile clients, Brainspotting can be
initiated without any bilateral intensification, which can be added later as the client is more
integrated and flexible. The healing sound directly enters the brain through the auditory nerves
while the eardrums are vibrated bilaterally.
Any life event which causes significant physical and/or emotional injury and distress, in which the
person powerfully experiences being overwhelmed, helpless, or trapped, can become a traumatic
experience.
There is growing recognition within the healing professions that experiences of physical and/or
emotional injury, acute and chronic pain, serious physical illness, dealing with difficult medical
interventions, societal turmoil, environmental disaster, as well as many other problematic life
events, will contribute to the development of a substantial reservoir of life trauma. That trauma is
held in the body.
In most cases, the traumatized individual does not usually have the opportunity or the support to
adequately process and integrate these traumatic life events. The traumatic experience then
becomes a part of that individuals trauma reservoir. The body and the psyche cannot remain
unaffected by the physical, energetic and emotional costs extracted by this accumulated trauma
load. The medical and psychological literature now acknowledges that approximately 75% of
requests for medical care are linked to the actions or consequences of this accumulation of stress
and/or trauma upon the systems of the human body.
Every health care professional encounters treatment situations in which physical symptoms
cannot be separated from their emotional or psychological correlates. Traumatic life experiences,
whether physical or emotional, are often significant contributing factors in the development and/or
maintenance of most of the symptoms and problems encountered in health care.
Brainspotting is a physiological therapeutic tool which can be integrated into a wide range of
healing modalities, including psychological as well as somatic approaches to treatment.
Brainspotting can be useful as a complement to various body-based therapies including advanced
bodywork, chiropractic, acupuncture, somatic therapies, physical therapy, nursing, medicine, and
other specialized approaches to physical healing. It is a valuable resource in the treatment of a
wide range of medical, physical, and psycho-emotional issues and symptoms encountered by
health professionals.
Brainspotting provides a neurobiological tool for accessing, diagnosing, and treating a wide range
of somatic and emotionally-based conditions.
Biolateral Sounds
BIOLATERAL BREAKS THE SOUND BARRIER WITH AN EXCITING ARRAY OF NEW
PRODUCTS!
What are BioLateral Sound Recordings?
BioLateral Sound Recordings (or BioLateral for short) are CDs and tapes which can be used as an
alternative to eye movements as a source of bilateral stimulation. BioLateral is effective both for
treatment and relaxation. At only $30 per CD and $20 per tape, BioLateral is the least costly of all
alternative EMDR technologies and can be used by clients during sessions as well as in between
by appropriate clients. More than 10,000 BioLateral CDs and tapes have been sold and are being
used in every corner of the globe. After more than three years of use, feedback regarding the
efficacy of BioLateral tapes continues to reflect excitement and enthusiasm. WE ARE NOW
PLEASED TO RELEASE A GROUND-BREAKING CD, BEYOND THE INNER MIRROR.
How is BioLateral Used?
It is easy to personally evaluate the effectiveness of BioLateral. (Please note -- this self use
exercise should only be used by EMDR trained therapists.) Simply sit in a quiet place and think of
something that is bothering you at that moment. Develop your own protocol with a SUDS, see
where you hold it in your body and follow your associations. Then observe the nature of your
processing and occasionally return to target and retake the SUDS.
When in session with clients, work up or use an existing target and protocol. Proceed as usual
with desensitization - client puts on stereo headphones with Biolateral CD or tape running (no eye
movements are necessary) to start the set and removes them when therapist ends set. Otherwise
proceed as usual with EMDR process. Volume should be low audible so as not to distract
processing.
How Will My Clients Benefit from BioLateral?
BioLateral CDs and tapes take advantage of the client's ability to process through auditory
stimulation and provide an effective, low-cost means of effecting left/right aural tones and
produce bilateral stimulation, an alternative to eye movement.
Client eye strain, as well as therapist arm and shoulder stress are eliminated.
The passive stimulation of BioLateral tapes may reduce client distraction.
The tapes allow for each set to continue as long as you or the client chooses. Many EMDR
therapists have reported that educated clients are often better able to determine the length
of a set as they are witnessing the processing "from the inside."
BioLateral can even be played during a non EMDR session which may deepen the process
and enhance insights.
Many EMDR therapists have reported that BioLateral has helped some dissociative clients
process with less agitation.
BioLateral can be used in between sessions to help the client relax and control anxiety and
insomnia.
What EMDR Therapists Are Saying About BioLateral
"After almost 18 years of clinical work with an extremely varied caseload, the biggest change to
my life was the discovery of EMDR. The second biggest change, as my proficiency increased,
was discovering the effectiveness of using the Audio mode following its introduction to me, by
David Grand, at one of my trainings. All modes have their use but I almost routinely use audio
now, finding the patients, from teens to adult, often prefer this method. They seem to more easily
process and tolerate longer sets and appreciate having control over the length of set, although the
clinician can always intervene if necessary. I hope that research soon validates what seems
clinically highly efficient.
I regard the BioLateral tapes as quite unique in that you can select one for the needs of your
client. For some specialist applications, the client can be instructed to assist themselves on a
much more frequent basis than you can offer clinical time. Some patents who have first
undergone EMDR have reported profound relaxation using a BioLateral tape which they have not
found in other methods of relaxation. Others that have been afraid of the process have been
reassured by the gentleness of the BioLateral tapes and have felt that they can allow more graded
exposure to their fears during sessions. However, I do not let them make the mistake of thinking
they are simple relaxation tapes. They have the power of the full EMDR process and should only
be used 'as prescribed' under supervision. I would be pleased to recommend them to any
therapist."
Philip Dutton, EMDR Institute Facilitator, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Central Scotland UK
"I've been using your Biolateral CD with my clients and am very pleased with it. It has made the
work more fluid, as there is more focus on the processing with less concern for both the client and
me on the eye hand movements. I have observed an additional benefit for the therapist, one that I
don't remember you speaking of. I have done hundreds of sessions with clients who had big T
traumas-childhood sexual and physical abuse, abandonment, sexual assault, etc. and had been
experiencing a high level of vicarious trauma in the past. I was even having nightmares about
being in wars, being held captive and being attacked, in addition to having somatic symptoms that
were similar to those of the clients I was treating. Even though I attempted to de-brief myself after
EMDR sessions by using EM's I wasn't all that successful. Now, however, by using the CD for the
EMDR session, I am physically further away and am able to ground myself much better during the
process. I am no longer experiencing anywhere near the distress that I encountered in the past,
when I was so close to the clients face and body (as was necessary for the Eye Movements). I
think I am more highly sensitive than most and maybe have a more permeable aura and I'm
guessing that I was absorbing what they were releasing. So the use of the auditory stimulation has
been a real gift to me."
Ann Herrmann, MSW, LCSW
"I've been using the Bio-lateral #1 with a sexually abused teen who is incarcerated in juvenile
detention. In three sessions he processed a horrendous abuse experience and went from anger
so strong his head was exploding to the wonderful post EMDR statement 'It's all in the past now.' I
wanted to thank you for producing the tapes because there was no way this boy would feel
comfortable with the other forms of bi-lateral stimulation."
Jim Van der May, ACSW
"I am using your bi-lateral tapes a lot and love them. Often when a client is resistant to, or afraid of
eye movements and finds the headphones too intense, I use a boom box, set on very low volume,
with the speakers about eight feet apart, with the client centered between them. It seems to help
processing and doesn't get in the way of the discussion. I go ahead and do the protocol but don't
stop to do EM's and say 'think about that.' I just let the silence, with the tape playing, do it for me.
Seems to work."
Chris Kornbluth, LCSW
"I had a session with a ballet teacher a few weeks ago that shows the power of EMDR and your
tape (as if you needed any convincing) but is perhaps good feedback. 'Amazing change and yet
so easily done with your tape.' "
Bill Wrigley, Clinical Psychologist, Australia
"As I've said before, your Biolateral CD's are amazing and the results have been beyond my
hopes. Thanks a lot, David."
Mary Kay Neumann, MSSW
"This week, I have gone from EM's to your tapes with 5 clients and all of them ere able to process
at a much deeper level in a shorter amount of time. They all felt being able to close their eyes and
control the length of stimulation was extremely helpful. Thanks so much for these invaluable
tapes. They truly do make a difference for people."
Linda Richards, MS L2

BioLateral CDs Available

Can effectively and gently replace eye movements. Utilizes simple and complex sweeping sound
with subtle polyrhythms and change of direction. Using Grand Illusion and Big Sweep technology
can be more soothing and effective as well as less distracting, eliminating need for distracting
tones. Clients can easily select the track they want to listen to, in or out of session. Set CD player
to repeat mode to choose continuous use of one melody.