Why therapy works : using our minds to change our brains /
Cozolino, Louis J.,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part one. The thinking brain : consciousness and self-awareness. Why humans need therapy -- Why therapy works -- The nonpresenting problem -- Using our minds to change our brains -- Those things we don't remember yet never forget -- Part two. The social brain : embodied and embedded. The social brain and failure to thrive -- Attachment and intimate relationships -- Core shame -- Social status schema : our place in the social world ; Helping clients become alphas -- Part three. Dissociation and integration : applications to psychotherapy. Anxiety and stress -- Understanding and treating trauma -- Complex trauma : a developmental perspective -- The power of coherent narratives -- Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.
Psychotherapy.
Evidence-based medicine.