The neuroscience of psychotherapy : No Self Without Other
This eight parts seminar explores psychotherapy and the social brain with a special emphasis on the causes and consequences of trauma. As a foundation, the evolution, development, and neuroanatomy of the brain with the goal of highlighting its vulnerability to dysregulation and dissociation are discussed. In it we recognise and better understand the neural networks responsible for stress and trauma and the challenge of keeping the government of systems which comprise our brains integrated and functioning smoothly. Then how psychotherapy, in its multiple forms, attempts to reshape the brain in the service of mental health is discussed. And finally,the process of healthy aging, especially for therapists who are confronted with trauma on a day-to-day basis is explored.
In this Session (one of eight) : Introduction
- No Self Without Other:
- The Evolution and Complexity of the Social Brain
- Communicating Across the Social Synapse
- Linking Minds and Hearts: The Circuitry of Attachment
- Interpersonal Trauma
