Introduction to
Brainspotting Trainings at Cynthasis
Brainspotting training is a personal and professional game changer. Over three days you will have the opportunity to learn the theory, witness demonstrations, and apply Brainspotting to your personal growth. Clinicians report leaving with a sense of deep healing and great knowledge. These trainings enable participants to master both foundational and advanced Brainspotting techniques to effectively address a diverse array of psychological challenges. You will walk away ready to support your clients with Brainspotting.
Who Should Attend?
Brainspotting offers an extraordinary path to healing and growth, making our trainings an invaluable investment for professionals seeking to enhance clinical outcomes and deepen client connections. We welcome counselors, psychologists, social workers, and those in the healing professions with strong clinical backgrounds to join us. Gain innovative skills that can be immediately applied to foster better therapeutic outcomes.
Benefits of Joining Brainspotting Trainings
Brainspotting Training programs enhance your therapeutic alignment with the dual attunement process, significantly boosting your capacity to support clients through deep emotional breakthroughs. These comprehensive trainings foster personal and professional development while broadening your insights into the neurobiological aspects of trauma and emotional pain. In addition, you gain a skill to help your clients thrive beyond trauma.
Overview of Trainings
Below are the up-to-date Brainspotting offerings at Cynthasis. Feeling curious? Reach out with any questions.
Our Brainspotting Phase One Training
Brainspotting Phase One is the gateway to practicing Brainspotting. It is ideal for new practitioners and those seeking to enhance clinical outcomes as well as Brainspotting Practitioners seeking a refresher. This training introduces the core concepts and techniques of Brainspotting, focusing on how to locate and use brainspots for therapeutic effects. Trainees learn about the hypothesized neurological underpinnings of how Brainspotting works, focused mindfulness, the brain-body connection and will experience the process themselves.. This foundational course sets the stage for effective Brainspotting practice, ensuring practitioners are well-equipped to begin their journey in trauma and healing work. Attendees will leave with the basic tools to apply Brainspotting to their practice.
Our Brainspotting Phase Two Training
Brainspotting Phase Two builds on the techniques learned in Phase One, introducing more advanced strategies for dealing with a range of psychological issues. This course delves into specialized areas such as One-Eye Brainspotting and the use of the Z-Axis for deeper trauma work. Trainees will enhance their skills in managing client cases that involve complex trauma and will learn to integrate these advanced techniques into everyday practice, broadening their therapeutic reach. Attendees will leave feeling more grounded and creative with their Brainspotting Practice.
Our Brainspotting Intensive
The Brainspotting Intensive is designed for those who have mastered the initial phases and are looking to specialize further. This intensive, five-day workshop immerses practitioners in high-level Brainspotting skill and theory including “The Uncertainty Principle” and “Dual Attunement Frame” that support deep subcortical processing. Participants focus on self-healing and engage in extensive hands-on practice, receiving personalized feedback from Cynthia. This intensive training is invaluable for therapists dedicated to utilizing Brainspotting as a primary modality in their practice, as well as a stepping stone to those seeking Certification in Brainspotting.
Our Deeper Healing Brainspotting Training
Deeper Healing is tailored for Brainspotting practitioners ready to take their practice to a deeper level and enhance their attunement with clients. This training emphasizes the use of Brainspotting to heal the healer. The more we explore, release and expand ourselves as practitioners the deeper therapeutic presence we can bring into the session room with our clients. Participants will leave feeling free from secondary trauma, personal trauma, and stress.
Our Testimonials
Hear from members of our community about the positive impact our Brainspotting
groups have had on their professional and personal lives.
- S.B.
Cynthia and Chris are incredibly warm, compassionate, and, of course, incredibly knowledgeable and skilled clinicians. With their help, along with the wonderful assistants, I feel very comfortable in beginning my Brainspotting journey and truly feel supported, which will help me be more attuned and present with my clients.
- J.K.
I loved the training. Shannon’s organization of the event was so incredible. It ran so smoothly. Cynthia’s teaching style was wonderful and I appreciate how she was patient and explained things thoroughly. The demonstrations and the BSP practitioners were incredibly helpful.
- B.P.
I am impressed with the focused instruction and training provided at both Phase One and Phase Two. At each session, I came away with good foundations, practice knowledge and experience so I could use BSP immediately.
- H.H.
Cynthia and Christine are tremendously skilled and attuned trainers. I feel confident in my ability to take this to my clients right away and would recommend their training to anyone without hesitation. I cannot wait for phase 2!
- A.R.S.
Training with Cynthia and Chris was an incredible experience. It’s clear through their delivery of the training that they are committed to our core values and ethics, especially dignity and worth of the person, self-determination, and social justice.
- C.P.
Awesome training. Great techniques to add to my toolkit. Added the parts that I felt were missing from EMDR.
- D.M. and A.G.
This training went beyond my expectations. Not only did Cynthia and Christine provide clear instruction that stemmed from a wealth of knowledge and experience, they offered a compassionate, supportive, and attuned environment in which to learn.
- H.C.
It has been fulfilling to witness increased function, quality of life, and other benefits for my clients utilizing Brainspotting and Parts work. I highly recommend this training.
- R.M.
This was a very professional, organized and welcoming training. The instructions were clear and presented concisely. The trainers, both tops in the field, were well-organized and rehearsed. The assistants were knowledgeable and helpful. Overall this training was one of the best I have ever taken and worth the investment.
- A.M.
This training was wonderful, and the trainers, as well as assistants, were attentive, skilled, and very kind.
- J.D.
This is the 2nd time I have had the pleasure of attending training with Cynthasis. Again, it did not disappoint! The format, the presenters and the content provided is top notch and you will be ready to transform your clinical work to the next level. If you are wondering, should I do it? … the answer is YES!
- A.H.
Brainspotting has changed the way I even conceptualize my clients. The tools and interventions I have learned through both Phase One and Phase Two have completely changed the work I do with my clients. It truly is a gift!
- K.C.
I feel lighter after taking this training and I believe Brainspotting will be a powerful tool in the life of my clients to lighten the loads they are carrying as well.
- H.C.
The Brainspotting and Parts work training has really shifted my practice and assisted my clients’ healing significantly. The concepts, research, and application have proven to support the journey of movement from dysregulation to regulation.
- A.R.S.
I can imagine helping lots of folks in a profound way through Brainspotting. I noticed a difference in my own issues that I got to process during our practicum. What a great experience! Thank you both.
“Cynthia and Chris are incredibly warm, compassionate, and, of course, incredibly knowledgeable and skilled clinicians. With their help, along with the wonderful assistants, I feel very comfortable in beginning my Brainspotting journey and truly feel supported, which will help me be more attuned and present with my clients.”
-S.B.
“I loved the training. Shannon’s organization of the event was so incredible. It ran so smoothly. Cynthia’s teaching style was wonderful. I appreciate how Cynthia was patient and also explained things thoroughly. The demonstrations were so incredibly helpful. The BSP practitioners who were in the sessions were also incredibly helpful with feedback.”
-J.K.
“I have enjoyed being able to offer an enhancement to my talk therapy practice, particularly for issues that clients have difficulty verbalizing or where we have reached a plateau in treatment but symptoms are unresolved.”
-R.E.
“Training with Cynthia and Chris was an incredible experience. It’s clear through their delivery of the training that they are both social workers who are committed to our core values and ethics, especially dignity and worth of the person, self-determination, and social justice. I can imagine helping lots of folx in a profound way through Brainspotting. I noticed a difference in my own issues that I got to process during our practicum. What a great experience! Thank you both.”
-A.R.S.
“This training went beyond my expectations. Not only did Cynthia and Christine provide clear instruction that clearly stemmed from a wealth of knowledge and experience, they offered a compassionate, supportive, and attuned environment in which to learn. The demonstrations and opportunities for implementation and personal growth/healing in the practicum sessions not only exceeded expectations and hopes but were nothing short of divine gifts. I came away from the training lighter, more alive, and with a sense of anticipation and excitement in being able to offer this exquisite blend of art and science to my clients. Thank you, Cynthia and Christine!” DM
“The instructors and assistants were highly skilled and possessed a significant wealth of knowledge.”
-A.G.
“This was a very professional, organized and welcoming training. The instructions were clear and presented concisely. The trainers, both tops in the field, were well-organized and rehearsed. The assistants were knowledgeable and helpful. Overall this training was one of the best I have ever taken and worth the investment.”
-R.M.
“This training was wonderful, and the trainers, as well as assistants, were attentive, skilled, and very kind.”
-A.M.
“Brainspotting has changed the way I even conceptualize my clients. The tools and interventions I have learned through both Phase One and Phase Two have completely changed the work I do with my clients. It truly is a gift!”
-A.H.
I feel lighter after taking this training and I believe Brainspotting will be a powerful tool in the life of my clients to lighten the loads they are carrying as well
-K.C.
“I am impressed with the focused instruction and training provided at both Phase One and Phase Two. At each session, I came away with good foundations, practice knowledge and experience so that I was able to use BSP immediately.”
-B.P.
“Cynthia and Christine are tremendously skilled and attuned trainers. I feel confident in my ability to take this to my clients right away and would recommend their training to anyone without hesitation. I cannot wait for phase 2!”
-H.H.
“Awesome training. Great techniques to add to my toolkit. Added the parts that I felt were missing from EMDR.”
-C.P.
“The Phase 1 training with Cynthia and Christine exceeded my expectations, it was wonderful to be taught by two clinicians who clearly ‘walked the talk’ and modeled the concepts they were teaching. This training has changed the way I work as a therapist in ways that all my clients are already benefitting from, whether it is through offering them an actual Brainspotting session or by offering them a deeper level of presence and trust in their system. I am now finding ways to incorporate Brainspotting into my practice, I feel very aligned to it both as a client and as a therapist.”
-D.E.
“This was a very professional, organized and welcoming training. The instructions were clear and presented concisely. The trainers, both tops in the field, were well-organized and rehearsed. The assistants were knowledgeable and helpful. Overall this training was one of the best I have ever taken and worth the investment.”
-R.M.
“This training went beyond my expectations. Not only did Cynthia and Christine provide clear instruction that clearly stemmed from a wealth of knowledge and experience, they offered a compassionate, supportive, and attuned environment in which to learn. The demonstrations and opportunities for implementation and personal growth/healing in the practicum sessions not only exceeded expectations and hopes but were nothing short of divine gifts. I came away from the training lighter, more alive, and with a sense of anticipation and excitement in being able to offer this exquisite blend of art and science to my clients. Thank you, Cynthia and Christine!”
-D.M. and A.G.
“The BSP Phase 2 training with Christine and Cynthia was an incredible experience. I had taken Phase 1 with them already, so I knew that I was going to be engaged in a very professional and well-executed training. What I didn’t expect was how much more I got out of the Phase 2 training and how my love for Brainspotting would be ignited in so many new ways. I really appreciate what a warm and compassionate group of people C & C brought together to facilitate our learning. The space that C & C create is hard to describe, but it feels like being with long-time friends and colleagues that are on a mission to heal the world. The passion and experience that C & C bring to the trainings set the tone for the whole group and I felt so supported and safe. I enjoy the format they use to ensure that we truly grasp the concepts being taught and the gentle redirection if we are not quite getting it. After completing the training I feel prepared and confident about trying new setups with my clients. I hope to take many more trainings with C & C!”
-H.M.
Have Questions About Our Brainspotting Trainings?
If you have any questions about our Brainspotting training programs or are wondering how they can specifically benefit your practice, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Our dedicated team at Cynthasis is committed to supporting your professional development and ensuring you have all the information you need. We invite you to reach out and connect with us to discuss how our training can enhance your therapeutic skills and practice.
Have Questions About Our Brainspotting Trainings?
If you have any questions about our Brainspotting training programs or are wondering how they can specifically benefit your practice, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Our dedicated team at Cynthasis is committed to supporting your professional development and ensuring you have all the information you need. We invite you to reach out and connect with us to discuss how our training can enhance your therapeutic skills and practice.