Resources
Brainspotting Resources
- Midwest BSP Institute
- Rocky Mountain Brainspotting Institute
- Southeast Brainspotting Institute
- Brainspotting
Certification Information:
Working With Parts:
- BOOK: Thomas Holmes Parts Work - Easy Book to explain parts of self
- Inner Active Cards - Visual cards that help for more visual learners
- BOOK: No Bad Parts
- BOOK: Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy
- Derrick Scott IFS and Shame
- Transcending Trauma by Franker Anderson, MD
- Janina Fischer's website
- Book: (Body Awareness) Healing Trauma - Peter Levine
Teaching Parts Nurturing and Self Compassion:
- Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy - simple video talks about how parts form
- April Steele – Imaginal Nurturing - I use imaginal nurturing CD's outside session to help system receive nurturing.
- Self-Compassion Guided Practices and Exercises- Helps client's system practice self nurturance and receiving
- Tara Brach RAIN
Brainspotting Facebook Groups
There are many Brainspotting Facebook groups that you may be interested in joining. Just as a reminder, if you decide to ask about cases, please remember confidentiality is imperative. Please do not share any client identifying information and be vague overall. We do encourage that you seek out consultation if you have Brainspotting questions about clients.
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/brainspottingpractitioners
- https://www.facebook.com/Everything-Brainspotting-More-293271071232915
- Brainspotting Resource Hub
https://www.facebook.com/groups/691831785062784 - Brainspotting-Kids
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1082896898504645 - Brainspotting and addictions
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1088689974585814
Anti-racism/Anti-oppression Resources
We wanted to add some resources to aid your journey in anti-racism and in understanding systemic racism. This information can support the beginning of your journey in educating yourself on this topic. As a result, this can increase your attunement with your clients. Recommended readings:
- My Grandmother's Hands - Resmaa Menakem
- White Fragility - Robin DiAngelo
- Me and White Supremacy - Layla F. Saad
- The Inner Work of Racial Justice - Rhonda Magee
Additional Training Resources
- Brainspotting Hypothesis Revisited
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx7sYfD7EkY - Developmental Trauma & Dissociation Additional Trainings/Information:
https://www.dnmsinstitute.com/ - Internal Family Systems Therapy
https://ifs-institute.com/ - April Steele – Imaginal Nurturing
https://april-steele.ca/apr/distance-training/ - International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
https://www.isst-d.org/ - FREE MUSIC LINK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AAH7vINhmQ&t=60s
- Polyvagal Institute
- Training in Safe & Sound Protocol
- Treating Trauma-related Dissociation by Kathy Steele, Suzette Boon, Onno vander Hart, PhD
- The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
- Coping with Trauma-Related Disassociation