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A desktop or laptop is best, if you have access to a computer with a camera. This is both to allow as big a field of vision as possible of the video conference and make the clinician easy to see. If a tablet or cell phone must be used, it should be stationary (not being held in your hand) and set up to be eye level or close to it.

A device that can play audio (a cell phone with app capability, iPod, etc). To avoid technology conflicts and complications, it is ideal that this is a separate device from the one used for the telehealth conference. Using the same device is fine in a pinch, though may require some experimentation with volume levels to make sure there is a good balance of noise levels between the telehealth conference and the audio of the Brainspotting soundtrack.

The environment should be as distraction-free as possible. Pets should be put in a different room. On the devices being used, notifications and other noises (such as incoming call volume) should be turned off or muted, e-mail and messaging apps should be closed, and so on.

Before your Brainspotting session, a client will need:

What to expect

BRAINSPOTTING

Healing is different for every person and can even differ from session to session. This article by Adam Cruz explains his experience with brainspotting. Brainspotting works towards helping one trust the process that nature or a source greater than us designed, and the innate intelligence that we have inside of us. Accessing this information means expanding our comfort with uncertainty by letting go of expectations and defined outcomes. Healing is about learning to access our inner guidance, to discern our SELF voice from the imprints that we carry, to recognize the patterns we follow and choose the ones in alignment with ourselves.

This video helps explain some of the nuances that start to appear when we settle into stillness and access the world in a different way. We gain more mental bandwidth → increased availability → greater presence → increased richness in our experience. Sometimes the hardest part about change is recognizing it. As you change, your framework may also need updating, otherwise you will remain focused on your prior pattern and the metrics that guided it, leading you to miss out on what is different and what else is there.

Headphones

BRAINSPOTTING

The best headphones are those that go over the ear and do not limit environmental sounds (basically, the cheap kind). This allows the therapist to talk to the client through the telehealth platform while the Brainspotting audio track is running. Other headphones can work, too, though may require some adjustments. Headphones that normally cover the ear can be worn by partially covering the ear instead of covering it entirely, for example. Note that in order for the track to be effective, both ears need to receive the audio equally and the audio sound needs to be in stereo.