Brainspotting
Open up to emotional freedom, intuitive connection, light, expansion, joy, and soul purpose.
One-on-one virtual sessions via Zoom.
Rooted in neurophysiology and a more intuitive, energetic derivative of EMDR, Brainspotting is a powerful method for processing and releasing deep emotional pain held in the body and the brain. My virtual, one-on-one Brainspotting sessions guide you through a profound release of pain, trauma, and stress, and open you up to emotional freedom and alignment with your true self and intuition.
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My main clientele is people who (1) have gone through difficult life circumstances and traumatic experiences and (2) know they have a higher purpose, most likely related to what they've endured — even if they can't quite name that purpose yet. My clients know there's a higher reason why they're here and why they endured what they did. But they need help clearing the way to move forward and embody their soul purpose, light, joy, and self-love, and all the expansiveness that comes with it.
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My clients are creatives, high performers, lightworkers, healers, empaths, intuitives, highly-sensitive people, or a combination thereof.
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My blended approach of working with the deep brain plus opening up to one's soul, spirit, and intuition offers profound healing of the past alongside an expansive, positive opening to the future. Most clients experience unprecedented relief in just 1 session, and profound or even complete alleviation after 4 to 6 sessions. Sessions are held via Zoom.
What is Brainspotting?
How is it different?
Brainspotting is a cutting-edge, evidence-based, neuroscience-meets-intuition method for deep healing of trauma, challenging emotions, and limiting beliefs. A derivative of EMDR, Brainspotting is fast-acting and the results are lasting; once the emotions and symptoms of trauma are released, they are fully completed. In other words, the symptoms and the emotional distress are gone... For good. Most clients experience at least alleviation of their symptoms after just 1 session, and even those with complicated trauma experience a profound or even total release in 4 to 6 sessions. ​The client is completely conscious during a Brainspotting session, and is an active agent in their healing. So, how does it work? Brainspotting uses the client’s visual field to access unprocessed trauma in the subcortical brain — i.e., the deep emotional and subconscious center. This is the more primitive part of the brain where emotions, memories, and involuntary brain/body reactions to trauma and feelings are housed. This part of the brain is not accessible through talking or logical thinking. This is why cognitive-based therapeutic approaches like talk therapy, as well as views like "pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps" and telling ourselves to "just get better," don't work. When we do that, we're using the rational part of the brain and completely bypassing the emotional brain, where how we feel and what happened to us are stored. What kinds of issues can be healed and alleviated through Brainspotting? As for what to work on in Brainspotting, it can be an event (like the loss of a loved one or a childhood trauma), an experience (like insomnia or binge eating), a negative belief (like "I'm not loveable" or "I'm a bad person"), or an emotion/emotional experience (sadness, anxiety, anger, depression, etc.). More often than not, those experiences will overlap. Thankfully, we don't need to know why or how; because we're working in the subconscious, irrational part of the brain in Brainspotting, we don't need to understand all the pieces in order for the modality to alleviate them. What makes Brainspotting different than other approaches? ​Brainspotting is different from mainstream methods like talk therapy and cognitive-based behavioral approaches in several ways. Those therapies are rooted in talking and rational thinking — activities that are governed by the prefrontal cortex, i.e., humans' cognitive, analytical mind. Talk therapy can offer relief by allowing the client space to offload by talking. Talk therapy can also provide important information by way of psychoeducation. But in terms of treating the emotions and bodily expressions of trauma (think: anxiety, sadness, grief, and even some physical health issues like IBS, muscle tension, and TMJ), cognitive-based approaches miss this mark. This is because such approaches target the prefrontal cortex, a totally different part of the brain than where trauma is stored. In fact, rationality may even exacerbate distressing emotions by silencing them, stuffing them down, overexplaining them, or trying to logify them away. What is more, when emotions aren't alleviated by talk and logic, we tend to blame ourselves for not "feeling better." This just makes us feel worse. ​On the other end of the spectrum are somatic approaches to trauma healing, like breathwork and energy healing. Like Brainspotting, somatic and energy-based treatments help alleviate stress in the body. But somatic and energetic treatments do not explicitly address root causes — i.e., the subconscious emotional imprints and memories of traumatic events. As such, somatic treatments address the bodily symptoms of the trauma, but by design, do not engage the part of the brain where root causes lie. By working in the emotional subcortical brain, and through deep attunement between the practitioner and the client, Brainspotting allows difficult emotions to fully process and release. In a relatively short amount of time, pain is let go and space is created for light, joy, expansion, curiosity, and emotional freedom.
How Brainspotting Helped Dr. Lenore Heal
Light. Transformation. Expansion. Lasting healing and the body, mind, and soul. Connection to deep soul purpose.
That is what Brainspotting gave me after years of living with the effects of deep trauma.
In 2020, I lost my late husband to suicide. The trauma of his unexpected passing shattered me. For years after my loss, I tried countless cognitive-based, mind/body, spiritual, energetic, and somatic healing methods. These tools yielded varying degrees of relief, and were what I needed at the time. But despite the endless healing work, deep pain and tremendous dysregulation continued to linger underneath. Four years into my healing and I still felt anxious, sad, not good enough, and profoundly lonely. I cycled through spells of extreme highs and lows. I felt stuck. Hopeless. I felt like I was fighting every day. I had bouts of not wanting to be here anymore, and wondered if part of me would always feel that way. Then I found Brainspotting. And my life completely changed. After only a few sessions, I experienced a completely new way of living unlike anything I’d ever felt before. For the first time since my late husband passed — and really for the first time in my life — I felt truly free. There was a levity, ease, balance, and flow to life. I felt excited for the future, at peace with the past, and so much more connected to other people, and to myself. ​After receiving Brainspotting treatment, I realized I had been holding on to deeply repressed and supressed emotions without even realizing it. Some were related to grief, and many stemmed from childhood. Without reliving those emotions and memories (as is often done in cognitive-based talk therapy), Brainspotting allowed the difficult emotions and memories to come to full completion and release. In turn, the behaviors, thoughts, and beliefs that came with them shifted. Years of profound sadness, anxiety, loneliness, self-loathing, and perfectionism — thanks to Brainspotting, they're simply no longer there. What is there in their place is joy, levity, presence, compassion for what I went through, and excitement for the future. Even the sadness of grief is completely gone — something almost unheard of for survivors of suicide loss and partner loss. I also feel so in tune with my spirit and intuitive self. I feel aligned. It's not that my experiences and memories have been erased or bypassed; it's that the emotional charge around them is gone. I can hold what I've been through with understanding and compassion, rather than being overwhelmed by the experiences and emotions. Most importantly, the effects of Brainspotting have been lasting. Once traumatic imprints and memories have been fully released from the subconscious, the body and brain are forever changed for the better. Over time I noticed that when subsequent challenges arose, I innately handled them in a grounded, healthy way. I'm no longer triggered and don't spiral like I did before. Brainspotting has completely changed how I live and operate in the world. I got my life back — but my life, 2.0.
Brainspotting with
Dr. Lenore
My Approach:
Blending Neuroscience with Intuition and Spirituality
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My Background
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Emotional healing and opening up to one's soul path is unique to each individual and, for most, they are deeply soulful experiences. I bring a grounded, non-dogmatic, non-judgmental approach to my sessions, including spiritual and intuitive aspects that may emerge in the healing process.
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I hold a PhD and Master's (MSW) in Social Work and specialize in trauma, intuitive development, and brain/body/spirit healing modalities. I am a Certitied Brainspotting Therapist, and trained with the Pacific Trauma Center in Folsom, California, a leader in the field. I am also trained in Somatic Experiencing, meditation for trauma, and trauma-informed yoga. Further, I am a survivor of suicide loss and a young widow, as well as an advocate for survivors of child abuse and sexual abuse, and have received specialized training to support clients navigating these experiences.
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In addition, I am an expert in intuitive and spiritual awakenings, particularly in contexts of trauma. This is my own experience, as my intuitive abilities awoke when my late husband passed away. I am trained in reiki (certified Level II) and in psychic mediumship. I have also pursued specialized training in Brainspotting with Intuition and Spirituality, which incorporates intuitive development and spiritual techniques to expand clients' Brainspotting sessions.
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Central to my practice is my own healing journey as a young widow by suicide loss. As a deep trauma survivor, I bring deep understanding and empathy to every session. And as someone who has found true joy, meaning, and purpose through this modality, I share hope and a new perspective in trauma healing.
Trauma does not have to be a life sentence. We can feel whole and happy again.
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It's not that we erase what happened to us, deny it, or bypass it. Through brainspotting, we obtain deep regulation of the nervous system, stemming from the subconscious brain, supported in the body, and held in the spirit and soul. It is through this deep regulation plus spirit, soul, and intuitive connection that we connect to meaning, levity, and expansion.
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My Focus as a Practitioner
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Brainspotting with me focuses on the aftermath of surviving. We focus on the "what's next?" in your healing, life, intuitive connection, and soul purpose.
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My clients are creatives. High performers. Lightworkers. Healers. They're empaths, intuitives, and highly-sensitive people. They're people who've gone through hard things, who've persevered through their trauma, and who know they're here to make a difference in the world. They have a story to tell and a big impact to make. They're dedicated to their healing process, and to finding their soul's purpose by way of it.
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Most of my clients have already gone through different forms of healing and have done much of the "heavy lifting" around their trauma. They're ready for the next chapter, and ready to clear the remnants of what's left in order to step into the next phase of their journey. They've done a lot of work already, and they know they're here for a reason. They just need some help getting there.
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That's where my science-meets-spirit approach to Brainspotting comes in.
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Brainspotting Techniques I Use
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I use a combination of Brainspotting techniques that address the lingering hold of trauma on the nervous system and emotions, as well as open and develop their intuition, spiritual connection, soul awareness, and purpose at the innate subconscious and soul levels.
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In this approach, I blend traditional mental health approaches with spiritual and intuitive ones. Some of the Brainspotting techniques I use include:
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Direct nervous system regulation techniques using an activating approach.
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Resourcing techniques, which help the nervous system feel safe and open to Brainspotting.
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Dissociation techniques for clients who tend to "numb out," "check out," and/or can't feel their emotions or body.
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Parts work and an Internal Family Systems approach, to bring traumatized inner parts into emotional safety.
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Reattachment techniques, which are particularly impactful for clients working through childhood trauma.
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Creativity Spotting, which reconnects clients to the creative activities and hobbies they used to love doing, or would love to try. (Creativity is both an anecdote for trauma, and an joyful outcome of healing through it!)
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Lost Parts Spotting, which reconnects the client to parts of themselves they used to have, that were interrupted or taken away by trauma. These parts could be being social, outgoing, joyful, creative, motivated, etc.
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Various techniques for spiritual connection and intuitive development, such as:
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Soul Spotting (aka, Self-Worth Spotting) for clients working through low self-esteem.
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​Intuition Spotting, which connects clients to their intuitive knowing.
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Loved Ones in Spirit Spotting, which connects clients to their loved ones on the other side.
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Higher Power Spotting, which connects clients to a higher power, however they define it.
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Spirit Guides Spotting, which connects clients to their spirit guides and spirit team.
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Manifesting Spotting, which connects clients to the goals and dreams they want to bring to fruition.
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Logistics
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Session Length:
Brainspotting sessions are 60 minutes long.
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Location:
Sessions take place online via Zoom unless otherwise arranged and agreed upon by Dr. Lenore and the client.
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Cost:
The cost per session is $180 USD. I do not take insurance at this time.
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Number of Sessions:
The number of sessions clients need varies but tends to be 4 to 6. However, for some clients, just 1 session is sufficient. I will check in with you after the first session to help you gauge whether more are needed.
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With each session, layers are peeled back. After the heavy lifting around trauma healing is completed, some clients return for sessions on a monthly or as-needed basis to focus on positive emotional expansion, spiritual exploration, and/or intuitive development. In these later sessions, after the trauma has been processed and released, we focus on infinite expansion — meaning, really bringing in the good!
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Frequency of Sessions:
While the frequency of sessions is up to you, I recommend booking sessions weekly or every other week to keep up with the momentum of healing. You are welcome to try one session and see how it lands before scheduling additional ones.
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Option to Incorporate Spirituality and Intuition:
For clients interested in bringing in a spiritual approach, this can be added to enhance the positive emotional benefits experienced in Brainspotting. For clients strictly seeking trauma healing and not interested in spiritual modalities, that route is also available and will absolutely be respected.
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Adult Clients:
Currently, I only work with adults 18 years and older. I do not offer Brainspotting for children at this time.
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Cancelations and Rescheduling:
Cancelations and rescheduling must be made at least 24 hours in advance, and must be done through the automated appointment confirmation sent directly to the client.
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Who I Work With
I help people clear stuck patterns holding them back, and step fully into their soul purpose, true self, light, and joy.
Who I Work With
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My main clientele is people who (1) have experienced difficult life experiences and (2) know they have a higher purpose — even if they can't quite name that purpose yet. Many of them sense that reason is somehow related to what they've endured.
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My clients are creatives, high performers, lightworkers, healers, empaths, intuitives, highly-sensitive people, or a combination thereof. They have huge hearts and deep empathy. They are here to make an impact. They're tenacious. Resilient. All-in on their healing. They're here for a higher reason, and they know their soul is involved in their journey.
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Most of my clients have already gone through different forms of healing. They have already done much of the "heavy lifting" around their trauma. But they've come to a plateau and are feeling stuck. They're ready for the next chapter, for even more abundance, flow, joy, alignment, and freedom. They're ready to clear the remnants of what's left and step fully into who they are and why they're here.
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That's exactly the work my clients and I do together in Brainspotting.
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It's healing. It's expansive. And my clients are ready for it.
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Who I Do Not Work With
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I do not take clients seeking grief support, including but not limited to support for suicide loss, widowhood, traumatic loss, or any other form of grief.​
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I do not take clients seeking clinical mental health treatment, talk therapy, or psychotherapy.​
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If you are in need of Brainspotting explicitly for grief or clinical mental health care, please see www.brainspotting.com/directory to find a certified Brainspotting professional in your area.
What Clients Are Saying
I would like to thank Dr. Lenore for holding such a safe space for me and for her passion to help others heal and become the best versions of themselves. I am still in awe of this incredible modality and how Dr. Lenore was able to tap into this part of my brain in mere seconds. She literally ignited my life force energy by accessing my subcortical brain and it was extremely profound. I highly recommend Brainspotting with Dr. Lenore to anyone looking to regulate their nervous system, expand their lives, and connect to spirit, intuition, and purpose. I cannot wait until I get to experience it again!
Bianca, Session 1
What I love about this work is that you go into it with an issue you would like release, and yet the approach isn't to focus on the negative but rather on the positive. In my case, that was what brings me to a sense of safety and peace. The initial issue I came to release of worry and feeling unprotected/unsafe slowly fell away and I was left with a brightness, a lightness to my soul, to my body. I was in the most brilliant energy during the session and afterwards, and the signs were all around me.
Lindsay, Session 5
I came to heal the emotional body armor I have built up and kept since I was a child. I felt immediately relaxed and that I could trust. I felt the body armor was no longer needed, and my soul could be open for new experiences. I felt that I could handle anything that may be thrown at me in the future, even if it were difficult.
Dr. Lenny is amazing. She truly has an exceptional gift. When I see her I can immediately feel the sunshine and light radiating from her. It is impossible to be in a negative mood around her. She literally radiates positivity.
Crystal, Session 2
Extremely effective. The session opened pathways to go deeper towards bringing that wounded inner child into the present, and into the warmth and safety of my true self. Looking forward to my next session!
Greg, Session 1
Schedule Your Brainspotting Session
​To schedule a Brainspotting session, please complete the form below. This will help clarify your needs and goals, gauge the number of sessions you may need, and determine client/practitioner fit.
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Once you have submitted the form, you will be automatically directed to Dr. Lenore's scheduling calendar to book your session.
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Important: Dr. Lenore does not accept clients seeking grief support, including but not limited to widowhood, suicide loss, traumatic loss, etc., nor does she accept clients seeking clinical mental health care/psychotherapy. Kindly note that appointments seeking such support will be canceled and refunded.
Before completing the form, please review the clients Dr. Lenore works with here to help determine client/practitioner fit and understand who she does and does not work with.