Brainspotting Phase 1
COURSE CONTENT LEVEL
Introductory/Beginning Level
Brainspotting Phase 1
Learning Objectives
Brainspotting Phase 1 Objectives
- Summarize the standards of care and professional practice of the International Brainspotting Association.
- Describe the hypothesized neurological underpinnings of how brainspotting works.
- Summarize the research that supports the hypothesized way in which eye positions activate and access midbrain activity.
- Explain the uncertainty principle as it relates to brainspotting.
- Describe the concepts of simultaneous neurobiological and relational attunement.
- Explain the importance of client-therapist attunement during brainspotting.
- Explain how the treatment frame is set and held by the therapist.
- Explain the role of focused mindfulness in brainspotting.
- Discuss the similarities and differences between the activation and resource models of brainspotting.
- Explain the concept of limbic countertransference.
- Demonstrate a basic mastery of the use of the outside window brainspotting technique.
- Demonstrate a basic mastery of the use of the inside window brainspotting technique.
- Demonstrate a basic mastery of the use of the gaze spot brainspotting technique.
- Demonstrate a basic mastery of the use of the resource model of brainspotting technique.
- Assess the appropriate brainspotting techniques for the treatment of Post-traumatic stress disorder, including the Dissociative Subtype, and other trauma-related symptoms.
- Describe two challenges to assessing and providing evidence-based treatment to individuals with Complex PTSD.
Brainspotting Phase 1
Agenda
Day 1-
Sunday
9:00 - 9:30 AM
Course Overview
9:30 - 10:45 AM
Brainspotting Intro, History, Research, etc.
10:45 - 11:00 AM
Break
11:00 - 11:30 AM
Discussion/PPT cont.
11:30 - 12:45 PM
Outside Window Demo with Debrief
12:45 - 1:45 PM
Lunch
1:45 - 2:00 PM
Outside Window Recap/Review
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Outside Window Practicum with Debrief
4:00 - 4:15 PM
Break
4:15 - 5:30 PM
Inside Window Demo with Debrief
Day 2-
Monday
9:00 - 9:15 AM
Sunday Recap
9:15 - 9:30 AM
Inside Window Recap
9:30 - 11:30 AM
Inside Window Practicum with Debrief
11:30 - 11:45 AM
Break
11:45 - 12:45 PM
Gazespotting Demo with Debrief
12:45 - 1:45 PM
Lunch
1:45 - 2:00 PM
Debrief, cont. with Recap
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Gazespotting Practicum with Debrief
4:00 - 4:15 PM
Break
4:15 - 5:00 PM
Small Group: General Q&A
5:00 - 5:30 PM
Large Group Q&A
Day 3-
Tuesday
9:00 - 9:30 AM
Monday Recap
9:30 - 10:45 AM
Resource Approach Intro
DID with Powerpoint
10:45 - 11:00 AM
Break
11:00 - 11:30
Q&A
Discussion of BSP Resource Model, debrief of Resource demo
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Resource and DID, Cont.
11:30 - 12:45 PM
Resource Demo with Debrief
12:45 - 1:45 PM
Lunch
1:45 - 2:00 PM
Resource Recap
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Resource Practicum with Debrief
4:00 - 4:15 PM
Break
4:15 - 4:45 PM
Small Group: Using BSP with Various Populations
4:45 - 5:30
Large Group Q&A with Final Recap