Sometimes our current life is negatively impacted by past events where we felt helpless, overwhelmed, or trapped.  The memories from these events may be recorded deep in our brain and body as frozen fragments- bits and pieces of unresolved traumatic experience.  At times our nervous system and brain may react as if we are still in past overwhelming, demeaning, threatening experiences.  ​

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​​According to the technique's founder, David Grand, PhD,, Brainspotting (BSP) is a technique that may help harness "the mind and body's natural self-scanning, self healing ability to dismantle the trauma, distress, and beliefs at the subconscious core to free the mind and body".