Art of BART

<p><em>The Art of BART</em> (the Bilateral Affective Reprocessing of Thoughts) is a practitioner's introduction to an innovative psychotherapy model that draws on and integrates well-proven therapies (such as EMDR, sensorimotor psychotherapy and CBT) and on the Indian chakra tradition and other historical beliefs. As a therapeutic approach it has particular relevance to those who are living with the consequences of a traumatic event and those who seek after peak performance in fields such as sport and the arts. The book introduces the reader to BART as a psychotherapy that can benefit patients with disorders such as anorexia nervosa and dissociative identity disorder, and those who have suffered a traumatic event. It also looks at the information processing of the mind-body at the levels of the gut heart and the gut brain, and it makes connections between the endocrine and immune systems and the chakras of Indian tradition. </p> Preface -- Introduction: The art of bilateral affective reprocessing of thoughts (BART): a dynamic model for psychotherapy and peak performance -- Concept of intuition and introduction to BART psychotherapy for both therapy and peak performance -- Activation of the chakras using BART psychotherapy and peak performance -- Neurodevelopment of the head-brain, heart-brain, and gut-brain -- Vibrational frequencies related to accelerated information processing in patients or clients -- Proposals for BART psychotherapy with special populations and effects of abuse and neglect on the developing brains of the patient or client -- The mystery of consciousness -- Development of thought and the role of BART psychotherapy and peak performance in reprocessing thoughts -- Guidelines for practitioners on conducting a BART psychotherapy session -- Taking a trauma and developmental history -- Influence of some research in trauma therapy by neurobiologists and how this has affected my development of the integrative approach of BART psychotherapy and peak performance -- Living in a hypothetical world dominated by the left hemisphere’s perspective, and summary of the five stages of BART psychotherapy -- Using BART for peak performance in sport, business, academia, and any pursuit where anticipatory anxiety impairs results -- Template for comprehensive assessment of the patient or client prior to BART psychotherapy or peak performance, and use of the Hermann brain dominance instrument