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Stepping Into the Role of Brainspotting Consultant
Stepping into the role of a Brainspotting Consultant and ushering consultees toward their certification feels like a natural and fulfilling next step in my clinical work. Now accepting US-based consultees at the reduced rate of $100 session.
How Oxytocin Antagonizes Cortisol and 3 Ways to Use It!
Have you ever noticed how a warm hug from a trusted friend instantly lowers your shoulders, or how speaking kindly to yourself after a mistake calms your breathing?
That shift isn't just in your head—it's a real biological transition happening across your nervous system.
At Coriander Living Collective, we often look at wellness through an integrative lens, connecting emotional health with neurobiology. Today, we're diving into the relationship between two powerful chemical messengers: cortisol and oxytocin.
Brave Kids, Calm Parents: Navigating Childhood Anxiety
Whether you are supporting a child through everyday worries or looking for clearer strategies as an educator or caregiver, this workshop offers a space to learn, connect, and gain confidence.
Click here to register through River Falls Community Education
Close the Door and It’s One Hour that Gets to be All About You!
In a world that constantly demands our attention, time, and energy, how often do you get a block of time that belongs solely to you?
Between balancing work responsibilities, family commitments, running errands, and keeping up with the endless notifications on our screens, self-care is often the first thing to slide off the to-do list. We spend our days tuned into the needs of everyone else around us, frequently putting our own physical, mental, and emotional well-being on the back burner.
Now Accepting BRAINSPOTTING Consultees for Certification!
Needing to complete your 6 Consultation Hours in BRAINSPOTTING to apply for your CERTIFICATION? Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN, Owner of Coriander Living Collective, Certified Open Floor International (OFI) Teacher, Certified Brainspotting/Consultant-in-Training, Board Approved Clinical Supervisor MN/WI, & EMDR Psychotherapist is now accepting consultees at the reduced rate of $100 session.
Learn to Regulate Your Nervous System: The Power of Self-Brainspotting
While therapy is a wonderful space to process deep-seated challenges, self-regulation is a skill you can cultivate and practice anytime, anywhere. One of the most effective, neurobiologically grounded methods for achieving this that I know is Self-Brainspotting (BSP).
Wandering Toward Wellness: The Surprising Mental Health Benefits of Travel
Here is a look at why stepping away—whether for a weekend getaway or an international adventure—can be a transformative experience for your mind and body.
Rumination vs. Worry: Understanding the Difference and How to Settle Your Mind
Have you ever found yourself trapped in a loop of anxious thoughts late at night, wondering why your mind just won’t give you a break? While it’s easy to group all our anxious moments under the broad umbrella of “stress,” our brains actually process different types of distress in distinct ways.
Meeting Your Nervous System: Which of the 7 Faces of Anxiety Are You Wearing?
In his groundbreaking book The Chemistry of Calm, holistic psychiatrist Dr. Henry Emmons explores this beautifully by introducing The Seven Faces of Anxiety. He breaks down how anxiety flows through our biology, categorizing it not just by how we think, but how our body and brain react.
By understanding how your specific anxiety shows up, you can stop fighting your body and start working with it to restore resilience. Let’s unmask these seven faces and explore how to guide your nervous system back home.
Comparing EMDR vs. BRAINSPOTTING Therapy
Both EMDR and Brainspotting (BSP) are comprehensive brain-body based psychotherapy interventions that treat a variety of symptoms such as trauma, grief, anxiety, and depression. I am honored to be able to offer both of these psychotherapy treatments to my clients. I often have clients ask about which one would be better for them and we talk about their symptoms, their therapy goals, and the differences between BSP and EMDR.
Take Your Practice Deeper: The Power of Advanced Self-Brainspotting This Summer
Many of you have used BSP as clients or attended Coriander Living Collective’s popular Self-BSP Workshops. We have received requests for more advanced Self-BSP practice so here you go!
Self-BSP Advanced Group Practice: Wednesday, June 24, 2026 from 6-7:30pm at the River Falls High School.
NASAP 2026: Brainspotting Early Recollections
In the world of psychotherapy, we are constantly seeking ways to help our clients move from surviving to thriving. At the NASAP 2026 Conference later this month, I will present on the powerful intersection of two profound modalities: Adlerian Theory and the NeuroExperiential Model of Brainspotting (BSP).
The Pen as a Portal: A Pop-Up Writing Invitation!
Join Us at the River Falls High School
When: Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM (90-minute session)
Facilitator: Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC, LPCC (Psychotherapist & Open Floor Teacher)
Give yourself the gift of a creative pause this Spring. Come try something new, shake off the dust, and see what is waiting to be written.
Finding Your Anchor: The Power of EMDR Resourcing in Everyday Life
Curious to understand more about EMDR and learn an EMDR Resource that you can practice at home? Join Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN, Certified EMDR Therapist for this workshop, EMDR Therapy: Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, and Resourcing on Tuesday, April 14, 2026 from 6-7:30pm at the River Falls High School. Pre-registration is required.
ANNOUNCING: Goodwill Donation Based MOVEMEANT: Open Floor Moving Meditation Cycle + Self-Brainspotting!
At Coriander Living Collective, we often talk about resourcing your body and engaging the rhythm of regulation. Whether we are in a Brainspotting session or dancing Open Floor, we are working directly with the intricate, brilliant wiring of your nervous system.
While most people think of the nervous system as just the brain, it is actually a vast, multi-layered network. Understanding the eight key subsystems of this network can help you make sense of why you feel stuck, on edge, or disconnected—and more importantly, how you can find your way back to a life well lived.
Here is a breakdown of the eight subsystems that keep you moving, sensing, and surviving.
Inherited Wisdom, Embodied Healing: Brainspotting for Pre-Natal and Ancestral Trauma
When we think about our personal history, we often start the timeline at our first clear memory—perhaps a birthday party at age five or the first day of school. But at Coriander Living Collective, we look at the "whole-person system," and that system has a history that stretches back much further than your conscious mind can remember.
In fact, your story began long before you took your first breath. It began in the womb, and in the lives of the ancestors who came before you.
Beyond the Brain: Understanding the 8 Subsystems of Your Nervous System
At Coriander Living Collective, we often talk about resourcing your body and engaging the rhythm of regulation. Whether we are in a Brainspotting session or dancing Open Floor, we are working directly with the intricate, brilliant wiring of your nervous system.
While most people think of the nervous system as just the brain, it is actually a vast, multi-layered network. Understanding the eight key subsystems of this network can help you make sense of why you feel stuck, on edge, or disconnected—and more importantly, how you can find your way back to a life well lived.
Here is a breakdown of the eight subsystems that keep you moving, sensing, and surviving.
ACCEPTED! Brainspotting Consultant-in-Training!
I am excited to announce that I began my Brainspotting Consultant-in-Training Program in January and that it will run for the majority of 2026.
10 Ways to Regulate and Resource Your Nervous System During Intense Times!
The more you are able to resource your body and stay regulated the more capacity you will have for health, making intentional choices versus being reactive, staying calm, grounded, centered, and making a positive impact as you ride the waves of what life is sending your way.
Coriander Living Collective is here to support you and your nervous system. We are taking new telehealth private pay clients in MN/WI ages 14+.
Learn to Self-Spot Tension, Sleep, Stress, and Anxiety!
Come learn through lecture, demonstration, and practice how to Self-Brainspot to RELEASE tension and stress, IMPROVE sleep, and CALM anxiety on THURSDAY, January 29, 2026 from 6-7:30pm at the River Falls High School.