Clinical Conversation
Brainspotting in Practice: When and Why to Use It with Clients
Guest: Dr. Kathryn (Kathy) Shafer, PhD, LCSW, CAP, CâIAYT, 500RYT, LFYT
Live Training: June 17th | 1:00 PM Central TimeÂ
On-Demand:Â Available one week after the live event
What do you actually do in the room when EMDR is not quite landing, talk therapy feels flat, and your clientâs body is telling you more than their words? Join us for a clinically honest, shame free Clinical Conversation with integrative trauma therapist, author, and Brainspotting consultant Dr. Kathy Shafer as we look at when Brainspotting belongs in your work and how to explain the âwhyâ to your clients.
You will leave with practical language and decision points you can bring into EMDR therapist training groups, trauma therapist training spaces, supervision hours, and your everyday work with complex trauma.
 In this conversation, we will explore:
- How Brainspotting fits alongside EMDR and other brainbody therapies, and when it may be the better doorway into stuck material
- Clinical indicators that a client is a good candidate for Brainspotting, including addiction, acute stress, grief, and chronic bodyâbased tension
- Ways Brainspotting can deepen work you already do through EMDR therapist training and EMDR consultant certification, rather than replacing it
- How to âframeâ a Brainspotting session for diverse clients so they understand what you are doing and feel safe participating
- Concrete examples from Dr. Kathyâs integrative work with The FUNÂŽ Program, EMDR, Brainspotting, Yoga Nidra, and sound as healing modalities
- Simple brainbody selfâregulation practices you can use in your own nervous system so you stay grounded while clients access intense materialÂ
This is not a scripted webinar. It is a live, one hour conversation with real time chat and Q&A, created for working clinicians who want tools they can actually use this week.
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You do not have to be EMDR trained to join us. If you are already engaged in EMDR therapist training or advanced trauma therapist training, these conversations help you integrate what you are learning with the messy, realâtime decisions you make with clients every day.
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About Guest, Dr. Kathryn (Kathy) Shafer
Dr. Kathryn Shafer is an integrative, somatic, licensed psychotherapist based in Jupiter, Florida. She is certified in EMDR and is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant, a Certified Addiction Professional, Certified Brainspotting Therapist and Consultant, Certified Yoga Therapist, and Certified Biofield Sound Healer.
As an author and mental health, trauma, and addiction expert, Dr. Kathy has presented at more than forty workshops internationally. She is the creator of The FUNÂŽ Program, a cognitive behavioral lifestyle approach featured in her books Asthma Free in 21 Days and Falling Awake: The FUNÂŽ Guide to EMDR, Brainspotting, and Yoga Nidra. In her private practice she provides individual, family, and group psychotherapy, including a coâed recovery group for addiction. She is especially passionate about helping individuals, families, and couples coping with betrayal, complex trauma, and ongoing life challenges.
As both an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and Brainspotting Consultant, Dr. Kathy offers guidance on how to frame sessions with diverse clients across a variety of settings. As a Certified Yoga Therapist she teaches clients how to release tension in the body to support cognitive processing, and her use of sound draws on the science of frequency and vibration as additional healing pathways.
She offers a comprehensive toolbox of strategies and techniques that can be used inside therapy sessions or as standâalone selfâcare. These include case conceptualization, mental imagery, directing attention to sensations in the body, focused eye movements and gaze positions, and more. Drawing on extensive, internationally recognized and evidenceâbased research, Dr. Kathyâs trainings are both accessible and innovative. Clinicians leave better equipped to diversify their scope of practice and support deeper healing through the integrative potential of The FUNÂŽ Program, EMDR, Brainspotting, and Yoga Nidra.
This isnât a webinar. Itâs a real conversation. Honest. Raw. Clinically useful.
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