This workshop on Expansion Brainspotting will help attendees understand how important Expansion Brainspotting is in alleviating the profound suffering of our most vulnerable clients as well as facilitating higher performance and strengthening desired states of being. With lecture, step by step instructions, case presentations, demonstrations, practicums, and easy to use hand-outs; attendees will learn how to effectively use Expansion Brainspotting with the majority of their clients with exponentially more effective results.

At the end of this course, participants will understand how important Expansion BSP is in alleviating the profound suffering of our most vulnerable clients. They will experience the infinite and transcendent healing power of Expansion Brainspots versus the less potent available with Body Resourcing. Participants will be able to facilitate higher levels of functioning in their clients, improve performance in daily life, and strengthen self-worth and desired states of being for their clients. This course will reinforce that Expansion Brainspots strengthen positive neural networks and can fast-forward the changes wanted most. With over 14 frames taught in this course, while practicing three or more frames during class, participants will be able to use Expansion Brainspotting effectively with the majority of their clients.

1. Participants will review concepts from Brainpotting Phase 1, such as two critical core concepts (tail of the comet
   and WAIT) and three symptoms of clients who are stuck on or stuck off (FFFF).
    
2. Participants will be able to distinguish between the three types of Brainspotting (Activated, Resource, Expansion).
    
3. Participants will be able to identify the three times Expansion Spots are indicated.
    
4. Participants will identify three types of clients who might benefit from Expansion Brainspotting.
    
5. Participants will evaluate the importance of resources in a client’s life, determine how to distinguish between fragile and well-resourced clients, and be able to give three examples of positive resources.
    
6. Participants will discuss reasons how and why spirituality can be used in Expansion to help heal trauma.
    
7. Participants will be able to infer two ways that Expansion can get better outcomes for their clients with less suffering by understanding how being in a regulated state applies.
    
8. Participants will be able to utilize the seven steps of setting up the Basic Expansion Frame in practicum.
    
9. Understand three additional Expansion Frames for Double Spotting (Healing Overeating/ Other Bad Habits, Truth
   and Lie Double Spotting for Negative Cognitions, and Healing Social Anxiety).
10. Participants will be able to give examples of three phases they could use to help their client expand in their thinking
    during a session.
11. Participants will differentiate between negative and positive cognitions and determine how to use this in an Expansion session.
12. Participants will be able to apply the ten steps of Double Spotting with Activated and Expansion Spots together
    through practicum to deprogram lies that breed shame and self-loathing.
13. Participants will be able to classify the different frames into the three categories of Expansion Brainspotting
    (Basic, Double Spotting, and Performance).
14. Participants will be able to define the YIPS, consider that performance injuries are both physical and emotional, and
    list at least five people that would benefit from Performance Expansion.
15. Participants will explore thirteen ideas to do effective Performance Expansion frames.
16. Participants will practice using eight Intake Questions to ask clients to find Expansion goals.
17. Participants will role play the steps of at least one Performance Expansion frame during practicum.

FRIDAY

• 8:45-9:00: First day only, Introductions of trainers, staff, and assistants
• 9:00-9:15: EDI Statement, Welcome, etc.
  • The importance of inclusivity, diversity and equity while utilizing Brainspotting with clients and as active
    participants in the class.
• 9:15-10:30: PowerPoint
  • Participants will learn a myriad of ways Expansion can be utilized for every client issue, they will learn the
    appropriate language to use if they do speak during processing, they will learn the steps of setting up every
    Expansion Frame, Expansion will be compare and contrasted to what they already know, Activated and Resource
    BSP. Five specific Expansion frames will be taught step by step.
• 10:30-10:45: Break
• 10:45-11:45: Demonstration of Basic Expansion Model with Debrief
  • Participants will deepen their understanding of how to conduct their own Expansion sessions by witnessing a live demonstration.
• 11:45-12:30: Break
• 12:30-2:00 Basic Expansion Practicum
  • Clinicians will be paired together with one attendee being the “client” and receiving the technique and then
    switching to the therapist role to practice giving a session.
• 2:00-2:30 Debrief Expansion Practicum, Closing
  • To further the understanding of the steps of Expansion Frame

SATURDAY

• 9:00-9:15: Check in, review of previous day 
  • Time to integrate the learning from day one and to check in on the volunteer from the demonstration. Time is
    given for questions and answers.
• 9:15-9:45: Continue PowerPoint 
  • Teaching the most important language to use while conducting Expansion session, teach the ten steps of Double
    Spotting as well as how to utilize for clients with “programmed” negative cognitions, those with social anxiety
    and poor decisions such as overeating or drinking or working.
• 9:45-10:30: Demonstration of Double Spotting Expansion
  • Embody learning of Double Spotting by witnessing a live demonstration
• 10:30-10:45: Break
• 10:45-11:00: Debrief Demo
  • To further the understanding and ask questions related to the demo
• 11:00-12:30: Double Spotting Expansion Practicum
  • Clinicians will be paired together with one attendee being the “client” and receiving the technique and then
    switching to the therapist role to practice giving a session. This assists in participants being prepared and ready
    to do Double Spotting when they go back to work.
• 12:30-1:15: Break
• 1:15-1:45: Debrief the Double Spotting Expansion Practicum
  • To further the understanding of the Double Spotting Expansion model.
• 1:45-2:30: PowerPoint on Performance Expansion
  • Performance Expansion Brainspotting will be taught more broadly in terms of any performance goal from
    getting organized, working out more, or eating better. The steps to the Performance Enhancement Frame will be
    taught as well as re-finding lost creativity or performance in the aftermath or trauma. Sports and Creative
    performance frames will be taught as well as doing proper Intakes for Expansion.

SUNDAY

• 9:00-9:45: Check in, review of previous days Power Point.
  • Time to integrate the learning from the first two days and to check in on the volunteers from the demonstrations.
    Time is given for participant questions and answers and to expand on the specific Frames.
• 9:45-10:30: Demonstration of Performance Expansion
  • Embody and deepen the learning of Performance Expansion by witnessing a live demonstration.
• 10:30-10:45: Break
• 10:45-11:00: Debrief Demo
  • To further the understanding and ask questions related to the demo
• 11:00-12:30: Performance Expansion Practicum
  • Clinicians will be paired together with one attendee being the “client” and receiving the technique and then
    switching to the therapist role to practice giving a session. This allows participants to feel ready to do Performance
    Expansion with their clients after the class.
• 12:30-1:15: Break
• 1:15-1:45: Debrief the Performance Expansion Practicum
  • To further the understanding of the Performance Expansion model.
• 1:45-2:30: Final Q&A
  • This is the final Q and A until the free consultation included in the course about 3 weeks after the course ends.
    The main point is to give time to answer anything that would stand in the way of participants feeling competent in
    utilizing this model with their clients.