Why Fall Is the Right Time to Start Brainspotting Therapy
As the intense summer heat finally softens and the Phoenix days grow shorter, many of us feel a natural pull to slow down and turn inward. There is a collective sigh of relief in the air. This quiet period of transition provides a unique and supportive opportunity to begin a new chapter of healing with brainspotting therapy in Phoenix. If you have been carrying a heavy weight, this season can be a powerful time to gently set it down, address what you’ve been carrying, and find a lasting sense of grounding.
You may feel a quiet longing for a "reset" before the year ends. Perhaps you are hoping to feel more centered and prepared for the upcoming holiday season, rather than just bracing yourself to get through it. This post will explore why autumn is such a supportive and motivational time to start your brainspotting journey. It can help you feel calmer, more connected to yourself, and ready to embrace what lies ahead with a sense of peace.
Aligning with Autumn’s Energy: A Season for Letting Go
Nature itself provides us with beautiful metaphors for our own internal processes. Autumn is a season of release. All around us, trees are shedding their leaves, letting go of what is no longer needed to conserve energy for the rest ahead. We can draw strength from this natural cycle, using the season’s gentle energy to support us in letting go of old patterns, emotional burdens, and past hurts that no longer serve us. The pace of life often shifts in the fall. We move from the high-energy, outward-facing nature of summer to the introspective, grounding quality of autumn.
Think of this shift as a gentle invitation from the world around you to slow down, listen to your body, and create space for the deep inner work that brainspotting facilitates. When the world outside isn’t demanding so much of you, it becomes easier to hear the quiet whispers of your own needs. It’s a time to come home to yourself. This introspective atmosphere can make it feel safer and more accessible to explore your inner world, to gently touch upon the places within you that are calling for attention and care.
Proactive Healing: Finding Your Ground Before the Holidays
Starting therapy now is a profound gift to your future self. We all know that while the holidays can be a source of joy and connection, they can also bring a unique set of stressors. The pressures of family dynamics, financial strain, and packed social schedules can feel overwhelming, especially if you are already feeling depleted. Beginning your work with a brainspotting therapist in the fall is a proactive, compassionate way to care for yourself before that season of high demand arrives.
Think of it as building a sturdy foundation of calm before the winter winds begin to blow. Brainspotting Therapy can help you build a "toolkit" of inner resources. By starting now, you give yourself the time and space to develop greater self-awareness, learn new emotional regulation skills, and deepen your capacity for self-compassion. You create a stable internal foundation to stand on when life gets busy or challenging. This work isn't about bracing for impact; it's about nurturing your own resilience so that you can remain centered amidst the storm.
Imagine What a Calmer Holiday Season Could Feel Like For You.
Instead of feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or just surviving from one event to the next, you could move through the season with more presence. You could navigate difficult conversations with more ease and set boundaries that honor your needs. Such a foundation would empower you to truly savor the moments of connection and joy that mean the most to you. This is the profound peace that proactive healing during the holidays can gently offer.
A Deeper Approach to Healing: How Brainspotting Can Help You Reset
If you're reading this, you may have already tried other ways to heal. For many people, talking about their pain over and over again can become exhausting, or they may feel that traditional talk therapy hasn't brought the deep, lasting relief they long for. Brainspotting offers a different, gentler path. It is a powerful, brain-body therapy founded on the principle that "where you look affects how you feel." It uses your own field of vision to access the parts of your brain where unresolved experiences, trauma, and emotional distress are stored. The most beautiful part of this process is that it works with your body's own innate wisdom to heal itself.
You don't have to carry the burden of figuring it all out. For many, retelling a traumatic story can feel re-traumatizing and can even reinforce the neural pathways of that pain. Brainspotting allows for healing to occur on a deeper, subcortical level of the brain, a place that words alone often cannot reach. A skilled brainspotting therapist acts as a gentle and attuned guide in this process. They help you find specific eye positions, or "Brainspots," that connect to the neurophysiological source of your distress. By simply holding your gaze there, in a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship, your brain and body can begin to process and release what has been held for so long.
This Approach is Profoundly Effective For Those Who Feel "Stuck."
It can provide immense relief for issues such as anxiety, the lingering effects of trauma, creative blocks, and persistent feelings of being disconnected from yourself or others. The goal of brainspotting is not to fix something that is broken within you, because you are not broken. It is about compassionately removing the barriers that are in the way, allowing your system to complete its own natural, organic healing process.
Your Healing Journey Awaits
This season of change holds a powerful and unique invitation, to turn toward yourself with the same kindness and care you so readily offer to others. The gentle energy of autumn, with its quiet call to go inward, combined with the profound nature of brainspotting, can create a deeply nurturing container for your healing to unfold. Taking that first step on a healing journey requires tremendous courage, but you do not have to carry your burdens alone any longer. Healing is not only possible, but it is your birthright. You deserve to feel safe, whole, and at peace in your own body and mind. Embracing a therapeutic path like brainspotting is an act of profound self-compassion, allowing your own system the space it needs to find its way back to itself.
Is This Fall the Perfect Time to Begin Brainspotting Therapy in Phoenix?
If this season of letting go is calling to you, you don't have to answer it alone. Perhaps you've been waiting for the right moment to finally address the weight you’ve been carrying. The quiet invitation of autumn is here, offering a soft place to land and begin anew. At Through It All Counseling, Brainspotting therapy in Phoenix provides a path to healing that honors your body's own pace and wisdom. It’s a space where you don’t have to have all the words, you just have to be willing to start.
Healing isn't about pushing harder; it’s about creating the safety to finally soften, to reconnect with yourself, and to remember that you are worthy of peace. If you’re ready to let this be the season you invest in your own well-being, I’m here to walk that path with you.
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More Therapy Services Offered at Through It All Counseling
Healing isn’t one-size-fits-all, and that’s what makes it so powerful. At Through It All Counseling, I offer a range of integrative, creative, and evidence-based therapies designed to meet you (or your child) exactly where you are. Whether you’re processing the impact of trauma, adjusting to a life transition, or simply feeling disconnected from your body, there’s space for your healing here.
In addition to Brainspotting Therapy in Phoenix, I offer Play Therapy, Expressive Arts, Bibliotherapy, and Creative Art Therapy for children and teens who thrive through imagination, movement, and nonverbal expression. For adults and families, I integrate Polyvagal-informed care, Mindfulness-Based Interventions, and Family Systems Therapy—alongside practical tools such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing.
These approaches aren’t rigid protocols. They’re gentle, intentional ways of reconnecting with your body’s natural rhythm and helping your nervous system feel safe enough to heal. No matter your story, I’m here to walk with you, with care, curiosity, and deep respect for your lived experience.
About the Author
Cristina Yturralde, M.C., LPC, is a certified Brainspotting therapist and consultant who offers somatic therapy in Phoenix. With decades of experience supporting individuals and families through trauma and overwhelm, she brings a warm, grounded, and deeply compassionate presence to her work. Cristina believes that true healing happens when we honor the mind-body connection and listen to our own inner wisdom.
At her practice, Through It All Counseling, she integrates Brainspotting with other gentle modalities like Play Therapy, Expressive Arts, and Polyvagal-informed care. Her approach is dedicated to helping children, teens, and adults feel more grounded, connected, and whole. She understands that healing is a journey, not a destination, and meets each client with a steady presence and an open heart. If you're ready to explore a more connected way of being, Cristina is here to support you.