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Within The Mind’s Eye: An Adventure in Seizing the Moment, an interview with Dr. David Grand

by Brooke Leigh Sheldon on November 25, 2009

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Music: Kevin MacLeod

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Moments Count Interviews Dr. David Grand, psychotherapist, author, film maker,  producer, and inventor of a revolutionary technique for healing trauma.

Please feel free to download as many copies of this interview as you wish.  If you or anyone you know needs this assistance, please provide them with a copy of this interview or with a link to this interview on our website.

To find a trained Brainspotting therapist in your area contact Dr. Grand’s assistant:

Laurie Delaney, BioLateral Business Manager
2415 Jerusalem Avenue, Suite 105
Bellmore, NY 11710

lauriedela@aol.com

Telephone: (516) 826-7996

To learn more about Brainspotting:

Dr. David Grand’s website:  http://www.brainspotting.pro

Lisa Schwarz website (Dr. Grand’s associate):  http://lisaschwarz.com/

Link to BSP trainers

Countries in which BSP training had taken place

Phase One Training DVD

To purchase Biolateral CDs or downloadable MP3 files

FREE 2-minute DOWNLOAD of Biolateral Sound from Dr. David Grand available at Ignite the Genius Within

David is the author of:


Focusing on a “target image” associated with a traumatic memory, the client is led through a step-by-step process of recalling scenes, emotions and physical sensations while receiving “bilateral stimulation” through guided eye movements, alternating sounds in headphones or alternately receiving squeezes, massaging rubs or taps on the left and right sides of the body. According to Grand, one-time traumas (car accidents, bombings, hurricanes) can be released in one session, even in a few minutes, while deeper disturbances (repeated child abuse, war experiences) may take longer and may involve additional methods of therapy. He provides compelling anecdotal evidence of EMDR’s effectiveness with train engineers traumatized by suicides and accidents on the tracks; survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing and Florida’s Hurricane Andrew; mothers of slain children in Brooklyn; residents of Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Israel and the occupied territories; survivors of child abuse; and professional actors and athletes.

Dr. David Grand produced a special audio CD to be used in conjunction with Ignite the Genius Within by Dr. Christine Ranck and Christopher Lee Nutter.  The book is a revolutionary multimedia instrument that provides an experience of heightened self awareness never before delivered in a book. Following no chronological order, providing no doctrine to believe, starting off with the premise that the person who picks it up isn’t learning about anything but themselves, Ignite the Genius Within turns the conventions of creativity and spirituality on their heads. The Artist’s Way for The Matrix generation, Ignite the Genius Within takes creativity out of a realm exclusive to “artists”, and redefines it as the power each of us have to turn every moment of life into a beautiful work of art.  Go to the website at to receive a FREE DOWNLOAD of biolateral sound by Dr. David Grand.

Additional Works by Dr. David Grand

I Witness: A play based on personal stories from the 9-11 disaster.

Come Hell or High Water (see trailer below) Documentary of BrainSpotting Healing of trauma victims of Hurricane Katrina.  CHHW is currently being submitted to film festivals around the world.  Watch for it in theaters in the coming year.

Dr. Grand’s projects in process

STSD, Cracking the Code of Sports Traumatic Stress Disorder with Alan Goldberg.  Look for it in 2010.

Trauma Doc: A television reality series in which David Grand travels with victims back to the scene of their trauma to help them confront the trauma and begin their process of healing.  Look for it in 2010.

Watch the trailer for Come Hell or High Water,  Dr. David Grand’s 2010 documentary covering his work healing trauma victims of hurricane Katrina.

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Where’s the inspiration?

by Brooke Leigh Sheldon on November 21, 2009

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Where do you find your inspiration? Who are your heroes? Can you count yourself a hero in your own life?

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Hey neighbor!

by Brooke Leigh Sheldon on November 15, 2009

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When my neighbors, Isiah and Natalie, come for a visit it’s a delight, an education and a reason to have hope for and confidence in the future. Meet the neighbors…

Music: New Friendly by Kevin MacLeod

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Fear: Beat it at its own game …

by Brooke Leigh Sheldon on August 14, 2009

Brave.
Courageous.
Great words.

photo by Jurvetson (flickr)

photo by Jurvetson (flickr)

I like ‘em.
Don’t’ you?
But, let’s be honest with each other. We only understand what they are if we acknowledge that we have stared into the flash-flame scarlet-hot eyes of – Fear.

I know Fear. I’d introduce you, but I’m sure you two have met before.
Now Fear and I, we have spent way too many hours glaring at one another.
We have yelled at one another across deafening black silence and hushing white noise.
We’ve tangled and wrestled ‘til both of us are battered and bloodied.
And I am only too aware the day will ne’er come when I will be completely free of my too familiar adversary, Fear.

People constantly look at one another and assume others are so much more “together” than they are. They don’t experience Fear.
I will assert to you, they may experience it differently, but they do experience it. Our friend Fear is a cross species experience. It is not something only you are held hostage by.
So as you read this, I believe you and I can look across this page at one another and know we are similar.
None of us is alone in this experience.
Every one of us has felt Fear.
Every one of us has known Fear.
Every one of us has lived in Fear.
Fear knows us and we know Fear, too well.

But, thankfully, we know the other side of the coin.
We may not always find the energy to move forward, make it through, push ahead, get it to happen, pull it out, go for it all, etc., etc.
But LOTS of times we do.
Lots of times WE DO.

And when we do we are COURAGEOUS. We are BRAVE.

You see despite the albatross around my neck with the tattooed moniker “Fear” upon its breast, I move forward in my life.
Each time I do I evoke the power of the word Courage.
I’ve learned from the wisdom of those who love me, I am “Brave”.
I have come to own the truth of this, painfully at times, I admit.
But I understand what it means to let Fear go, to beat Fear up, to push Fear aside.

Courageous.
Brave.
Are they words you’re comfortable with?
Are they words you attach to yourself?

Can you be with the thought of being “Brave?”
Or, of being Courageous?
Are these words you only offer to the behavior of others?

Courageous.
Brave.
Hold the words for a moment.

Now, move them closer to you.
Now a little closer, there, that’s good.

Let them belong to you.
C-O-U-R-A-G-E-O-U-S
B-R-A-V-E

I want you to recognize, as I take stock of often of in my world, you have lived your whole life moving past your fears.
You’ve started new jobs or opportunities, aware they seemed intimidating to you. That was courageous. That was brave.
You’ve opened your mind to original ideas and possibilities despite the fact you would have all new concepts to learn. You were courageous. You were brave.
Maybe, you’ll open your heart to someone you feel exciting feelings for even if you are afraid of getting hurt. This is courageous. This is brave.

To try. Courageous. Brave.
To expand. Courageous. Brave.
To give. Courageous. Brave.
To share. Courageous. Brave.
To love. Courageous. Brave.

To live. Courageous. Brave.

photo by Jurvetson (flickr)

photo by Jurvetson (flickr)

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