Sometimes experiences are difficult to fully access or resolve through words alone. Brainspotting is a therapeutic approach that uses focused attention and the connection between the brain and body to help identify and process areas of emotional or physiological activation.
Daybreak Counseling provides Brainspotting therapy in Bloomington, Indiana, with in-person care at our Bloomington office and telehealth available throughout Indiana.
In-Person in Bloomington • Telehealth Throughout Indiana
Brainspotting is a therapeutic approach developed around the idea that where you look can influence what you feel. During Brainspotting, a therapist helps identify specific points within your visual field that are associated with emotional or physical activation.
Maintaining attention on a brainspot while noticing thoughts, emotions, memories, and physical sensations can create an opportunity for deeper processing. The therapist provides support throughout the process without requiring you to explain or analyze everything you’re experiencing.
Uses specific points in your visual field to help focus therapeutic processing.
Pays attention to emotional experiences and physical responses occurring together.
Processing doesn't always require describing every detail of an experience.
Allows space for your own internal process rather than directing exactly what you should experience.
Your therapist remains present and attuned while supporting the process.
Sessions are adapted to your responses, needs, readiness, and treatment goals.
Brainspotting may be incorporated into therapy when emotional experiences, memories, stress responses, or patterns feel difficult to access or shift through conversation alone. It can also be used alongside other therapeutic approaches as part of an individualized treatment plan.
Whether Brainspotting is appropriate depends on the person, their concerns, and their treatment goals. Your therapist can help determine whether it may be a useful part of your therapy.
Process emotional and physiological responses connected to overwhelming or difficult experiences.
Explore underlying activation associated with anxiety, overwhelm, or persistent stress responses.
Work with emotional responses or experiences that continue to feel stuck or difficult to understand.
Use focused processing to explore experiences, beliefs, performance concerns, or areas where you feel stuck.
Brainspotting doesn’t need to be the only thing you do in therapy. It can be incorporated into a broader treatment plan based on what you’re experiencing and what works best for you.
Your therapist may combine Brainspotting with conversation, coping and regulation strategies, cognitive approaches, mindfulness, or other therapeutic techniques. Some sessions may involve Brainspotting while others may focus on different aspects of your treatment.
Identify what you’d like to work on and establish enough comfort and stability to begin.
Pay attention to emotions, thoughts, memories, and physical sensations connected to the concern.
Use focused attention with therapist support while allowing your internal experience to unfold.
Reflect on what emerged and connect the work to your broader goals and everyday life.
Kari Davis, LMSW
Kari provides individualized therapy for clients in Bloomington and through telehealth across Indiana. Her approach is collaborative, supportive, and grounded in understanding each client’s experiences, strengths, and goals.
Kari incorporates Brainspotting when it is appropriate for the client’s concerns and treatment goals, allowing the approach to be used as part of a broader, individualized therapy process.
Daybreak Counseling provides Brainspotting therapy from our Bloomington office at 2215 S Curry Pike, Bloomington, IN 47403.
Telehealth therapy is also available throughout Indiana based on provider availability and whether Brainspotting through virtual care is appropriate for your needs.
You don’t need to know whether Brainspotting is the right approach before contacting us. Tell us what you’re experiencing and what you’re hoping to work on, and we can help determine whether Brainspotting or another therapeutic approach may be a good fit.
Insurance participation and coverage may vary by location and plan. Indiana clients with certain Optum-administered plans, including applicable UnitedHealthcare and UMR plans, may currently need to see Kari via telehealth through Daybreak’s Iowa practice to use in-network benefits. Contact our team to verify your coverage and available appointment options.
Complete our inquiry form and share a little about what you’d like help with.
We’ll review your needs and help determine whether our Bloomington services are a good match.
We’ll help you get your first session scheduled.
Your first sessions provide time to get to know your therapist, discuss your goals, and begin developing a plan for care.
Your therapist may help you identify a specific concern or area of activation and then locate a point in your visual field associated with that experience. You’ll maintain visual focus while noticing thoughts, emotions, memories, or physical sensations that arise, with your therapist supporting the process.
Brainspotting does not necessarily require you to verbally describe every detail of an experience. You and your therapist can discuss what you are comfortable sharing and determine how Brainspotting fits within your treatment.
No. Brainspotting may be incorporated into therapy for a variety of emotional, behavioral, and performance-related concerns. Whether it is appropriate depends on your individual needs and treatment goals.
There isn’t a predetermined number that works for everyone. The frequency and duration of Brainspotting will depend on your concerns, responses, goals, and overall treatment plan.
Brainspotting may be available through telehealth when clinically appropriate and based on provider availability. Your therapist can discuss whether in-person or virtual sessions are the better fit for your needs.
If talking alone hasn’t felt like enough, or you’re interested in a therapy approach that incorporates focused attention and brain-body awareness, Brainspotting may be worth exploring.