Brainspotting Therapists in San Jose, CA
Emotions are the language of energy. In this language, there are critical messages to be understood. Emotions communicate what your needs are. Your mind translates this information so that needs can be met. Sometimes, it feels unsafe to acknowledge your emotions so the intellect, instead, pushes emotions down. With emotions silenced, you become deprived of connection to yourself, to others and needs go unmet. In this deprivation, you also lose authenticity. The call to acknowledgement returns, again and again, louder and louder.
Emotions are the language of energy. In this language, there are critical messages to be understood. Emotions communicate what your needs are. Your mind translates this information so that needs can be met. Sometimes, it feels unsafe to acknowledge your emotions so the intellect, instead, pushes emotions down. With emotions silenced, you become deprived of connection to yourself, to others and needs go unmet. In this deprivation, you also lose authenticity. The call to acknowledgement returns, again and again, louder and louder.
Katie DiNapoli
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, EMDR, BSP, ART, TIST
2 Endorsed
San Jose, CA 95125
" My toolkit includes EMDR, ART, Brainspotting, IFS, TIST, CBT, DBT, plus specialized training in youth mental health & parenting.
Welcome! Finding a therapist is exhausting, and being here is a big step. If you’ve felt stuck, "too much," or deeply misunderstood in therapy before, you are not broken. You're likely carrying pain that deserves real, intentional care. I work with folks from all walks of life—you don't need to identify as LGBTQIA+ to work with me. At the same time, my practice is firmly rooted in anti-oppressive healing, sex positivity, and LGBTQIA+ affirming care. Whoever you are, your identity, relationships, and choices are honored, never pathologized. You don't have to tone yourself down here.
" My toolkit includes EMDR, ART, Brainspotting, IFS, TIST, CBT, DBT, plus specialized training in youth mental health & parenting.
Welcome! Finding a therapist is exhausting, and being here is a big step. If you’ve felt stuck, "too much," or deeply misunderstood in therapy before, you are not broken. You're likely carrying pain that deserves real, intentional care. I work with folks from all walks of life—you don't need to identify as LGBTQIA+ to work with me. At the same time, my practice is firmly rooted in anti-oppressive healing, sex positivity, and LGBTQIA+ affirming care. Whoever you are, your identity, relationships, and choices are honored, never pathologized. You don't have to tone yourself down here.
As a therapist and yoga teacher, I also use creative tools to weave in mind-and-body interventions, such as EMDR, Somatic Therapy, Brainspotting.
I believe that healing is an art that takes time, practice, and love. Your healing needs to be done with utmost care and with the highest intentions. As an intergenerational trauma specialist, you and I will become archeologists of your past, uncovering the missing pieces to help you become whole again. In this journey, we leave no stones unturned. Though I work with most individuals and couples, I especially love to work with mothers, healers, therapists, nurses, and those in the caring field. I also love to work with artists, writers, and soul seekers who wants to better connect with themselves to further their creations.
As a therapist and yoga teacher, I also use creative tools to weave in mind-and-body interventions, such as EMDR, Somatic Therapy, Brainspotting.
I believe that healing is an art that takes time, practice, and love. Your healing needs to be done with utmost care and with the highest intentions. As an intergenerational trauma specialist, you and I will become archeologists of your past, uncovering the missing pieces to help you become whole again. In this journey, we leave no stones unturned. Though I work with most individuals and couples, I especially love to work with mothers, healers, therapists, nurses, and those in the caring field. I also love to work with artists, writers, and soul seekers who wants to better connect with themselves to further their creations.
Angela Li Brainspotting Therapist Trauma Therapist
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MA
San Jose, CA 95124
I'm Certified in Brainspotting Therapy (equiv. to EMDR), a powerful approach that can help accurately access and process deep-seated emotions in the brain.
Are trauma, anxiety and insecurity controlling your life, preventing you from pursuing your dreams and living life to the fullest? Do you relive the past as if it were happening right now? Your head knows better, but it fails to convince your heart otherwise. As horrible as those experiences were in the past, they continue to zap away your joy and confidence today. You might even avoid situations that trigger the feelings. Are there any lost part of you that you'd like to return to? Do others believe in your competence more than you believe in yourself? What would it be like if life was driven by passion and joy, not fear or shame?
I'm Certified in Brainspotting Therapy (equiv. to EMDR), a powerful approach that can help accurately access and process deep-seated emotions in the brain.
Are trauma, anxiety and insecurity controlling your life, preventing you from pursuing your dreams and living life to the fullest? Do you relive the past as if it were happening right now? Your head knows better, but it fails to convince your heart otherwise. As horrible as those experiences were in the past, they continue to zap away your joy and confidence today. You might even avoid situations that trigger the feelings. Are there any lost part of you that you'd like to return to? Do others believe in your competence more than you believe in yourself? What would it be like if life was driven by passion and joy, not fear or shame?
Using somatic therapy, IFS, Brainspotting, EMDR, and hypnotherapy, we work to heal the nervous system, process painful experiences, and help you feel more grounded, connected, and resilient.
Do you feel stuck in cycles of anxiety, depression, disconnection, or patterns that no longer serve you? You don’t have to navigate it alone. I work with teens and adults struggling with anxiety, trauma, relationship challenges, and multicultural stressors, including acculturation, family dynamics, and intergenerational patterns. Together, we create a space where you can better understand yourself, heal emotional wounds, and move toward a more grounded and fulfilling life.
Using somatic therapy, IFS, Brainspotting, EMDR, and hypnotherapy, we work to heal the nervous system, process painful experiences, and help you feel more grounded, connected, and resilient.
Do you feel stuck in cycles of anxiety, depression, disconnection, or patterns that no longer serve you? You don’t have to navigate it alone. I work with teens and adults struggling with anxiety, trauma, relationship challenges, and multicultural stressors, including acculturation, family dynamics, and intergenerational patterns. Together, we create a space where you can better understand yourself, heal emotional wounds, and move toward a more grounded and fulfilling life.
I welcome individuals who are navigating a wide range of experiences, from life transitions and adjustment concerns to the lasting effects of significant trauma. Many people come to therapy feeling anxious, emotionally heavy, or disconnected and hoping for both a compassionate space to be deeply understood and practical support that makes everyday life feel easier. I see therapy as a collaborative relationship—one where we listen with curiosity and care, build useful skills together, and gently work toward a life that feels more balanced and meaningful.
I welcome individuals who are navigating a wide range of experiences, from life transitions and adjustment concerns to the lasting effects of significant trauma. Many people come to therapy feeling anxious, emotionally heavy, or disconnected and hoping for both a compassionate space to be deeply understood and practical support that makes everyday life feel easier. I see therapy as a collaborative relationship—one where we listen with curiosity and care, build useful skills together, and gently work toward a life that feels more balanced and meaningful.
Eileen Motozaki: Brainspotting, EMDR & Flash
Associate Professional Clinical Counselor, MA, APCC
5 Endorsed
San Jose, CA 95124
Waitlist for new clients
I am certified in Brainspotting and trained in EMDR and Advanced Flash Technique.
Are you feeling stuck? When life is overwhelming, we need someone to help us navigate our challenges. You are worthy of support. You are the expert on you, and I consider it an honor to walk with you through your pain and struggles. I am passionate about helping you overcome negative beliefs that hold you back so you can find new pathways in relating to yourself and others. I welcome the opportunity to integrate your spirituality into the process of bringing lasting change.
I am certified in Brainspotting and trained in EMDR and Advanced Flash Technique.
Are you feeling stuck? When life is overwhelming, we need someone to help us navigate our challenges. You are worthy of support. You are the expert on you, and I consider it an honor to walk with you through your pain and struggles. I am passionate about helping you overcome negative beliefs that hold you back so you can find new pathways in relating to yourself and others. I welcome the opportunity to integrate your spirituality into the process of bringing lasting change.
I draw from EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Brainspotting, and somatic therapies to support trauma processing and nervous system regulation, integrating CBT and mindfulness when helpful.
You may look capable, accomplished, and put together from the outside. You are thoughtful, self-aware, and often the person others rely on. You may understand your patterns intellectually, yet still feel anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or exhausted from carrying so much. Insight alone has not changed what you feel. These patterns are not random. They often reflect attachment wounds, trauma, cultural expectations, and the ways you learned to survive and stay connected.
I draw from EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Brainspotting, and somatic therapies to support trauma processing and nervous system regulation, integrating CBT and mindfulness when helpful.
You may look capable, accomplished, and put together from the outside. You are thoughtful, self-aware, and often the person others rely on. You may understand your patterns intellectually, yet still feel anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or exhausted from carrying so much. Insight alone has not changed what you feel. These patterns are not random. They often reflect attachment wounds, trauma, cultural expectations, and the ways you learned to survive and stay connected.
I specialize in trauma processing using BrainSpotting and Trauma Resiliency Model.
Are you going through internal struggle due to trauma? Do you feel anxious and depressed about the future? Do you struggle with family issues and relationship issues? I’m willing to meet you where you are, help you process unwanted thoughts and emotions, and help develop an action plan to effectively cultivate your healing and growth. I’m here to help you explore unresolved feelings (anxiety, depression, anger, helplessness, grief, etc.) and develop skills to effectively cope with them. Thus, you can feel relieved and fulfilled in your relationship with yourself and others.
I specialize in trauma processing using BrainSpotting and Trauma Resiliency Model.
Are you going through internal struggle due to trauma? Do you feel anxious and depressed about the future? Do you struggle with family issues and relationship issues? I’m willing to meet you where you are, help you process unwanted thoughts and emotions, and help develop an action plan to effectively cultivate your healing and growth. I’m here to help you explore unresolved feelings (anxiety, depression, anger, helplessness, grief, etc.) and develop skills to effectively cope with them. Thus, you can feel relieved and fulfilled in your relationship with yourself and others.
Your childhood was rough, so you've learned how to do it all since you couldn't always count on your family. You wanted a different life for yourself, so you always pushed hard to prove to yourself & everyone else that you're different. You're the one everyone goes to, you're the planner, the one who gets stuff done, but behind the curtain you feel like you're constantly in fake-it-til-you-make it mode. You just keep doing more & pushing yourself, since that's what has always worked so far. But you're tired and burnt out, and you're looking for more in your life and your relationships.
Your childhood was rough, so you've learned how to do it all since you couldn't always count on your family. You wanted a different life for yourself, so you always pushed hard to prove to yourself & everyone else that you're different. You're the one everyone goes to, you're the planner, the one who gets stuff done, but behind the curtain you feel like you're constantly in fake-it-til-you-make it mode. You just keep doing more & pushing yourself, since that's what has always worked so far. But you're tired and burnt out, and you're looking for more in your life and your relationships.
Amy R Swenson - Empowered Reproduction
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
2 Endorsed
San Jose, CA 95128
Now offering Brainspotting.
I have a special interest in helping navigate the overwhelm and distress of infertility, IVF, pregnancy after infertility/loss, postpartum, & parenting. I can help adults manage depression, anxiety, and relationship issues, and express and integrate feelings related to family transitions. New coaching offering: Empowered Conceptions, Pregnancy, & Postpartum.
Now offering Brainspotting.
I have a special interest in helping navigate the overwhelm and distress of infertility, IVF, pregnancy after infertility/loss, postpartum, & parenting. I can help adults manage depression, anxiety, and relationship issues, and express and integrate feelings related to family transitions. New coaching offering: Empowered Conceptions, Pregnancy, & Postpartum.
Trained in Brainspotting, IFS, Polyvagal, and Structural Family Therapy, I help clients reconnect with their bodies, heal emotional wounds, and restore balance in relationships.
You don’t understand why your family causes you so many sleepless nights. You need someone to talk to but feel shame bringing up family issues or you don’t know where to start. You try to please everyone but you end up being the unhappy one. You cut off toxic family relationships but this leaves you feeling guilt, loneliness, and resentment. To prove yourself, you work hard and sometimes overcompensate. Past unresolved issues consume your energy, make you question yourself, and become hesitant to try a new relationship. You don’t want to be your parents but you don’t know how not to. You doubt if you can live a different life.
Trained in Brainspotting, IFS, Polyvagal, and Structural Family Therapy, I help clients reconnect with their bodies, heal emotional wounds, and restore balance in relationships.
You don’t understand why your family causes you so many sleepless nights. You need someone to talk to but feel shame bringing up family issues or you don’t know where to start. You try to please everyone but you end up being the unhappy one. You cut off toxic family relationships but this leaves you feeling guilt, loneliness, and resentment. To prove yourself, you work hard and sometimes overcompensate. Past unresolved issues consume your energy, make you question yourself, and become hesitant to try a new relationship. You don’t want to be your parents but you don’t know how not to. You doubt if you can live a different life.
Christian Counseling Collective has provided mental health services, support, and educational training to the Bay Area community for more than 30+ Years. Our team of 50+ therapists are passionate about caring for your emotional, mental, and relational needs through our broad range of clinical expertise. We are here to help!
Christian Counseling Collective has provided mental health services, support, and educational training to the Bay Area community for more than 30+ Years. Our team of 50+ therapists are passionate about caring for your emotional, mental, and relational needs through our broad range of clinical expertise. We are here to help!
Lisa believes that healing takes courage, vulnerability and perseverance. She would be honored to walk alongside you and help tend to the areas of life that have felt too heavy for too long. Her goal is to be a safe, non-judgmental space where you can feel supported in navigating challenges and barriers to your goals and the life you envision. She is passionate about people finding strength and courage to live authentically. Her hope is to create a space where you feel empowered to heal, grow and equipped with tools, embark on your journey full of hope and possibility.
Lisa believes that healing takes courage, vulnerability and perseverance. She would be honored to walk alongside you and help tend to the areas of life that have felt too heavy for too long. Her goal is to be a safe, non-judgmental space where you can feel supported in navigating challenges and barriers to your goals and the life you envision. She is passionate about people finding strength and courage to live authentically. Her hope is to create a space where you feel empowered to heal, grow and equipped with tools, embark on your journey full of hope and possibility.
A typical treatment plan involve creating a safe space to process memories with somatic tools like Brainspotting allowing neurological process, body-based tools to calm the nervous system, and gently working through patterns that no longer serve you.
Are you struggling with feelings of shame, low self-esteem, or a lack of self-worth? Are you going through a challenging phase or a significant life transition?
If you want to grow personally, seek guidance to navigate life changes, improve your quality of life, and become the best version of yourself—stronger, more confident, and healed—seeking support can be beneficial, and I am here to help.
A typical treatment plan involve creating a safe space to process memories with somatic tools like Brainspotting allowing neurological process, body-based tools to calm the nervous system, and gently working through patterns that no longer serve you.
Are you struggling with feelings of shame, low self-esteem, or a lack of self-worth? Are you going through a challenging phase or a significant life transition?
If you want to grow personally, seek guidance to navigate life changes, improve your quality of life, and become the best version of yourself—stronger, more confident, and healed—seeking support can be beneficial, and I am here to help.
We offer therapy for Pacific Mind Health patients who are also receiving care through our medication management program, providing a connected and supportive treatment experience. Yasmine Shahbaz is a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in depression, anxiety, mood disorders, eating disorders, addiction, relationship conflicts, suicidal and self-harm ideation, and trauma. She has extensive experience working with LGBTQIA+ communities and is strongly rooted in social justice. She uses a culturally informed, patient-centered, progressive approach to compassionately meet patients where they are.
We offer therapy for Pacific Mind Health patients who are also receiving care through our medication management program, providing a connected and supportive treatment experience. Yasmine Shahbaz is a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in depression, anxiety, mood disorders, eating disorders, addiction, relationship conflicts, suicidal and self-harm ideation, and trauma. She has extensive experience working with LGBTQIA+ communities and is strongly rooted in social justice. She uses a culturally informed, patient-centered, progressive approach to compassionately meet patients where they are.
I integrate psychotherapy with Brainspotting to support both emotional processing and nervous system regulation, helping clients find more flexibility, stability, and relief from patterns that no longer serve them.
You understand your patterns. You’re just tired of feeling stuck.
Many of my clients are thoughtful, insightful people who have spent years trying to understand themselves. They’ve read the books, reflected deeply, and can often explain exactly why they feel the way they do. Yet despite all that insight, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, or the same relationship patterns continue to show up.
If you’ve ever thought, “I know what’s happening, but I still can’t seem to change it,” you’re not alone.My work focuses on helping your brain and nervous system catch up with what you already know.
I integrate psychotherapy with Brainspotting to support both emotional processing and nervous system regulation, helping clients find more flexibility, stability, and relief from patterns that no longer serve them.
You understand your patterns. You’re just tired of feeling stuck.
Many of my clients are thoughtful, insightful people who have spent years trying to understand themselves. They’ve read the books, reflected deeply, and can often explain exactly why they feel the way they do. Yet despite all that insight, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, or the same relationship patterns continue to show up.
If you’ve ever thought, “I know what’s happening, but I still can’t seem to change it,” you’re not alone.My work focuses on helping your brain and nervous system catch up with what you already know.
Using Brainspotting, somatic therapy, and parts work, I help clients honor the parts of themselves that learned to survive, heal from trauma, and create space to finally exhale.
You've spent so much of your life being the caretaker, the cycle breaker, the strong one. You're the person others rely on, the one who holds everything together, and the one who keeps going even when you're exhausted.
Maybe you've achieved a lot on the outside, but inside you're carrying the weight of trauma, family or cultural expectations, people-pleasing, perfectionism, masking, or the feeling that your worth is measured by what you do rather than who you are. You may find yourself caring for everyone else while struggling to make space for your own needs, feelings, and desires.
Using Brainspotting, somatic therapy, and parts work, I help clients honor the parts of themselves that learned to survive, heal from trauma, and create space to finally exhale.
You've spent so much of your life being the caretaker, the cycle breaker, the strong one. You're the person others rely on, the one who holds everything together, and the one who keeps going even when you're exhausted.
Maybe you've achieved a lot on the outside, but inside you're carrying the weight of trauma, family or cultural expectations, people-pleasing, perfectionism, masking, or the feeling that your worth is measured by what you do rather than who you are. You may find yourself caring for everyone else while struggling to make space for your own needs, feelings, and desires.
I'm really excited about Brainspotting and Rapid Resolution Therapy.
Are you a smart, out-of-the box thinker? I value curiosity, connection, and compassion when it comes to lifestyle, gender, sexuality, relationship, spiritual practices, and every other form of individual expression. I am committed to meeting you as a unique individual and offering support whatever your challenges. My hope is that you will leave our sessions feeling heard, strong and hopeful. I use various modalities, including Rapid Resolution Therapy to address what may be blocking desired change.
I'm really excited about Brainspotting and Rapid Resolution Therapy.
Are you a smart, out-of-the box thinker? I value curiosity, connection, and compassion when it comes to lifestyle, gender, sexuality, relationship, spiritual practices, and every other form of individual expression. I am committed to meeting you as a unique individual and offering support whatever your challenges. My hope is that you will leave our sessions feeling heard, strong and hopeful. I use various modalities, including Rapid Resolution Therapy to address what may be blocking desired change.
Our work is experiential, includes somatic practices and other process-oriented approaches, like Brainspotting, with reflection and sprinkle of humor as a resilience-builder, shaped by my lawyerly wit and a belief in human capacity.
You’re capable, thoughtful, and quietly exhausted. Life moves forward — work, relationships, responsibilities — but inside there’s a low-grade ache of being stuck, anxious, disconnected, or something you haven’t quite found words for yet.
Maybe you’re navigating burnout, relationship strain, or a life transition that shook your footing. You may sense these patterns didn’t start yesterday. You’re not looking for quick-fix, surface solutions. You want clarity, emotional steadiness, and a deeper understanding of yourself — so life feels less like managing and more like living.
Our work is experiential, includes somatic practices and other process-oriented approaches, like Brainspotting, with reflection and sprinkle of humor as a resilience-builder, shaped by my lawyerly wit and a belief in human capacity.
You’re capable, thoughtful, and quietly exhausted. Life moves forward — work, relationships, responsibilities — but inside there’s a low-grade ache of being stuck, anxious, disconnected, or something you haven’t quite found words for yet.
Maybe you’re navigating burnout, relationship strain, or a life transition that shook your footing. You may sense these patterns didn’t start yesterday. You’re not looking for quick-fix, surface solutions. You want clarity, emotional steadiness, and a deeper understanding of yourself — so life feels less like managing and more like living.
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Brainspotting Therapists
How does brainspotting work?
Brainspotting works by using eye positioning to identify and process traumatic memories so that a client is better able to move forward and live with less fear. The theory behind brainspotting is that by identifying where a person looks when thinking of traumatic memories, a therapist will be able to guide them to focus on that spot and work with the client to get them out of the “fight, flight, freeze” response associated with the traumatic memory.
Is brainspotting an evidence-based therapy?
Brainspotting is a theory-based alternative therapy. It is one of the newest forms of treatment, so very little research has been completed that examines the mechanism by which it works. The theory behind brainspotting is that eye position can be linked to areas of the brain that store and process memory.
How effective is brainspotting?
Because it is such a new treatment, the effectiveness of brainspotting cannot be quantified. Some people have found it to be effective on its own, or in conjunction with other types of therapy. It is considered an alternative therapy, and it is popular with people for whom more traditional therapies have proven ineffective.
How long does brainspotting take to work?
A typical brainspotting session will last between 60 to 90 minutes. There is no required number of sessions needed to complete brainspotting therapy, but in many cases it is delivered over the course of about six sessions. Clients are encouraged to rate their level of distress prior to a session and again following a session, and to track progress.