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Learn how to use self-Brainspotting safely for mild, present-day stress and resource building, including clear boundaries, stopping signals, and a gentle guided practice.

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.