Specalized Truama Therapy Using Brainspotting and Cognitive Processing Therapy

My Clinical Speciality

My speciality is helping adults heal from emotional abuse and high control environments using Brainspotting, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CBT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS). These approaches are especially effective for clients who struggle with chronic guilt, people- pleasing, anxiety, and self doubt after years of emotional control.

Many of my clients grew up or lived in environments where their thoughts, emotional or autonomy were restricted. Over time, this can shape both the nervous system and deeply held believes about responsibility, safety, and worth. Brainspotting, CPT, and IFS allow us to work with all these layers in a way that is respectful, paced, and empowering.

Why Brainspotting and CPT Work Well Together

Emotional abuse often leaves behind two layers of impact. One lives in the body and the nervous system. The other lives in beliefs shaped by guilt, fear, and obligation

This combination allows therapy to move beyond insight alone and toward lasting emotional and cognitive change.

Brainspotting helps access and process trauma stored beneath conscious awareness. CPT helps examine and shift the beliefs that developed as a result of emotional control. Together, they create a comprehensive and flexible approach to healing.

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Brainspotting for Emotional Abuse and Control

Brainspotting is a brain-based therapy that works with the nervous system rather than forcing you to talk through every detail of what happened. It is especially helpful for adults whose trauma feels hard to explain or who notice emotional reactions that feel automatic.

Clients from high-control environments often learned to stay alert, compliant, or disconnected from their own needs. Brainspotting helps the nervous system release these patterns at a pace that feels safe and respectful.

Brainspotting may be helpful if you:

  • Feel triggered without knowing why

  • Experience anxiety or shutdown in relationships

  • Struggle to feel safe trusting yourself

  • Notice emotional reactions that feel out of proportion

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for Guilt and Self Blame

Cognitive Processing Therapy focuses on the beliefs formed through trauma, particularly beliefs about responsibility, safety, trust, power, and worth.

Adults raised in emotionally controlling environments often internalize messages such as:
• It is my job to keep others comfortable
• Setting boundaries is selfish
• My needs cause problems

CPT provides a structured, evidence-based way to identify and gently challenge these beliefs while building a more balanced and self-trusting perspective.

CPT may be helpful if you:

  • Feel intense guilt for prioritizing yourself

  • Struggle with shame or self-blame

  • Want a clear, structured approach to healing

  • Feel stuck in repetitive thought patterns

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Internal Family Systems (IFS) for People- Pleasing and Inner Conflict

Internal Family Systems therapy helps you understand the different “parts” of yourself that developed in response to emotional control, criticism, or instability.

In high-control environments, parts often formed to keep you safe. These might include a people-pleasing part, an anxious part, a perfectionistic part, or a part that shuts down to avoid conflict. IFS does not try to eliminate these parts. Instead, it helps you understand their protective roles and build a healthier relationship with them.

IFS creates space for self-compassion, internal trust, and choice rather than fear-based reactions.

IFS may be helpful if you:

  • Feel torn between wanting boundaries and fearing rejection

  • Notice strong inner criticism or self-doubt

  • Feel overwhelmed by emotions that seem to conflict

  • Want to stop fighting parts of yourself