The clinician, the brain, and 'I' : neuroscientific findings and the subjective self in clinical practice /
Schneider, Tony(Psychologist)
The clinician needs to make sense of many client experiences in the course of daily practice: do these experiences reflect the simple product of complex neurochemical activity, or do they represent another dynamic involving the subjective self? When research findings from the neurosciences are applied to clinical psychology, reductionist thinking is typically followed, but this creates problems for the clinical practitioner. In this book Tony Schneider draws together the three strands of philosophy, neuroscience, and psychology to explore the mind/body question as it affects the clinician. Taking a position more closely aligned with dualism, he argues for the utility in making distinctions between brain activity and 'I' - the subjective self - both in general psychological functioning and in psychopathology. Schneider considers traditional psychological topics contextualized by neuroscience research and the mind/body issue, as well as applying the ideas to various areas of clinical practice.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-246) and index.
I : the elusive subjective self -- I expressed through the body -- I separate from the body -- The brain : computers and neural processing -- The brain : mind maps and meaning -- The brain : neural hardware and software -- Neural cartography and I -- Early development : I weaves a mind map -- Entering adulthood : mind map transformations -- I considers self -- I encounters thou -- I preserves experiences : focus and memory -- I disengages : unconscious states -- I feels : complex emotions -- I suffers : anxiety and pain -- Depression : I and neural fatigue -- Battle for the mind : psychosis and I -- When I loses control : addictions and OCD -- Dissociation and exile of I -- The law, the brain and I -- Science, the brain and I -- The clinician, the brain, and I.
The clinician needs to make sense of many client experiences in the course of daily practice: do these experiences reflect the simple product of complex neurochemical activity, or do they represent another dynamic involving the subjective self? When research findings from the neurosciences are applied to clinical psychology, reductionist thinking is typically followed, but this creates problems for the clinical practitioner. In this book Tony Schneider draws together the three strands of philosophy, neuroscience, and psychology to explore the mind/body question as it affects the clinician. Taking a position more closely aligned with dualism, he argues for the utility in making distinctions between brain activity and 'I' - the subjective self - both in general psychological functioning and in psychopathology. Schneider considers traditional psychological topics contextualized by neuroscience research and the mind/body issue, as well as applying the ideas to various areas of clinical practice.
Clinical neuropsychology.
Subjectivity.
Self (Philosophy)
Mind and body.