This paper discusses Brainspotting (BSP), a recently developed trauma psychotherapy. BSP contextualizes traumatic memories quickly and deeply through two unique features: 1) the use of the visual field to deepen focus, and 2) the use of therapeutic relationship to hold client's resiliency. Also discussed in this paper are common factors posited to underlie the effectiveness of trauma psychotherapy; these include relationship, explanation of the disorder and solution, and consistent interventions. Trauma therapists should seek to improve the use of common factors, especially working alliance and empathy, rather than learning multiple commercialized modalities.
<Author's abstract>
Brainspotting: A New Approach for Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD): Treating Trauma Using the Augmented Focus by Eye-gaze in the Visual Field, in Consideration of Common Factors
1 Tokyo Tamanet Counseling Office
2 Adams State University
2 Adams State University
Psychiatria et Neurologia Japonica
122: 781-788, 2020
<Keywords:complex PTSD, trauma psychotherapy, brainspotting, common factors>