Brainspotting Therapy
New Jersey + Pennsylvania
With Amy Rae Johnson, LCSW
Brainspotting unlocked decades of my own stuck emotional pain, that talk therapy just couldn’t touch.
Do you understand why your feel a certain way, yet still feel trapped by the emotion?
You know your story, so why does your body react like it’s still happening?
Many brainspotting clients come to me when they realize that intellectually understanding their pain isn't the same as healing it. They can talk about their trauma all day, but their body is still stuck. They have all the insight, but their nervous system is still riding the emotional rollercoaster.
Brainspotting therapy helps when talking about the “whys” aren’t enough.
Clients Come To Me When:
Words aren’t enough
Knowing isn’t healing
Stories loop on repeat
Body feels stuck
Mind intellectualizes pain
System is ready for relief
This isn’t a lack of willpower. Your body is just trying to protect you. Healing is completely possible, and you don’t have to carry this forever.
How Brainspotting Therapy With Me Works
Brainspotting uses specific eye positions (“brainspots”) to tap into your body’s natural healing abilities, operating on a simple principle: where you look affects how you feel.
My certified brainspotting approach is client-centered, intuitive, and paced safely so your system can gently release deeply held stress and trauma. Together, we clear blocks keeping old stories stuck so you can finally reclaim your truth and freedom.
Over time, memories lose emotional and physical charge, giving you deep relief and the lasting ease your body has been longing for.
Modalities I Use
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Uses eye positions to release deep emotional pain stored in the body when talking alone has not brought relief.
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Builds awareness of physical sensations to gently release stored stress and trauma so your body can settle instead of staying on high alert.
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Helps you understand your nervous system states and build skills to move out of fight, flight, freeze, or shutdown, and into safety and connection.
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Centers on your lived experiences and strengths instead of trying to correct or pathologize you.
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Supports compassion for the different parts of you to soften inner conflict so you feel more whole and aligned with yourself.
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Increases present-moment awareness so you can respond instead of react.
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Helps quiet the harsh inner critic and develop self-understanding instead of shame.
Heal from the
Inside Out
When your body safely releases old stories,
life starts to feel different.
After Brainspotting Therapy With Me, Clients Report
Calmer nervous system
Improved sleep and vitality
Renewed self-trust
Less physical tension
Greater self-confidence
Reduced chronic pain
Higher creativity
About Amy Rae Johnson, LCSW
My therapy is designed for people who are ready for something deeper than insight. I believe healing happens when your body feels safe enough to let go and be seen.
Sessions with me are warm, collaborative, and grounded in real connection. We slow things down, listen to your body, and work together to release what you’ve been carrying. I am not a distant or stoic therapist. You get the full me, and our work is rooted in a genuine person-to-person relationship.
Outside of therapy, I love being in nature, creating mixed media art, and beachcombing. I’m an animal lover, boba tea fan, and share my home with my husband, two cats, and too many plants.
Availability: I work with clients via Telehealth across New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Education, Credentials,
& Trainings
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
Certified Brainspotting Therapist
Training in Somatic Experiencing
Polyvagal-informed therapy
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Mindfulness-based and compassion-focused approaches
12+ years of credentialed experience across Hawaii, Arizona, Colorado, and the Tri-State area
3 Steps To Get Started
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Fill out the contact form. If I’m not the right fit, I’ll help you find someone who is.
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We’ll connect to see if working together feels right and answer any questions.
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We’ll begin building safety, awareness, and a pace that works for your nervous system.