Research on the Efficacy of Brainspotting
Skepticism may be a part of the process. And the research shows that brainspotting works, for real.
Corrigan, F., & Grand, D. (2013). Brainspotting: recruiting the midbrain for accessing and healing sensorimotor memories of traumatic activation. Medical hypotheses, 80(6), 759–766. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2013.03.005
D'Antoni, F., Matiz, A., Fabbro, F., & Crescentini, C. (2022). Psychotherapeutic Techniques for Distressing Memories: A Comparative Study between EMDR, Brainspotting, and Body Scan Meditation. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(3), 1142. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031142
Grand, D., Hildebrand, A., & Stemmler, M. (2017). A preliminary study of the efficacy of Brainspotting – a new therapy for the treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 5(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.6092/2282-1619/2017.5.1376
Horton, L. M., Schwartzberg, C., Goldberg, C. D., Grieve, F. G., & Brdecka, L. E. (2023). Brainspotting: A Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. International Body Psychotherapy Journal, 22(2).
Masson, Joanic & Amal, Bernoussi & Simplice, Moukouta. (2017). Brainspotting Therapy: About a Bataclan Victim. Global Journal of Health Science. 9. 103-103. 10.5539/gjhs.v9n7p103.
Palsimon, T. O., Jr. (2022). The preliminary efficacy and clinical applicability of Brainspotting among Filipino women with severe posttraumatic stress disorder. Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 24(1), 54–64.
Talbot, J., de la Salle, S., & Jaworska, N. (2023). A Paradigm Shift in Trauma Treatment: Converging Evidence for a Novel Adaptation of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie, 68(4), 283–285. https://doi.org/10.1177/07067437221142283
