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A free IFS Academy course on Brainspotting versus EMDR: their shared roots and where they fork, fixed gaze versus bilateral eye movement, the open frame versus the eight-phase protocol, the honest difference in their evidence bases, and the practical questions that guide choosing between them. Every lesson ends with a Brainspotting practice so you can begin applying the skill.

A free IFS Academy course on self-brainspotting (BSP): where solo work fits and where a professional does, the self-spotting setup with an ordinary pen for a pointer, self-resource-spotting and self-gazespotting described step by step, and the ease-off signal that makes it all trustworthy. Every lesson ends with a Brainspotting practice so you can begin applying the skill.

A free IFS Academy course on Expansion Brainspotting (BSP) for performance and creativity: performance blocks as frozen moments, sports trauma, the yips and why effort feeds them, spotting the block, and the Expansion Model's expansion spot for growing your best state on demand. Every lesson ends with a Brainspotting practice so you can begin applying the skill.