***This training is approved by Brainspotting Trainings, LLC and meets the Brainspotting Phase 1 requirement for Brainspotting certification. Both Phase 1 and 2 are required for certification and provide the full range of skills needed to work with most clients, including those with more complexity and C-PTSD. Make sure to check out Phase 2 dates if you work with these populations!
Learn more about the certification process here.
Registration Options
For fully licensed professionals or those who do not require a license to practice may register with this option.
If you are currently practicing under supervision (not able to practice independently)/have a provisional mental health license, you may register with the provisional license option. We will require verification of provisional status.
If you are a current pre-licensed student actively enrolled in a Master’s or Doctoral program or are retaking the course, please register using this option. We will require verification of student status, or the date of the training/trainer name for Phase 1 if you are retaking the course.
Training will be held from 9am-6 pm all three days in the Central Daylight Time (CDT) Zone. The training is available to all who can attend live.
REGISTRATION/PRICING:
-Early Bird ($745)-ends April 26, 2024
-Standard ($795)-April 27th-May 24th, 2024
-Late ($845)- May 25th-June 2nd, 2024
*Late registrants may not receive all materials in time, however, easy alternatives can be used for practicums
All pricing is in USD.
If you need a payment plan, please contact us to make arrangements.
HELPFUL INFORMATION TO MAXIMIZE YOUR EXPERIENCE:
- The training will be held in English with Zoom closed captioning enabled.
- Please log in using a desktop or laptop computer whenever possible. Tablets and phones do not provide the best Zoom training experience.
- Please ensure you are in a private space for the duration of the training, especially for experiential components.
- Plan to attend all 3 days of the training and avoid scheduling other activities during the training times.
We will be taking attendance and only those present for the ENTIRE training will receive a Phase 1 certificate of completion. Let the trainer know if you have any issues.
YOUR TRAINER:
Mariya Javed-Payne, MSW, LICSW, LADC
Mariya Javed-Payne is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor and International Brainspotting Trainer and Consultant. She is a somatic psychotherapist and the owner of Awaken Consulting Services, a private practice and consultancy where she utilizes Brainspotting therapy and offers training and consultation on the treatment of trauma, somatic psychotherapies, psychedelic assisted therapy, anti-racism, and other relevant mental health topics. She also offers therapy intensives for complex PTSD and addictions, where clients work with her for multiple hours a day for a number of days to get to the root of traumatic experiences. Always seeking out the most cutting edge advances in treatment, she utilizes psychedelic medicines such as ketamine with somatic therapy. Her 14 years of experience have focused on clients with addictions, medication assisted treatment therapies, complex and developmental trauma, racial and ancestral trauma, oppression, and chronic pain. Identifying as a deep-hearted visionary and servant leader, she has served various leadership roles in the mental health service industry, such as Chief Clinical Officer at Institute for Integrative Therapies, the first psychedelic assisted therapy clinic in Minnesota, as well as Director of Behavioral Health at a large federally qualified health center. Mariya has courageously supported and trained many teams of physicians, therapists, psychiatrists, and social workers to embody attunement and provide trauma-responsive, anti-oppressive counseling and addiction therapies to people and communities in need of healing.
ABOUT BRAINSPOTTING:
Brainspotting is a powerful, focused treatment method that works by identifying, processing and releasing core neurophysiological sources of emotional/body pain, trauma, dissociation and a variety of challenging symptoms. Brainspotting is a simultaneous form of diagnosis and treatment, enhanced with BioLateral sound, which is deep, direct, powerful yet focused and containing. Trainings are 9 am to 6 pm CDT each day and count for 21 clock hours that may count towards continuing education credits, depending on your state board licensing requirements.
Brainspotting identifies activated eye positions designated as Brainspots. Located through either one or both eyes, Brainspots are observed from either the “Inside Window” of the clients felt sense and/or the “Outside Window” of the clients’ reflexive responses (i.e., blink, eye twitches or wobbles, pupil dilation, quick breaths and subtle body shifts). Students will first learn the phenomenological approach that underpins strategies for Brainspotting, followed by strategies for identifying and processing Brainspots. Attention will be given to the utilization and integration of Brainspotting into ongoing treatment, including highly dissociative clients.
Brainspotting is adaptable to almost all areas of specialization. Brainspotting provides therapists with powerful tools to enable their patients to quickly and effectively process through the deep brain sources of many held traumas, emotional, somatic and performance problems.
PHASE 1:
In this 3-day introductory training, participants will learn four basic Brainspotting techniques, as well as receive an overview of the:
- standards of care and professional practice for Brainspotting practitioners
- research that supports the primary assumptions of Brainspotting
- challenges of research and evidence-based treatment for conditions such as Complex PTSD
This live Zoom training will be facilitated with didactic lecture, PowerPoint, handouts, role playing, dyad practice, and live demonstrations. Live attendance with camera access, sound, and a private space is required. Participants will learn to do the following:
Define the components of Brainspotting
Utilize the techniques of “Inside window”, “Outside window” and “Gazespotting” and “Body Resource” Brainspotting.
Define how Brainspotting can be applied to trauma, dissociation, sports performance problems and somatic conditions
Demonstrate the theories and practices of Brainspotting.
POST TRAINING CONSULTATION GROUPS:
To support integration of the material, two optional consultation groups will be offered after the training on the following dates:
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
2pm-3pm CDT
Wednesday, July 10th, 2024
10am- 11am CDT
AUDIENCE:
Psychologists, social workers, counselors, coaches, healing professionals with strong clinical backgrounds, current students, and interns
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Participants of this introductory-level course participants will be able to:
Summarize the standards of care and professional practice of the International Brainspotting Association.
Describe the hypothesized neurological underpinnings of how brainspotting works.
Summarize the research that supports the hypothesized way in which eye positions activate and accesses midbrain activity.
Explain the uncertainty principle as it relates to brainspotting.
Describe the concepts of simultaneous neurobiological and relational attunement.
Explain the importance of client-therapist attunement during brainspotting.
Explain how the treatment frame is set and held by the therapist.
Explain the role of focused mindfulness in brainspotting.
Discuss the similarities and differences between the activation and resource models of brainspotting.
Explain the concept of limbic countertransference.
Demonstrate a basic mastery of the use of the outside window brainspotting technique.
Demonstrate a basic mastery of the use of the inside window brainspotting technique.
Demonstrate a basic mastery of the use of the gaze spot brainspotting technique.
Demonstrate a basic mastery of the use of the resource model of brainspotting technique.
Assess the appropriate brainspotting techniques for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, including the Dissociative Subtype, and other trauma-related symptoms.
Describe two challenges to assessing and providing evidence-based treatment to individuals with Complex PTSD.
CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION:
Complimentary certificates of completion for 21 clock hours are sent out after the course for those who complete the entire training. However, we now also offer CEs through ASWB-ACE, NBCC, and NYS (New York State). CEs are a separate $40 purchase and must be purchased by the end of class. CEs are not available after the class ends.
You can buy CEs here: https://erenadigonis.ce-go.com/brainspotting-phase-1-training-online-june-7-9-2024. If you intend to get CEs, please also email us and let us know (you can contact us here) so that we can ensure you are on the final CE roster given to our CE host.
You will need to do your research on whether you qualify to use these. Each state has their own rules, and some will accept them, others will not. Full attendance is required, as well as the completion of an evaluation after the course. The evaluation will ask if you felt you learned the specific objectives listed above.
CANCELLATION POLICY:
We will provide you with a full refund if you cancel up to 14 days before the event (less $75 administrative fee per ticket purchased.) We do not offer partial refunds if you are unable to attend the entire training. However, we know that life situations arise, so please contact us if you have a special circumstance.
For fully licensed professionals or those who do not require a license to practice may register with this option.
If you are currently practicing under supervision (not able to practice independently)/have a provisional mental health license, you may register with the provisional license option. We will require verification of provisional status.
If you are a current pre-licensed student actively enrolled in a Master’s or Doctoral program or are retaking the course, please register using this option. We will require verification of student status, or the date of the training/trainer name for Phase 1 if you are retaking the course.