Honoring the Mind, Integrating the Brain-Body Connection
Our cognitive understanding and self-awareness are vital tools in your healing journey. You may already understand your trauma, recognize your triggers, and have clear insights into your past. Yet, when stored survival stress is held deep within the subcortical brain and body, logic alone isn't always enough to help your nervous system feel completely safe.
"Where you look affects how you feel." Brainspotting builds upon your cognitive strengths by using eye positions to identify and access neurophysiological "brainspots" where unprocessed trauma and emotion are stored. By combining your mental clarity with targeted visual focus and somatic regulation, we help your brain and body complete the healing process together.
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Accelerated Therapy Intensives
Deep, concentrated trauma processing in focused 3 to 6-hour blocks. Intensives bypass months of incremental 50-minute appointments, giving your nervous system extended time and containment for uninterrupted healing.
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Somatic Integration
Pairing subcortical brainspotting with real-time nervous system regulation :such as breath anchoring, pendulation, and therapeutic movement ensuring you remain safely within your window of tolerance throughout processing.
you don't have to choose between your current therapist and deep trauma relief. Brainspotting can be integrated seamlessly into your ongoing therapy as a short-term, supplemental boost to help move through specific plateaus or stubborn survival patterns.
Integrated Adjunctive Care Regulation
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How We Deliver
Brainspotting Care
Consistent 50-minute individual sessions designed to systematically identify, process, and release trauma, chronic anxiety, body distress, and performance blocks at a steady, manageable pace within your routine.
Weekly Individual Sessions
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Advanced Brainspotting in East Dallas
Located in East Dallas near White Rock Lake (1151 N. Buckner Blvd), AP + Co Collective provides a quiet, intentional physical space for deep neuro-somatic work. Whether you are recovering from complex PTSD, eating disorders, or chronic stress, our in-person sessions offer a soothing, low-stimulation environment tailored for focused processing.
Prefer virtual care or traveling from out of town? We offer secure telehealth Brainspotting sessions and virtual therapy intensives across Texas, allowing you to engage in deep subcortical healing from the comfort and privacy of your home.
Is Brainspotting or an Intensive Right for You?
You feel like you've hit a plateau and want to access deeper emotional layers.
You experience physical symptoms of anxiety, panic, or trauma that words cannot fully explain.
You are looking for an accelerated therapy format (intensives) to make meaningful progress without waiting months.
You are a high-performer, athlete, or creative looking to clear internal blocks and restore confidence.
Meet Your Brainspotting Therapist
angela Prior
LCSW-S, ERYT, Brainspotting II Trained
Clinical Team
Eating Disorders, Trauma, Anxiety
What is Brainspotting and how does it work?
What is a Brainspotting Intensive and how is it structured?
How do I know if I am a good candidate for a Half-Day or Full-Day Intensive?
How does Brainspotting differ from EMDR?
Frequently Asked Questions About Brainspotting & Intensives
What is Brainspotting and how does it work?
How do I know if I am a good candidate for a Half-Day or Full-Day Intensive?
Brainspotting is a powerful, brain-body treatment method created by Dr. David Grand. It works on the premise that "where you look affects how you feel." By identifying a specific visual eye position (a "brainspot") corresponding to an internal physical or emotional sensation, we can locate and reprocess deeply held trauma stored in the subcortical brain.
What is a Brainspotting Intensive and how is it structured?
How does Brainspotting differ from EMDR?
Frequently Asked Questions About Brainspotting & Intensives
What is Brainspotting and how does it work?
What is a Brainspotting Intensive and how is it structured?
A Brainspotting Intensive is an accelerated therapeutic model offered in concentrated half-day (approx. 3 hours) or multi-day formats. Instead of dividing therapy into 50-minute weekly sessions over several months, an intensive gives you extended, uninterrupted time to process complex trauma, break through severe plateaus, and achieve deep neurophysiological stabilization faster.
How do I know if I am a good candidate for a Half-Day or Full-Day Intensive?
How does Brainspotting differ from EMDR?
Frequently Asked Questions About Brainspotting & Intensives
How do I know if I am a good candidate for a Half-Day or Full-Day Intensive?
How does Brainspotting differ from EMDR?
While both are evidence-based, neuro-somatic trauma treatments, EMDR relies on specific rapid eye movements and rigid protocol sets. Brainspotting uses a fixed eye position to maintain focus on a specific neural pathway, allowing for a more flexible, deeply somatic, and client-led processing experience.
What is Brainspotting and how does it work?
Frequently Asked Questions About Brainspotting & Intensives
What is a Brainspotting Intensive and how is it structured?
Intensives are ideal for individuals who want dedicated, focused time for healing, those traveling from out of town, or clients who feel stuck in standard weekly therapy. Prior to booking an intensive, we conduct an initial discovery call to ensure your nervous system has adequate grounding resources and safety measures in place for extended processing.
What is Brainspotting and how does it work?
What is a Brainspotting Intensive and how is it structured?
Frequently Asked Questions About Brainspotting & Intensives
How do I know if I am a good candidate for a Half-Day or Full-Day Intensive?
How does Brainspotting differ from EMDR?
Do I have to do both Yoga and Therapy?
What is Brainspotting and how does it work?
What is a Brainspotting Intensive and how is it structured?
How do I know if I am a good candidate for a Half-Day or Full-Day Intensive?
How does Brainspotting differ from EMDR?
Frequently Asked Questions About Brainspotting & Intensives
What is Brainspotting and how does it work?
Brainspotting is a powerful, brain-body treatment method created by Dr. David Grand. It works on the premise that "where you look affects how you feel." By identifying a specific visual eye position (a "brainspot") corresponding to an internal physical or emotional sensation, we can locate and reprocess deeply held trauma stored in the subcortical brain.
Frequently Asked Questions About Brainspotting & Intensives
What is a Brainspotting Intensive and how is it structured?
How do I know if I am a good candidate for a Half-Day or Full-Day Intensive?
How does Brainspotting differ from EMDR?
Traditional talk therapy helps you reframe negative thoughts about your body, but somatic therapy helps your nervous system feel safe inside your body. By tracking physical sensations and gently processing underlying shame, somatic tools help you move from self-critique to embodied self-compassion.
Frequently Asked Questions About Brainspotting & Intensives
What is Brainspotting and how does it work?
What is a Brainspotting Intensive and how is it structured?
How do I know if I am a good candidate for a Half-Day or Full-Day Intensive?
How does Brainspotting differ from EMDR?
While both are evidence-based, neuro-somatic trauma treatments, EMDR relies on specific rapid eye movements and rigid protocol sets. Brainspotting uses a fixed eye position to maintain focus on a specific neural pathway, allowing for a more flexible, deeply somatic, and client-led processing experience.
What is Brainspotting and how does it work?
What is a Brainspotting Intensive and how is it structured?
How does Brainspotting differ from EMDR?
Frequently Asked Questions About Brainspotting & Intensives
How do I know if I am a good candidate for a Half-Day or Full-Day Intensive?
Intensives are ideal for individuals who want dedicated, focused time for healing, those traveling from out of town, or clients who feel stuck in standard weekly therapy. Prior to booking an intensive, we conduct an initial discovery call to ensure your nervous system has adequate grounding resources and safety measures in place for extended processing.
What is Brainspotting and how does it work?
What is a Brainspotting Intensive and how is it structured?
How do I know if I am a good candidate for a Half-Day or Full-Day Intensive?
How does Brainspotting differ from EMDR?
Frequently Asked Questions About Brainspotting & Intensives
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angela Prior
LCSW-S, ERYT, Brainspotting
AP Counseing + Yoga Clinical Team
Eating Disorders, Trauma, Anxiety , Chronic Health Coniditions
The AP + Co Clinical Specialists
Our Community Partners are Independent practitioners operating within our collective home, sharing our non-diet and trauma-informed framework.
Olivia Smith
LMSW, MDIV, EMDR Trained
AP Counseling + Yoga Clinical Team
ADHD, Trauma Recovery
Amy Goins
LPC, MS, EMDR Trained
Community Partner
Grief, Trauma,
Wendy Watts
LCSW, EMDR Trained
CommunityPartner
Trauma, Maternal Mental Health
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