Unlocking Deeper Healing: Brainspotting Therapy with Inspiration from Mercedes Floresislas
When traditional talk therapy reaches a limit, our bodies often carry what our minds cannot release. Brainspotting is a powerful brain-body technique that helps access and transform trauma, anxiety, fears, and more. At Unapologetically-You Therapy, we offer Brainspotting both in person in Midtown Sacramento, California, and online for clients across California.
Inspiration for meaningful change can come from many places, one of which is Mercedes Floresislas, a Therapist in Southern California whose work and insights reinforce how important it is to integrate heart, body, and mind in healing. (See her talk here: Mercedes Floresislas Video)
Understanding Brainspotting
Brainspotting (often abbreviated BSP) is a therapeutic method that taps into the body’s own internal radar. By locating specific visual “spots” connected to emotional or physiological responses, a therapist helps guide your attention to process deeper emotional material. The approach works through the brain-body connection, gently moving stuck energy from the nervous system into integration and healing.
What makes Brainspotting unique is that it doesn’t rely only on words… it taps into what is happening beneath the surface. That makes it especially useful for trauma, chronic anxiety, fears, or any emotional material that resists talk therapy.
Benefits of Brainspotting
Clients often report shifts such as:
Reduction in trauma symptoms, PTSD, anxiety, or depression
Greater emotional regulation and clarity
Alleviation of physical tension or discomfort tied to emotional stress
Deepened grounding, inner safety, and resilience
Breakthroughs in areas where other therapies seemed stuck
Because Brainspotting accesses subcortical brain regions, it can facilitate quicker access to emotional or somatic relief than talk alone.
Mercedes Floresislas: A Model for Integration
Mercedes Floresislas, a licensed social worker in Southern California, models the integration of personal story, clinical insight, and cultural awareness in her approach to therapy. Her voice, as seen in the linked video, underscores the importance of vulnerability, presence, and weaving together mind and body healing. Her work reminds us that healing is rarely only mental, it must include the body, context, and relationship.
Integrating her perspective strengthens our commitment at Unapologetically-You Therapy: that true transformation involves both emotional processing and embodied integration.
Brainspotting at Unapologetically-You Therapy
In Midtown Sacramento
If you're local to Midtown Sacramento, in-person Brainspotting sessions allow for greater attunement to your body and subtle cues. In our office, we use safe, trauma-informed practices to help you feel grounded, held, and supported as you access deeper layers of healing.
Online Across California
No matter where you live in California, you can still benefit from Brainspotting via telehealth. Using secure, HIPAA-compliant video platforms, we guide you to find your brainspots, track shifts, and integrate new insight, all from the comfort of your own space.
What Happens in a Session
Check-In & Intention Setting
We begin with what’s most present for you… stress, emotion, sensations, or memory, and set a gentle intention.Spot Finding & Activation
I guide your gaze to find the spot(s) in your visual field that correlate to emotional activation.Processing with Support
Holding attention at that spot lets the body speak. I offer gentle guidance, resourcing, and attunement to help you stay grounded.Integration & Reflection
We slow down after processing, checking in with your body and noticing shifts. You’ll often gain new awareness or release what’s been held.
Some clients feel subtle change in one session; deeper work often unfolds over multiple sessions.
Who Will Benefit
Brainspotting is an excellent fit if you:
Have traumatic or overwhelming experiences
Experience anxiety, panic, or chronic stress
Carry emotional tension or reactivity
Find that talk therapy alone isn’t enough
Want embodied healing that aligns mind, brain, and body
Begin Healing with Brainspotting
At Unapologetically-You Therapy, I believe healing is possible, especially when we engage all parts of you: your narrative, your emotions, and your body’s wisdom. Whether in Midtown Sacramento or online across California, Brainspotting offers a pathway to deeper emotional resilience and transformation.
Drawing inspiration from clinicians like Mercedes Floresislas, we honor the full integrity of your lived experience in therapy. If you're ready to explore Brainspotting, or you feel stuck in talk therapy alone, reach out to schedule a consultation. Let’s find your path forward, one brain-body shift at a time.
