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A Special Phase 1 Hosted by KUA is this June 21-23!

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To register for this event, visit this page.

I am very excited to announce the dates are set for the next Northern New England Phase 1 Training. And we are being hosted by the elite Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, NH! What a wonderful location, a spectacularly beautiful time of year to be in New England, and the amazing generosity of KUA offering extremely discounted lodging and meals as an option!

We will also be addressing the particular challenges that both adolescents and young adults face when away from home for what may be the first time, as well as the particular challenges that the front-liners face in being immersed in these emotional rollercoaster settings. Limbic countertransference will be addressed.

If you encounter adolescents or young adults in a school or college/university setting, this is one you don’t want to miss!

21 CEs available from R. Cassidy Seminars for $30, payable directly to them: https://www.academeca.com/CEUReg/SeminarInfo.aspx?seminarId=2385

For more information or to register, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

DRCC at UVM April 11, 2019.

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I have been accepted as a presenter in this year’s Dismantling Rape Culture Conference at the University of Vermont on April 11, 2019.

I am proud to be a part of the healing aspect of the Conference for those impacted by sexual assaults and violence, introducing Brainspotting trauma healing therapy and educating how the brain receives and responds to threat and trauma. Brainspotting is uniquely suited to assist both the recipients of such assaults in their healing, and equally to assist the front-line caregivers in processing their limbic counter-transference in witnessing with such stories.

Please join me this April 11 at the 14th Annual DRCC at UVM! Bring colleagues and anyone whom may benefit from learning how to heal from these kinds of assaults. Registration opens on March 1, 2019.

Lodging for Phase 2 in April, 2019.

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Local lodging options for those coming to the 3-day Phase 2 Brainspotting training April 5-7, 2019.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out via e-mail for more information or guidance.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Brainspotting Phase 2 Training! April 5, 6, 7, 2019.

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Yes! We are announcing the first ever Brainspotting Phase 2 Training in New Hampshire. We will be hosting it in Hanover again, and this time we are welcoming the amazing and lovely Christine Ranck to the Upper Valley.

Phase 2 is also a 3-day training, being held April 5, 6 and 7, 2019. The fees have gone up a bit in 2019, so early bird is $745, regular registration is $795 and late registration is $845. And CEs are still available from R. Cassidy for an additional fee of $30, paid directly to them.

Phase 2 expands and deepens the base of Brainspotting that was introduced in Phase 1. This Brainspotting Phase 2 training will begin with an extensive review of Outside and Inside Window Brainspotting and Gazespotting, with an emphasis on how to clinically interact with clients.  Trainees will be introduced to several important applications. This includes One-Eye Brainspotting including the use of One-Eye goggles. Also taught is 3-Dimensional Brainspotting using the “Z-Axis” of Brainspotting close and far, this includes Convergence Therapy which expands the Z-Axis to activate the vagus nerve through the ocular cardiac reflex. Additional technical refinements will be presented including “Rolling Brainspotting,” with slow eye tracking, stopping briefly on each Brainspot. Advanced techniques will also include combined Inside-Outside Brainspotting where both reflexive responses and client sense of highest activation are used together to find Brainspots. Day 3 will be devoted to the second level of the Advanced Resource Model. This will entail combining the resource aspects of One-Eye and Z-Axis Brainspotting. This addresses working with clients with Very Complex PTSD and those outside of the Brainspotting Window of Tolerance.

For more information or to register, please go to Brainspotting.com or visit Christine’s site at http://getignitedsite.com/events/brainspotting-phase-2-hanover-nh-april-5-7-2019/.

To apply for 21 CEs, visit https://www.academeca.com/CEUReg/SeminarInfo.aspx?seminarId=2142.

Meet the latest Northern New England Brainspotting graduates!

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What a fabulous 3-days we had! A smaller group always ensures a deeper and more intimate training and learning experience. I was honored to work with some astoundingly talented colleagues for this very special training.

I am proud to introduce: Frances Belcher, Sara Degennaro, Stephanie Chesnut, Sheryl Wookey, Caryn McHose, Elisabeth Gardner, and Maria Bowen.

If I count correctly, this brings us up to 24 Brainspotting practitioners in NH/VT since January 2018!

Please let me know if there is interest in trainings in your area. And please reach out to these fabulous practitioners for you or your loved ones. Healing is possible!

 

Phase 1 Training happening soon!

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Just a reminder that the next Phase 1 Brainspotting training is happening later this month, October 26-28 in Hanover. There are just a few spots left.

The link for the CEs from R. Cassidy is: https://www.academeca.com/CEUReg/SeminarInfo.aspx?seminarId=2385

CEs are purchased separately through them, but I am happy to assist in any way I can to make sure that all attendees get what they need.

Looking forward to it!

Phase 1 Training in Hanover, October 26-28, 2018

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Yes, we are doing it again! I am pleased to announce another Brainspotting Phase 1 training this October 26-28, 2018.

We have had such amazing interest and feedback from both the clinical population in the Upper Valley as well as the client population. We now boast 15 practitioners and we are looking to expand that, hopefully doubling the number of trained Brainspotting practitioners by the end of the year!

If you or someone you know is interested in getting trained, please fill out the registration form below.

I look forward to seeing you there!

BSP Phase 1 Hanover NH Oct 26-28

Read This!

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I am so happy to share this resource with you. I was introduced to this book through the closed Brainspotting with Veterans Facebook page. This book is a true gem. It is short, clear, straightforward. And although it is written by a veteran for veterans, it is adaptable and applicable to most humans with PTSD, trauma, triggers, addiction, performance blocks – it is such a great tool. And it’s only $0.99!

We are now at 15 Brainspotting Practitioners!

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I continue to be amazed and humbled by how well both Brainspotting and I have been embraced by this new community I call home. When I arrived, there were no other BSP practitioners except for me. Now, as of May 20, we number 15!!

I am pleased to introduce both Lasell Bartlett (center in photo) and Dr. JoAnn Berns (second from right) to our growing community of providers!

Please, click through everyone’s links and see who may be the best fit for you and your needs. And I am here as a local Supervisor and leader for this growing community.

I am so proud to be here and to see the enthusiasm and growth of this very special and powerful healing tool.

We Did It! Introducing the “Mighty Hanover 9”

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The Mighty Hanover Nine!

The Mighty Hanover Nine!

We have officially completed New Hampshire’s first ever Brainspotting Phase 1 Training. We were graced with 9 attendees, all more lovely and talented than the next. So now our Upper Valley Brainspotting community has grown – from one (me) – to 13!

What an amazing, huge, healing 3 days. What these photos don’t show is the network of support that made it all possible. Thanks to Center for Integrative Health for offering your space to us, to Oracle/Dyn for the loan of 12 of your comfy rolling armchairs, to Shauna Hill, Kimberly Knowlton-Young and Ariel Cahn-Flores for your very, very important assistance with food, business logistics, grunt work, and adding the voice of the newly trained BSP practitioner to the process. Thanks most of all to Deborah Antinori – she soldiered on even though she was in pain, after spending a lovely 4.5 hours checking out the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital Emergency department.

I am grateful to have had my first co-trainer experience as well. I am ready for more!

Personally, the most impressive piece is Deb’s dedication not only to her commitments, to herself, to Brainspotting, to me, but to the Upper Valley and specifically to my new collegial group of truly talented and amazing therapists. I feel so privileged to be a part of this healing community and am humbled by your wisdom and depth.

If you are looking for Brainspotting sessions in the Upper Valley, in addition to those listed above, this is the list of the latest set of qualified therapists: Miriam R. Osofsky, Ph.D. in Lebanon, NH; Mary E. Young, LMHC in Hardwick, VT; Beth Demers, LMFT in WRJ, VT; Carla D. Hancock, LICSW in Montpelier, VT; Courtney L. Bohen, LICSW in WRJ, VT; Nick Doolittle, LICSW in Norwich, VT; Susanne Haseman, MEd, LCMHP, CEIP-MH in Cornish, NH; Claudia Henrion in East Thetford, VT and Tricia Long in Hyde Park, VT.

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