Tired of Talk Therapy?
- Diana Cheng
- Sep 21
- 3 min read

Maybe you’ve spent months—or even years—trying to make sense of your struggles through talk therapy. You’ve explained your story, connected the dots, and analyzed every detail. Yet, despite your insight, the same emotions and patterns keep showing up. You might be wondering: Why am I still stuck?
Here’s the truth: not everything can be solved by talking. Many of our deepest wounds are stored in the body, not just the mind. That’s where Brainspotting comes in.
What Makes Brainspotting Different?
Unlike traditional talk therapy, Brainspotting bypasses overthinking and goes straight to where trauma, stress, and emotional blocks are held in the brain and body. By using the position of your eyes to access these deeper layers, Brainspotting helps your nervous system process and release what words alone cannot touch.
How Brainspotting Works (Without Talking)
One of the most unique aspects of Brainspotting is that it doesn’t rely on talking. You can talk if you want to—but you don’t have to.
Here’s how it usually works:
Finding the Spot: Together, you and Diana will identify a specific eye position (called a “brainspot”) that connects to the part of your brain holding an emotion, memory, or sensation.
Staying With It: Instead of analyzing or explaining, you simply stay present with what you’re feeling. Sometimes that means noticing body sensations, images, or emotions as they shift.
Deep Processing: Your brain and body naturally begin to process what’s been stuck. This can feel like waves of emotion moving through, physical tension releasing, or a quiet sense of relief washing over you.
Integration: The session allows your nervous system to reorganize, often leaving you calmer, lighter, and more grounded.
Some clients choose to describe their experience as it unfolds; others prefer silence and just focus inward. Both are equally effective. Brainspotting honors the wisdom of your body and nervous system, allowing healing to happen without the pressure of finding the “right” words.
This is what makes it so powerful for people who feel drained by constant talking, or who struggle to put their experiences into words. Sometimes silence is exactly what you need.
Who Is Brainspotting For?
People often turn to Brainspotting when:
Trauma or PTSD won’t fully heal through talking
Anxiety or panic keeps showing up despite logic
Grief and loss feel overwhelming
Chronic stress or body tension never seems to ease
Addictions and compulsions feel rooted in something deeper
Depression lingers, even with insight
Performance blocks hold you back in sports, art, or leadership
Beyond the Brain: Bodyspotting
What makes Diana’s approach even more unique is her training in Bodyspotting, a specialty within Brainspotting. While traditional Brainspotting uses eye positions to locate unprocessed trauma in the brain, Bodyspotting focuses on areas of the body that hold tension or triggers.
For example, if you consistently feel a knot in your stomach during stress, or tightness in your chest when recalling certain memories, these sensations can become gateways into healing. Diana works with these body-based entry points to release stored pain and bring your body back into balance. Many clients find this especially powerful when emotions show up more in physical symptoms than in thoughts.
Bodyspotting adds another layer of depth: it acknowledges that your body remembers even when your mind tries to forget. By honoring both the brain and the body, Diana helps you process on a level that talk therapy simply cannot reach.
Why Clients Love It
Clients often say Brainspotting feels gentler than rehashing painful memories, yet more powerful in its results. Sessions can unlock relief, clarity, and freedom—without needing to retell your entire story again and again. With the addition of Bodyspotting, many also notice physical relief: less tension, easier breathing, and a greater sense of lightness in their body.
Because you don’t need to talk much during a session, clients often describe the experience as freeing. There’s no pressure to explain or justify—just the space to let healing happen.
As both a trained Brainspotting practitioner and somatic coach, Diana creates a safe, supportive space where your body and brain can finally let go. With her training in Bodyspotting, she integrates body awareness into the process, meeting you exactly where your pain lives—whether it’s in your thoughts, your nervous system, or your physical body. She combines attuned presence with gentle guidance, helping you move beyond talk and into true transformation.



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