John R Edwards, LCSW

08/29/2025

Hello folks:�

Brainspotting Phase 1: For LGBTQ+ Professionals - September 2025�

Date: September 26th, 27th, 28th, 2025
(Friday/Saturday/Sunday)�

Time: 7:30am to 4:30pm Pacific time
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Location: Online via Zoom - camera on training.�

Trainer: John R. Edwards, LCSW�

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This is only Brainspotting Phase 1: For LGBTQ+ professionals for the remainder of 2025. The 2026 schedule has not been determined at this time.�

Thanks.

07/28/2025

Brainspotting Phase 1 - For LGBTQ+ Professionals.

Date: August 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 2025.

Time: 7:30am to 4:30pm Pacific Time

Online via Zoom - Camera On training.

Trainer: John R. Edwards, LCSW

Cost:
$645 - standard
$525 - pre-independent clinical licensure
$400 - student
$400 - repeat Brainspotting Phase 1.

02/03/2025

Brainspotting Phase 1: Attuning to BIPOC Experiences
Hybrid - In person - Honolulu, Hawaii and Live Online via Zoom
Sponsored by
The University of Hawai'i Manoa
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
Hemenway Hall
2445 Campus Road, Honolulu, HI 96822
Dates: April 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 2025 - Wednesday/Thursday/Friday
Time: 8:30am to 5:30pm Hawai'i Time - Each day.
100% Attendance required on ALL Three Days
Trainers
John R. Edwards, LCSW, International Brainspotting Trainer
Linnea Swanson, PsyD, MA, LMFT, International Brainspotting Trainer
Cost:
$745 - Standard
$645 - Pre-Independent clinical license
$400 - Student
$400 - Repeat of Phase 1
CEs:
This program is approved by the National Association of Social Workers - Hawai’i Chapter (Approval HI62792023-176) for up to 21 Social Work continuing education contact hour(s).

12/28/2024

Start 2025 with a BIPOC Brainspotting Phase 1 training.

Online via Zoom

Two weekends - January 10th & 11th - Friday/Saturday
and January 18th, 2025 - Saturday

Time: 7:30am to 4:30pm Pacific Time Each day

100% Attendance required on ALL Three Days

Cost: Standard - $645, Pre-independent clinical licensure - $525 and Student - $400

Note: BIPOC only trainings are not permitted to offer CEs per the rules and regulations of CE organizations. The curriculum is the same as non BIPOC Brainspotting Phase 1 training. Please check with your board to see if you can self report CEs.

09/09/2024

BIPOC Brainspotting Phase 1

Online via Zoom

Dates: November, 7th, 8th, 9th, 2024 - Thursday/Friday/Saturday.

Time: 7am to 4pm Pacific Time.

Cost: $645 - standard, $525 - pre-license, $400- student enrolled in a masters or doctoral mental health related degree program.

Trainers: John Edwards, LCSW and Linnea Swanson, PsyD, MA, LMFT.

Registration link:
https://form.jotform.com/241994154606159

No CEs: BIPOC only trainings are not eligible for CE per current CE regulation

07/22/2024

BIPOC Brainspotting Phase 1

Date: August 23, 24, 25, 2024 Friday/Saturday/Sunday
Online via Zoom
Time: 7am to 4pm Pacific Time

Cost:
$645 Standard registration
$525 pre-license rate
$400 Student rate (must be enrolled in a mental health related degree program.

05/03/2024

Hello folks,

BIPOC Brainspotting Phase 1

Dates: May 9th, 10th, 11th, 2024 Thursday/Friday/Saturday

Time: 7 am to 4 pm Pacific time.

03/05/2024

Plan B: Looking for a BIPOC actor and athlete for Saturday March 9th for demos-online for a BIPOC Brainspottting Phase 3

Morning - Athlete around 10:45 am pacific time.

Afternoon - Actor/Musician 3:15 pm pacific time

Email me at bsptrainer@westcoastpsychotherapy.com

02/15/2024

Announcement.
Saturday February 17th, 2024
Time: 8:30 am to 10:30 am Pacific Time USA
Live Brainspotting session for a recent traumatic event.
Cost: $40 - All proceeds benefit Brainspotting Help
Registration link now added:
https://form.jotform.com/bsphelp/bsp-demo
Brainspotting Session - Process and discussion
Observe Monika Baumann, Brainspotting Trainer, work as the Brainspotting therapist in real-time with John Edwards, the client, who experienced a recent traumatic event.
1. Observe how the Brainspotting frame setup process unfolds. Beyond the "What setup do I use for X, Y, Z?"
2. Observe a real time Brainspotting session with a real person on a real recent traumatic event.
3. Observe your responses and reactions throughout the process.
4. Discussion period.
English only for now due to the last-minute nature.
The event will be recorded, and we hope to have it available for purchase with all proceeds benefitting Brainspotting Help.
Thanks.

Please click the link to complete this form.

01/16/2024

Brainspotting Phase 1 - All are welcome
February 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 2024 - Online via Zoom Thursday/Friday/Saturday

Time: 7:30 am to 4:430 pm Pacific Time.

Cost: $745-standard, $525-pre-independent clinical licensure, $400-student (see registration page for additional information)

Many clinicians are eager to learn and engage in leading edge practices and modalities that do more than symptom management but promote healing and recovery for their clients.
Become a Brainspotting (BSP) trained professional! This Brainspotting Phase 1 is the foundational training and prepares you to be a beginning Brainspotting professional. Throughout the training, you will learn the neuroexperiential model - the Brainspotting perspective of working with a wide array of clients and client issues.

Brainspotting is a powerful and effective brain based (limbic system) and body (somatic) approach to healing and wellness that harnesses the nervous system’s ability to reorganize and realign itself, enhancing resilience and facilitating change. Discovered in 2003 by psychotherapist Dr. David Grand, Brainspotting accesses the brain-body's innate self-scanning and self-healing capacities in the context of neurobiological and relational attunement. In Brainspotting, a person's brain-body activation around a particular issue is paired with a relevant eye position, called a Brainspot, that locates, processes and releases trauma, allowing the brain-body system to regain homeostasis.

This training comprises theory, live demonstrations, practice and Q&A periods. Upon completion of this beginning Brainspotting Phase 1 training, professionals are able to return to their practices and provide Brainspotting to clients.

For registration and training information, please visit:
https://www.westcoastpsychotherapy.com/brainspotting-phase-1-febraury-2024

01/07/2024

Sharing this article from The Psychotherapy Network magazine about Brainspotting - a powerful psychotherapy modality. As some of you know, I am a Brainspotting practitioner and trainer. I was trained directly by David Grand and continued to be mentored by him. I have co-trained with him multiple times, including online, in Atlanta and New Orleans.

https://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/article/turning-the-spotlight-on-brainspotting/?fbclid=IwAR1em4LPxBL3eWRmnB7FAYcekeIeqQdE8sirItpqOAOO-LD-9DjmJdpGlVc

A look at the rise, mysteries, and controversies of Brainspotting, David Grand’s popular trauma-processing technique.

11/07/2023

BIPOC Brainspotting Phase 1

Date: December 1, 2, 3, 2023 (Friday/Saturday/Sunday)

Time: 7:30 am to 4:30 pm Pacific Time

Online via Zoom.

Trainer: John R Edwards, LCSW

For information and registration:

This is a Brainspotting Phase 1 training specifically for therapists of color. This is the first ever of its kind training to meet the unique needs of therapists of color.