Why therapy works
Subtitle: using our minds to change our brains
By: Louis Cozolino
Edition: First edition.
Series: The Norton series on interpersonal neurobiology; Norton series on interpersonal neurobiology
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780393709056
Subjects: Psychotherapy; Evidence-based medicine
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: 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; title: 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.