***My newest tool in my Treatment Tool is Brainspotting™
Brainspotting™ (BSP) is at the leading edge of interventions designed to reduce human suffering and promote peak functioning. It is a family of mind/body techniques that are clinically observed to consistently treat a wide range of psychological conditions.
Brainspotting: Mindfulness Based Trauma Treatment
- This modality is a post modern Somatic Healing that locates points in the client’s visual field that help access unprocessed trauma in the subcortical brain.
- As a Certified Brainspotting Practitioner, I offer a new way to support your mind and body to locate, focus, process and release a wide range of emotionally and body based conditions.
- Several research papers have been published evidencing change and post traumatic psychological growth. Reach out to me for the links to the latest research
As a Certified Brainspotting Practitioner, I can help you process trauma and release it from your body. BSP can also enhance sports psychology and creativity. Many artists experience a liberation to express free from any blocks.
BSP is a trauma-informed model that considers how trauma affects your ability to regulate the nervous system and connection with others. We create an empathic, attuned containment where you can heal past experiences and even expand creativity.
Brainspotting is a powerful, focused treatment method that works by identifying, processing and releasing core neurophysiological sources of emotional/body pain, trauma, dissociation and a variety of challenging symptoms. Brainspotting is a simultaneous form of diagnosis and treatment, enhanced with BioLateral sound, which is deep, direct, powerful yet focused and containing.
Find more information at Brainspotting.com
IFS-Informed Therapy
Internal Family Systems therapy is a way to help people heal parts of themselves. Yolanda completed the IFS Circle, a 6-month training with Dick Schwartz and his team. After becoming familiar with the model, Yolanda has discovered this to be the most effective therapy stance, especially for treating trauma. It works hand-and-glove with Brainspotting or KAP and allows for clients to discover their multitudinous parts and heal themselves. As Dick says, “there are no bad parts.” See Psychology Today for more on this treatment.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/internal-family-systems-therapy
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is the gold standard CBT which utilizes bilateral stimulation (I have clients tap their opposite shoulders or knees themselves) in order to reprocess disturbing events. Yolanda uses this EMDR therapy for both little t and big T traumas. Often it is helpful after single incident trauma as well as multiple episode Trauma. Relationship issues that are painful often are based in old hurts that once processed can be relieved. EMDR is a revolutionary treatment which can help people put behind them disturbing thoughts or behaviors. In their place we “install” a calm and grounded place and a new belief about oneself. EMDR is helpful when clients are upset about a difficult life experience or car accident as well as something more significant such as Veterans with PTSD. Sexual assaults, abuse or childhood pain can be healed with EMDR. Yolanda is trained in Level II EMDR (and has practiced over 26 years) which allows for more severe wounds to be treated in the privacy of her practice.
EMDR therapy is an integrative psychotherapy tool that has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of Trauma. EMDR is effective for treating:
- Addiction
- Complicated Grief
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders
- Disturbing Memories
- Panic Attacks
- Performance Anxiety
- Phobias
- Stress Reduction
Ketamine-Assisted-Psychotherapy
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is a holistic modality in which ketamine is used as a complement to psychotherapy to help eligible patients experience more frequent breakthroughs and sustained improvement in symptoms. I take on the psychotherapy portion of the experience, while a medical team supports you on all medical aspects. This includes determining eligibility, developing a custom treatment plan, prescribing the medicine and monitoring outcomes. See Ketamine 101 in Menu bar for more information.
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavioral (MB-CBT)
CBT is a treatment form offering clients a new way of thinking about old problems. It pairs new behaviors with new thinking patterns. Yolanda often uses Brainspotting, Clinical Hypnosis and EMDR in order to help retrain stuck thinking /behavioral patterns. Talk therapy is what we think of when we think of psychotherapy, however it is a very pointed conversation about thought processes and behaviors which are un/wanted. Focusing on what you prefer to do and say to yourself is the primary goal of CBT in my psychotherapy counseling practice. Using Mindfulness exercises, clients are relaxed and in tune with their own experiences which gives velocity to changing behaviors and thinking patterns.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is an Attachment Therapy, a form of treatment focusing on the human being’s need for attachment beginning with and enduring long after childhood. When babies are born, they depend on their mother and then the primary caregiver for life. Attachment hormones keep parents focus on keeping the young alive. As we grow and develop, young children venture out and tend to look towards parents to identify if they are OK. Most psychology focuses on teens’ need to be independent and identify with others in order to grow up.
In teen relationships and eventually adult relationships, we are looking towards the other partner to validate and accept us the way we are. Truly we depend on that feeling of being attuned to and connected in order to feel safe in our relationship. Emotionally Focused Therapy is one of the most up to date psychology theories pointing to the immense need of human beings to be attached, safe and close with another. This early attachment from birth plays a role in how secure or insecure we are in partnership. EFT focuses on this important bond between youngsters and their caregivers and eventually significant love relationships. The connection between therapist and client can also mirror a safe and secure bond that can and will be replicated in future relationships.
Yolanda Yturralde, LMFT, practices psychotherapy from an Attachment Psychology Therapy approach. She finds that individuals and couples benefit from this Attachment-based Therapy. When individuals present with a relationship issue, it is often helpful to look at early patterns of attachment in order to attune to the deep seated needs which developed over a lifetime.
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
EFT is becoming a household word as Couples discover ways of being closer by addressing their attachment styles and how to begin to reach for each other in ways that are received. Developed by Dr. Susan Johnson, this research-based therapy helps couples regain closeness and solve their conflicts together. See Blog article for more information.
Sex Therapy
Trained in human sexual behavior, Yolanda offers a safe place to discuss sexual problems. Sex Therapy can be learning ways to aid painful sex, heal sexual abuse, or increase pleasure in loving encounters. Often sexual desire has waned. Many couples have a discrepancy in their needs for sexual contact. Talking about sex is a normal part of relationship psychotherapy and couples can gain much intimacy by having a safe place in which to do so. Individuals can gain healthy practices by receiving sex therapy alone before sharing pleasures with a partner. In EFT, couples build a solid base first and heal the raw spots left behind by past hurts before they venture into Sex Therapy.
Clinical Hypnosis
Clinical Hypnosis is a relaxation exercise led by Yolanda in counseling sessions. With your permission, a guided trance encourages positive self talk and mental rehearsal. Sports Psychology uses clinical hypnosis for athletes to visualize their game in advance. Studies show that people who spend the time to relax and have vision for their goals are more likely to achieve them. This is also true for smaller goals such as sleeping deeply and awakening rested, letting go of negative habits such as smoking, using substances, leaving toxic relationships and healing past abuse. I believe that all hypnosis is Self-hypnosis and once I teach you how to do this, you can use hypnosis on your own. I record your session for you on your phone and this allows you to listen to the mp3 on your own time. Clients report feeling extremely positive about this therapeutic approach and I love doing it for you. Come in for a session and experience it yourself!
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*******Brainspotting- Why?
Brainspotting is the most powerful trauma therapy technique that uses where you look to help you tap into your feelings and memories. The idea is that “where you look affects how you feel,” so by focusing your gaze in certain spots, you can unlock and release those hidden beliefs that might be holding you back. Plus, it helps you connect with a deeper, more intuitive side of yourself that you might struggle to access.
What makes Brainspotting really appealing is how fast it works! Instead of getting stuck in overthinking, it lets you dive straight into healing by connecting with the more instinctual part of your brain. This part is all about feelings, memories, and intuition, making it easier to work through tough stuff and come out stronger. If you’re looking for a way to level up your mental health, Brainspotting could be a game changer!
My niche is to help Californians who may have relocated to Texas or anyone in CA or TX who wants to work remotely.
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