By the end of this 3-day training, participants will be able to:

1. Articulate Conceptual Understanding
   
   
• Describe core Brainspotting principles and their relevance to neuro-affirming practice.
  
• Explain the neurodiversity paradigm and distinguish it from deficit-based and pathology models.
  
• Identify how neurobiological, sensory, and processing differences affect attunement and limbic co-regulation in Brainspotting.
  
  
2. Apply Clinical Language and Cultural Competence
   
   
• Use neuro-affirming language and avoid ableist terminology in clinical dialogue.
  
• Evaluate how intersectional factors (race, gender, culture, class, disability) shape neurodivergent client experiences.
  
• Apply culturally sensitive and inclusive practices when integrating Brainspotting with neurodivergent clients.
  
  
3. Apply Therapeutic Skills
   
   
• Modify Brainspotting setup, pacing, and language to support clients with alexithymia, low interoception, sensory sensitivities, and executive-function differences.
  
• Apply the Uncertainty Principle and No-Assumptions Principle in sessions with clients who have trauma-based or neurologically-based needs for clarity and predictability.
  
• Integrate physical health, sensory, and environmental considerations into Brainspotting for neurodivergent clients.
  
  
4. Increase Therapist Awareness and Reflexivity
   
   
• Analyze therapist limbic countertransference, implicit bias, and attunement challenges in ND-affirming work.
  
• Reflect critically on personal neurotype, privilege, and positionality in therapeutic relationships.
  
• Demonstrate flexibility and creativity when working with non-linear attention, monotropism, and alternative processing styles.
  
  
5. Demonstrate Clinical Integration and Competence
   
   
• Demonstrate ND-affirming Brainspotting adaptations in dyadic practice.
  
• Formulate neuro-affirming treatment goals that respect client autonomy, sensory needs, and processing styles.
  
• Synthesize neurodiversity-affirming principles with Brainspotting’s Dual Attunement Frame to enhance therapeutic safety and effectiveness.