Reviving The Roots Counseling & Wellness

10/22/2026

Brainspotting: When the Body Responds

Sometimes a person can talk about something over and over and still notice their body reacting. They understand what happened, they've made sense of it, and yet they feel a tight chest, a dropping stomach, a freeze, or a sense of being overwhelmed without knowing why. This is one reason Tulsi Andrews offers Brainspotting at Reviving the Roots Counseling and Wellness.

Brainspotting is a brain-body approach developed by David Grand, PhD, based on the idea that where we look can influence how we access and process what is happening internally. It is a bottom-up, mindfulness-based approach, more somatic than cognitive. Rather than starting with thoughts or analysis, sessions begin with the body: sensations, emotions, and the felt sense of what's happening inside. Tulsi may help a client find a point in their visual field that seems connected to what they're experiencing, then slow down and gently stay with what arises, without judging, fixing, or rushing. Clients don't have to tell the whole story.

It may be a helpful fit when experiences feel stuck, overwhelming, or hard to put into words. Clients stay in control throughout, nothing is forced to the surface, and they can pause or stop at any time.

Tulsi thinks of it as less about "What happened to you?" and more about "What is your system holding?" Healing isn't always about finding the perfect words. For many people, it includes giving the brain and body room to process what words alone haven't reached.

Brainspotting isn't the right fit for everyone, and it doesn't replace talk therapy. For some, it's a meaningful complement to it. Your body is part of your story, and it can be part of your healing too.

Curious whether Brainspotting could be a fit? Reach out to schedule a consultation.

Learn about the most basic component of Brainspotting, the Brainspot. Brainspotting (BSP) was discovered in 2003 by David Grand, Ph.D. Over 10,000 therapists have been trained in BSP in the US, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. “Where we look affects how we feel”. Brainspo...

10/10/2026

This is such a cool offering!

✈️💙 Soaring for Autism: Prepare for Takeoff!

Traveling can be challenging for some children and adults with autism, but preparation can help make the experience more comfortable and familiar. Soaring for Autism gives individuals of all ages and their companions the opportunity to experience key steps of the travel process in a supportive environment.

Join the Autism Society of Indiana for this unique experience designed to help participants build confidence and become more familiar with air travel!

📅 Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
⏰ Time: 3:00–5:00 PM
📍 Location: Indianapolis International Airport

🗓️ Registration opens Friday, October 16, at noon!

🔗 Save the registration link now so you’re ready when registration opens: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/autismsocietyofindiana/event/soaringforautism-november2026/

We look forward to helping individuals and families feel more prepared, confident, and comfortable with the travel experience! 💙

10/08/2026

Who takes care of the people who care for others?

Over the past two days, Tulsi Andrews has been participating in a Perinatal Loss training through Postpartum Support International (PSI), deepening her understanding of the emotional impact of pregnancy and infant loss.

Perinatal loss touches more than the families who experience it. It can also profoundly affect the healthcare professionals who walk alongside them.

Labor and delivery nurses, NICU teams, physicians, midwives, and other healthcare providers may find themselves navigating their own grief, helplessness, and emotional exhaustion while continuing to care for patients and families through some of the most heartbreaking moments of their lives.

As part of her therapy services, Tulsi is offering trauma-informed support for healthcare professionals who work with perinatal loss, including those in labor and delivery, neonatal intensive care, and other perinatal settings. If you lead or work on one of these teams and would like to explore what support could look like, reach out to start a conversation.

Caring for others through loss can leave an imprint, too. The people who provide that care deserve to be cared for as well.

10/07/2026

A little insight for ages 2-6.

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Check out one of our blog posts very relevant for this season! Learn from Dr. Dee Ray how to navigate young children’s exposure to unsettling images!

https://empathywell.com/2025/10/images-young-children-and-its-that-time-of-the-year/

10/07/2026

Stacey upgraded her status from a Registered Play Therapist to a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor!
This designation takes three years to acquire after obtaining the Registered Play Therapist credential.

She is now taking on new supervisees.

Stacey L. Bostian-Miller, MS, LMHC, RPT-S, Brownsburg, Indiana

10/05/2026

Love this! Take a look!

10/03/2026

This is a good read for parents/caregivers of little ones! Avoid starting screen time at a young age!

The idea that kids are like sponges is behind several harmful trends in parenting and education that encourage kids to be passive, blunting their learning and brain development.

09/23/2026

Beyond Words: Sand Tray Therapy

All three therapists at Reviving the Roots Counseling have formal training in Sand Tray Therapy and integrate it into sessions with clients.

What is Sand Tray Therapy?
Sand tray is an expressive therapeutic modality that uses a tray of sand along with miniatures, objects, and symbols to help clients explore and communicate internal experiences that aren't always easy to put into words. It draws on projective, symbolic work and is especially useful for material that feels emotionally complex, trauma- or attachment-related, or held more as a felt sense than a clear story.

Clients build a scene, choose figures, arrange objects, create boundaries, or simply notice what they're drawn toward, and the therapist follows their lead with curiosity rather than interpretation. The tray becomes a container for what's happening internally, offering another way in when conversation alone reaches its limits.

What Tulsi noticed from the inside: Part of the training involved each therapist building their own tray, not just facilitating them. Tulsi Andrews, one of the practice's therapists, went into hers with a conscious intention to "keep it safe" - choosing neutral, tidy imagery. Even so, she noticed the tray still ended up reflecting whatever was actually going on in her internal world. The unconscious material found its way in regardless of the story she was telling herself about what she was building. It's a pretty direct, embodied illustration of why this modality works: the symbolic process bypasses the same verbal defenses and self-editing that show up in talk therapy, whether you're the client or the clinician.

Why the practice offers this: Sand tray isn't a replacement for the relational, trauma-informed work the team already does; it's another tool within it. In the sessions run so far, clients have accessed and externalized material more quickly than talk alone tends to allow, discovering meaning in their own creation rather than having it handed to them.

Who it's for? Really, anyone open to trying this approach. Whether it involves trauma, attachment patterns, grief, or simply feeling stuck putting certain experiences into words, any of the therapists at Reviving the Roots Counseling can bring sand tray into a client's sessions.

If you're curious whether sand tray might be a fit for your work together, bring it up at your next session or reach out - the team is happy to talk through what it can look like.

09/18/2026

09/16/2026

(Infographic) Primer on How Inflammation Works

Swelling. Redness. A wave of white blood cells rushing to the scene. Most people recognize what inflammation looks like. Fewer could explain why the same response meant to protect the body could become a risk to the mind as well.

Here’s a primer on how inflammation works, and why it matters beyond infection and injury. This infographic is a good reminder that the mind and body aren’t running two separate systems.

The same inflammatory response that heals a splinter can also be triggered by ongoing stress. Left unchecked, that response could quietly raise the risk for both physical and mental health concerns.

Source: NICABM (National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine)