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Brainspotting · Phase 1

The training

August 7 to 9, 2026 · 9:00am to 6:00pm CDT · online

The four frame set-ups The three days, hour by hour

Three days with Mariya Javed-Payne, live on Zoom. You will learn four Brainspotting frame set-ups and practice each of them in dyads. This page holds the frame set-ups written out step by step, so you can follow the demonstration without scrambling to copy the slides, plus what you need to have ready before Friday morning.

What you will practise

Four frame set-ups over the three days, each one demonstrated and then practised in pairs. Every page prints and reads on a phone.

Outside Window
Reading the reflexive response: blinks, wobbles, a breath, a shift.
Inside Window
The client's own felt sense finding the spot, with you following.
Gazespotting
Noticing where the eyes have already gone, and staying there.
Resource Model
Body resource first, for capacity, dissociation and slower processing.

Each one is taught, demonstrated, practised in dyads and debriefed, in that order. The full timing is below.

The three days, hour by hour

All times Central Daylight Time. Timings shift with the room, so treat them as the shape of the day rather than a clock.

1
Friday
August 7 · Outside Window
9:00
Introductions
9:15
Overview of Phase 1
9:30
Teaching, with a break at 10:45
11:30
Demo: Outside Window, then debrief
1:00
Lunch
2:00
Review, then practicum: Outside Window
3:45
Debrief, break at 4:15
4:30
Demo: Inside Window, then debrief to 6:00
2
Saturday
August 8 · Inside Window, Gazespotting
9:00
Review of day one
9:45
Practicum: Inside Window, then debrief
11:30
Break
11:45
Demo: Gazespotting, then debrief
1:00
Lunch
2:00
Debrief continued, then review
2:30
Practicum: Gazespotting
4:15
Debrief, then questions to 6:00
3
Sunday
August 9 · Resource Model, Body Resource
9:00
Debrief and questions
9:15
Resource teaching, then questions
11:00
Dissociation and DID
11:45
Lunch
12:45
Demo: Body Resource, then debrief
2:30
Practicum: Body Resource
4:15
Debrief of the dyads
4:45
Populations and certification, closing at 6:00

Lunch is an hour, and there are two breaks a day. From the trainer's Phase 1 agenda.

Practical details

Trainer
Mariya Javed-Payne, MSW, LICSW, LADC. International Brainspotting Trainer and Consultant, Awaken Consulting Services.
Hours
9:00am to 6:00pm Central Daylight Time, Friday through Sunday. 21 clock hours in total.
Where
Live on Zoom, in English, with closed captioning on. Your link comes from Awaken Consulting Services by email.
Attendance
All three days, camera on, in a private space. Attendance is taken through the day and partial credit is not available.
Certificates and CEs
Certificates of completion for 21 clock hours arrive within a week. Accredited CEs are a separate $40 purchase and must be bought before the last day ends.
Recording
Please do not record any part of the training. The trainer's recording is internal only and is not shared.

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Before we start

What to have ready

A laptop or desktop. Tablets and phones make a hard three days on Zoom. Wired or strong wifi, camera and sound tested before Friday.
A pointer. Any light wand or slim stick. If yours has not arrived, a pen or a chopstick works for practicum.
Headphones. Bilateral sound is used throughout, and headphones keep practicum private.
A private room for all three days, for your own confidentiality and everyone else's.
Water, a snack, and something to write with. Days are long and the breaks are short.
Practicum

Taking care of yourself

You will take turns as therapist and as client, and what you bring as client is real. Choose something that matters to you but that you are willing to have moved in a room of colleagues.
You set the pace. You can slow down, change what you are working on, or stop, and your partner will follow you. Nothing has to be finished by the end of the round.
Facilitators move between the breakout rooms. Ask for one in the chat and someone will come and sit with you.
What happens in a practicum pair stays between you. Bring the frame set-up to the debrief, not your partner's story.
If more arrives than expected, here is what usually helps →

What you will be able to do afterwards

The learning objectives for the course, in the order they are taught.

  1. Summarize the standards of care and professional practice of the International Brainspotting Association.
  2. Describe the hypothesized neurological underpinnings of how Brainspotting works.
  3. Summarize the research supporting the way eye positions activate and access midbrain activity.
  4. Explain the uncertainty principle as it relates to Brainspotting.
  5. Describe simultaneous neurobiological and relational attunement.
  6. Explain the importance of client-therapist attunement during Brainspotting.
  7. Explain how the treatment frame is set and held by the therapist.
  8. Explain the role of focused mindfulness in Brainspotting.
  9. Discuss the similarities and differences between the activation and resource models.
  10. Explain the concept of limbic countertransference.
  11. Demonstrate basic mastery of Outside Window, Inside Window, Gazespotting and the Resource Model.
  12. Assess which frame set-up fits post-traumatic stress, including the dissociative subtype.
  13. Describe two challenges in assessing and treating Complex PTSD with evidence-based methods.
After the training

Two consultation groups

Optional, free, and the easiest way to keep the model alive once you are back with clients. Bring a question or just listen.

Group one
Tuesday, August 18
2:00 to 3:00pm CDT
Group two
Wednesday, September 2
10:00 to 11:00am CDT

Phase 1 and Phase 2 together meet the requirement for Brainspotting certification. How certification works →

Take it with you

Print it, write on it, or read it on your phone between rounds.

The handouts
All four Phase 1 frame set-ups, one per page, written out step by step.
Open Phase 1 handouts
Session notes
Type as the day goes, one space per session. Saves as you write, and you can email yourself a copy.
Open notes
For your hands
A fidget page and colouring sheets, for the long stretches of listening.
Fidget Colouring
Glossary
Every term used across the three days, in plain language.
Open the glossary
If this comes up
What usually helps when practicum brings more than expected, and when to bring a facilitator in.
Open the page
How the phases fit
Where Phase 1 sits, and what Phase 2 and beyond add.
The phases
Reading
Where to go next: books, papers and the research base.
Reading and resources
Search
Search every frame set-up and every page at once, by name or by any word you remember.
Search

Anything you need

Put it in the Zoom chat during the training. For accessibility needs, registration, CEs or anything before Friday: Awaken Consulting Services, mariya@awakenconsultingservices.com or 763-232-4694.

Access needs are easiest to meet if you send them ahead of the first morning.