A wide range of scientists and clinicians discuss the nature of change in the therapeutic process. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Jaak Panksepp, V. S. Ramachandran, Ruth Lanius, Bessel van der Kolk, and other lumina
Here, two leading therapists apply the latest neuroscience research on emotional arousal to teach readers to help couples regulate each other's emotions, maintain secure attachment to each another, a
How People Change explores the complexities of attachment, the brain, mind, and body as they aid change during psychotherapy. Research is presented about the properties of healing relationships and co
Social work deals with the heavy end of human difficulties such as cruelty, self-destructiveness and severe and enduring mental health problems. How do social workers make sense of the emotional diffi
Social work deals with the heavy end of human difficulties such as cruelty, self-destructiveness and severe and enduring mental health problems. How do social workers make sense of the emotional diffi
This book recognizes that therapy is an intersubjective process between people and that everyone involved has multiple feelings in the course of treatment. Countertransference refers to the complex se
Born out of the excitement of a convergence of ideas and passions, thisbook provides a synthesis of the work of researchers, clinicians, andtheoreticians who are leaders in the field of trauma, attac
Through play, as children, we learn the rules and relationships of culture and expand our tolerance of emotions—areas of life "training" that overlap with psychotherapy. Here leading writers such as M
We are hardwired to connect with one another, and we connect through our emotions. Our brains, bodies, and minds are inseparable from the emotions that animate them.Normal human development relies on
Is it possible to effect deep, lasting, meaningful psychological changein a short period of time? Can the effects of early childhoodtraumas--traumas that may have seemed small at the time but that ha