*Please visit www.brainspotting.com for documentation and information regarding certification

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Certification Process:

• Completion of Phase 1 & Phase 2, with additional advance class, Phase 3, 4 or Masters. 

• 50 sessions documented and all paperwork submitted online.

• Attend a minimum of 6 sessions with a consultant.

• These trainings can be done in-person or virtual

 

For Recertification Process: (two years after certification)

• 9 Frame set up and submitted with all paperwork. 

• One consultation hour.​

• Complete your application, payment, and provide your documented hours and a copy of liability insurance (or request a waiver of liability insurance) to Brainspotting Trainings, LLC.

• Your consultant will provide you with their completed Consultant Report to be turned in with your application.

• Complete certification within 2 years of completing the final course needed to meet certification requirements.

• Sessions should be documented on the session form.

• Certification requires agreement to the Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Practice

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Two-Year Certification Renewal Requirements

To renew your certification every two years, you will need to complete:

Documentation in the 9 frame set-ups in Phase 1 & 2

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Document, in-depth, one of each of the nine Phase 1 and Phase 2 frame set-ups including the following:

• Date and Anonymous Brainspotting Recipient Identifier

• Presenting issue

• Frame Set-up used

• Briefly describe what motivated you to choose this frame set-up

• Briefly describe the recipient’s process

• Briefly describe your experience of the process (Consider reflecting on attunement, staying in the tail of the comet, limbic countertransference.
   

Please use the Renewal Documentation form.
 

Complete 1 hour of consultation* with an Approved Brainspotting Consultant.  
 

Use the prompts below to prepare for your consultation. No written documentation is required for the consultation meeting; instead, be ready to discuss the following prompts in detail.
 

• Review the Brainspotting Consultant’s Report and clearly identify at least 3 principles or practices that you feel are a strength and at least 3 principles or practices where you need  support.
   

• Provide an in-depth description of your experience of providing Brainspotting for an individual/couple or family, including how you’ve understood their process, how you have used Brainspotting with them, the ways Brainspotting has helped them, and how this experience has influenced your own practice.
   

• Describe how your own Brainspotting has continued to support you.
   

If you have any questions, Here is the direct link to the Brainspotting Certification Page .   

 

*All documents are required to be submitted online simultaneously.