Deepening Your Brainspotting Practice
Attunement, Nervous System Tracking, and Clinical Depth
An Advanced Training for Brainspotting Therapists – Led by Melanie Reese, LMFT, CCTP
Investment: $180 (+tax)
Date: October 9, 2026
Time: 9:30 am to 12:30 pm (CST)
Continuing Education Credit: 3 credit hours
Questions: melaniereeselmft@gmail.com
COURSE OVERVIEW
Offered by Groundwork Trauma Education, this advanced training is designed for clinicians who are already trained in Brainspotting and want to deepen their clinical skill, attunement, and confidence in using the model with trauma clients. Rather than focusing on basic Brainspotting concepts, this course emphasizes how Brainspotting unfolds moment by moment in the therapy room and how to work more skillfully with activation, dissociation, and complex presentations.
Participants will explore how to track the nervous system during Brainspotting sessions, how to stay attuned to subtle cues, and how to respond when sessions deepen, stall, or intensify. The training emphasizes therapist presence, pacing, and ethical clinical judgment, supporting therapists in offering Brainspotting with clarity, steadiness, and depth.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
• Deepening attunement during Brainspotting sessions
• Tracking nervous system activation and regulation in real time
• Working with activation, shutdown, and dissociation during Brainspotting
• Recognizing when to hold, when to intervene, and when to shift
• Supporting parts, protectors, and internal dynamics within Brainspotting
• Pacing and titration to prevent overwhelm and flooding
• Navigating common challenges such as stuck spots or unclear directionality
• Ethical considerations and scope of practice in trauma focused Brainspotting
• Supporting integration and stabilization after Brainspotting sessions
WHO THIS TRAINING IS FOR
This workshop is designed for:
• Licensed mental health professionals trained in Brainspotting
• Therapists seeking to refine their Brainspotting clinical skills
• Clinicians working with trauma, complex trauma, or chronic dysregulation
• Brainspotting practitioners wanting more confidence in session flow and pacing
• Therapists interested in deepening attunement and nervous system awareness
This is an advanced educational training. It is not a Brainspotting certification or phase training and does not replace required Brainspotting training or consultation.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
Describe how nervous system activation presents during Brainspotting sessions.
Identify clinical indicators that guide pacing and intervention in Brainspotting work.
Apply attunement strategies to support safety and regulation during Brainspotting.
Respond effectively to dissociation, shutdown, or intensification during sessions.
Explain ethical considerations relevant to trauma focused Brainspotting practice.
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Groundwork Trauma Education has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7927. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Groundwork Trauma Education is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.