Complex Integration of Multiple Brain Systems in Therapy

This book provides a novel neurobiological and psychotherapeutic paradigm that can help therapists achieve more precise and successful treatment by integrating self-affirming, nonconscious emotional resources into their work. It illustrates how this can change rigid, maladaptive neural circuits, inhibiting toxic, dysfunctional patterns, and releasing nonconscious emotions, leading to more complex and flexible mental functioning and successful psychotherapeutic outcomes.

Format: Hardback
Length: 496 pages
Publication date: 11 February 2022
Publisher: WW Norton & Co

This groundbreaking book delves into the realm of neuroplasticity, brain development, and therapeutic change, presenting a novel neurobiological and psychotherapeutic paradigm that empowers therapists to achieve more precise and successful treatment outcomes. Clients seeking therapy often arrive burdened by deeply ingrained neural circuits and emotional patterns, such as the belief that they are unlovable and incapable of love. The authors vividly illustrate how integrating self-affirming, nonconscious emotional resources, or brain systems, can transform rigid, maladaptive neural circuits. By inhibiting toxic, dysfunctional patterns and releasing nonconscious emotions like fear, grief, guilt, and shame, new, adaptive circuits emerge, fostering the development of more complex and flexible mental functioning. This transformative process leads to more successful psychotherapeutic outcomes.

Developed by two experienced psychotherapists with a collective decade of experience, this model unveils treatment strategies and procedures that harness the power of neuroplasticity, enabling the patient's mind to reshape the structure of their brain. By leveraging this knowledge, therapists can facilitate profound and lasting transformations in their clients' lives.

This groundbreaking book is a valuable resource for mental health professionals, offering a comprehensive understanding of neuroplasticity, brain development, and therapeutic change. It empowers therapists to embrace new approaches and techniques, enabling them to provide exceptional care and support to those seeking healing and growth.

Weight: 806g
Dimension: 164 x 236 x 40 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780393713275