Full Description
Neuroscience for Counselors and Therapists provides an accessible overview of the structure and function of the human brain, including how the brain influences and is influenced by biology, environment, and experiences. Full of practical applications, this cutting-edge book explores the relationships between recent neuroscience findings and counseling theories and then uses these integrated results to address four categories of common life disturbances: anxiety, depression, stress, and addictions. The book's case-based approach helps readers understand the language of neuroscience and learn how neuroscience research can enhance their understanding of human thought, feeling, and behaviors.
Contents
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsSECTION I: OVERVIEW1 Navigating Neuroscience: Philosophical and Theoretical UnderpinningsWhat to ExpectAssumptionsReturning to JuanitaTheoretical UnderpinningsSummaryNotesReferences2 Structures, Systems, and FunctionsBrain Organization and OverviewNeurons: Basic Building BlocksMajor Brain Systems and FunctionsSummaryNoteReferencesSECTION II: THEORY INTEGRATION3 Contemporary Psychodynamic Approaches and NeuroscienceIntroductionPsychoanalytic TheoryMoving Toward IntegrationAttachment and Interpersonal RelationshipsConsciousnessMemory and MemoriesSummaryNotesReferences4 Behavioral Approaches and NeuroscienceBehavior MattersBehaviorism and HebbSummaryNotesReferences5 Humanistic Approaches and NeuroscienceIntroductionTheory OverviewMirror NeuronsMotivational Interviewing: Applied Person-Centered TherapyExistential PerspectiveGestalt Perspective and NeuroscienceSummaryNotesReferences6 Constructivist Approaches and NeuroscienceKeeping the Brain in MindConstructivist Approaches to RelationshipRight-Mode Processing in the BrainAttention and AttendingPhilosophy of the BrainSeeing is Believing, or...Pygmalion, and Believing Is Seeing!SummaryNotesReferencesSECTION III: APPLIED INTEGRATION7 Anxiety and NeuroscienceIntroductionWhat is Anxiety...in the Brain?Where is Anxiety...in the Brain?Generalized Anxiety DisorderIntegrationFoundations: Theory Responses to AnxietySummaryNotesReferences8 Depression and NeuroscienceIntroductionWhat is Depression...in the Brain?Where is Depression...in the Brain?IntegrationFoundations: Theory Responses to DepressionSummaryNotesReferences9 Stress and Stress DisordersIntroductionWhat is Stress...in the Brain?Where is Stress...in the Brain?IntegrationFoundations: Theory Responses to StressSummaryNotesReferences10 Addictions and Substance Use DisordersIntroductionWhat is Addiction...in the Brain?Where is Addiction...in the Brain?IntegrationFoundations: Theory Responses to AddictionSummaryNotesReferencesIndexAbout the Author
