Intensive Training Description
The Brainspotting Intensive is a master class in advanced clinical BSP therapy skills. This course, along with 50 documented BSP sessions, is also a qualified path to achieving Brainspotting certification.
The Brainspotting (BSP) Intensive was devised by Dr. David Grand, founder, and developer of Brainspotting, to provide a deeper learning experience for Brainspotting therapists.
The registration is capped at 10 participants and the schedule is five full consecutive days. There are ten experientials in the center of the group with each participant being therapist once and client once.
Participants will learn to master Brainspotting skills, apply Brainspotting theory including “The Uncertainty Principle” and experience the “Dual Attunement Frame” that supports deep subcortical processing.
Dr. Frey will guide the trainees and personally teaching Brainspotting skills by demonstrating the most attuned, technically advanced and innovative BSP processes.
After each session she extensively debriefs the participants, as the group reviews the theory and practice of Brainspotting to prepare participants for Brainspotting certification.
Intensive Training Learning Objectives
This Brainspotting Intensive Training primarily aims to enable you to:
- Expand clinical knowledge in the mastery of Brainspotting skills
- Apply theory and practice to clinical applications through experientials.
- Achieve a deeper understanding of the Dual Attunement Frame that leads to attunement and presence.
- Understand how to assess and apply Brainspotting methods to a range of diagnoses.
- Achieve Brainspotting certification
Skills Achieved Through Intensive Training
Through lecture, online experientials, small group practice and debriefs participants will learn to do the following:
- Enhance therapist’s attunement with the Dual Attuement Frame
- Understand and apply the Uncertainty Principle during a counseling process.
- Understand the principle of WAIT and use it during the Experientials
- Use of multiple Brainspotting techniques during an Experiential
- Go back into their psychotherapy office after the Intensive able to use BSP clinically
Daily Intensive Agenda
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Day 1
| 9:00am – 10:00am | Introduction and intentions |
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| 10:00am – 11:30am | Experiential (role modeling & deepening BSP skills) client #1/therapist #1 |
| 11:30am – 11:45am | Break |
| 11:45am – 12:45pm | Extensive Debrief: Review of Brainspotting techniques |
| 12:45-pm – 1:45pm | Lunch |
| 1:45pm – 3:30pm | Relational Attunement Experiential |
| 3:30pm – 5:00pm | Experiential (role modeling & deepening BSP skills, build upon morning debrief) client #2/therapist#2 |
| 5:00pm – 5:15pm | Break |
| 5:15 – 6:15pm | Extensive Debrief: Review of Brainspotting techniques |
Day 2
| 9:00am – 10:15am | Check-In and Do Intentions/Gazespot Activity |
|---|---|
| 10:15am – 11:45am | Experiential (role modeling & deepening BSP skills) client #3/therapist #3 |
| 11:45am – 12:00pm | Break |
| 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Extensive Debrief |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm – 3:15pm | Relational Attunement Experiential |
| 3:15pm – 4:45pm | Experiential (role modeling & deepening BSP skills) client #4/therapist #4 |
| 4:45pm – 5:00pm | Break |
| 5:00pm – 6:00pm | Extensive Debrief |
Day 3
| 9:00am – 10:15pm | Check-In/Intentions/Gazespot Activity |
|---|---|
| 10:15am – 11:45am | Experiential (role modeling & deepening BSP skills) client #5/therapist #5 |
| 11:45am – 12:00pm | Break |
| 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Extensive Debrief |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm – 2:30pm | Relational Attunement Experiential |
| 2:30pm – 4:00pm | Experiential (role modeling & deepening BSP skills) client #6/therapist #6 |
| 4:00pm – 4:15pm | Break |
| 4:15pm – 5:15pm | Extensive Debrief |
| 5:00pm – 6:00pm | Journal Writing—Self-Awareness Activity |
Day 4
| 9:00am – 10:15am | Morning Check In/Advanced Induced Gazespot Activity |
|---|---|
| 10:15am – 11:45am | Experiential (role modeling & deepening BSP skills) client #7/therapist #7 |
| 11:45am – 12:00pm | Break |
| 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Extensive Debrief |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm – 3:00pm | Certification Study |
| 3:00pm – 4:30pm | Experiential (role modeling & deepening BSP skills) client #8/therapist #8 |
| 4:30pm – 4:45pm | Break |
| 4:45pm – 5:45pm | Extensive Debrief |
| 4:45pm – 6:00pm | Journal Writing on BSP skills |
Day 5
Intensive Day 5
| 9:00am – 10:15am | Morning Check In/Advanced Induced Gazespotting Activity |
|---|---|
| 10:15am – 11:45am | Experiential (role modeling & deepening BSP skills) client #9/therapist #9 |
| 11:45am – 12:00pm | Break |
| 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Extensive Debrief |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm – 3:00pm | Certification Study |
| 3:00pm – 4:30pm | Experiential (role modeling & deepening BSP skills) client #10/therapist #10 |
| 4:30pm – 4:45pm | Break |
| 4:45pm – 5:45pm | Extensive Debrief |
| 5:45pm – 6:00pm | Good-byes |