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The Neuroscience of Psychological Therapies

A practical and detailed text to help clinicians develop a basic understanding of brain function.

Rowland Folensbee (Author)

9780521681889, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 3 May 2007

234 pages, 14 b/w illus. 2 tables
22.6 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg

'In this superb new volume, Rowland Folensbee functions as a tour guide to the reader. He takes his readers on an enjoyable and stimulating journey through the brain and contemporary neuroscience while avoiding both condescension and obfuscation. In an eminently readable prose style, he illustrates how an understanding of the brain can illuminate the dark recesses of the human mind that emerge in psychotherapeutic treatment.' Glen O. Gabbard, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine

The Neuroscience of Psychological Therapies summarizes knowledge of brain function and brain behavior relationships within the context of psychotherapy implementation. It describes how specific locations in the brain carry out specific activities, how the different activities are combined to yield normal and pathological behavior, and how knowledge of brain activities can guide psychological assessment and intervention. Specific topics include the influence of neural networks on discovery and change, the therapist's neuroscience, communicating with patients using the brain as reference, and using neuroscience concepts to compare and integrate traditional schools of psychotherapy. Applying a neuroscience framework to conceptualization and treatment of depression is offered as an example, and specific issues associated with trauma and false memories are discussed. The book is aimed at anyone working within a psychotherapy framework and who wishes to discover more about brain function and brain/behavior relationships.

Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Neuropsychological concepts
3. Neural networks
4. Memory and learning
5. Affect
6. Anxiety
7. Processes of brain development
8. Themes of brain development
9. Basic concepts: summary and integration
10. Introduction to neuroscience applications in psychotherapy
11. Intake and assessment
12. Neural networks in therapy
13. Affect in therapy
14. Memory and change
15. Anxiety and change
16. The experience of improvement in psychotherapy
17. The therapist's neuroscience
18. Communicating with patients through neuroscience
19. Integrating traditional therapies
20. Applying neuroscience to depression intervention
21. Neuroscience and psychotherapy: moving forward
Appendix 1. Neuroimaging and psychological therapies.

Subject Areas: Neurosciences [PSAN], Psychotherapy [MMJT], Psychiatry [MMH], Neurology & clinical neurophysiology [MJN], Psychology [JM]

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