Therapy in the Age of Neuroscience

<p><em>Therapy in the Age of Neuroscience: A Guide for Counsellors and Therapists</em> is an essential guide to key areas of neuroscience that inform the theory underlying psychotherapy, and how they can be applied to practice. Laying out the science clearly and accessibly, it outlines what therapists need to know about the human nervous system in order to be able to engage with the subject.</p><p>Chapters cover the neuroscience underlying key aspects of therapy such as relationships, emotion, anxiety, trauma and dissociation, the mind-body connection, and the processes which enable therapists to engage deeper aspects of mind and psyche. This book responds to the need for counsellors and therapists to have an accessible and comprehensive guide to how contemporary neuroscience views mind and body.</p><p><em>Therapy in the Age of Neuroscience </em>will appeal to psychotherapists, counsellors and other mental health professionals who wish to learn more about how to integrate neuroscience into their work.</p> <p><strong>Introduction</strong> 01. Psychotherapy meets neuroscience 02. The brain is a nervous system 03. One brain, two minds 04. Relationships and social engagement 05. Emotions, feelings and the felt sense 06. Stress, anxiety and depression 07. Trauma and depression 08. Mental health matters 09. The mind-body connection 10. Engaging the mind 11. Meaningful experiences <b>Epilogue: Ways ahead</b></p>