The Pocket Guide to Neuroscience for Clinicians

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A brief guide to the most important neuroscience concepts for all mental health professionals. Louis Cozolino helps clinicians to broaden their thinking and deepen their clinical toolbox through an understanding of neuroscience, brain development, epigenetics, and the role of attachment in brain development and behavior. The effective therapist must have knowledge of evolution and neuroanatomy, as well as the systems of our brains and how they work together to give rise to who we are, how we thrive, and why we suffer. This book will give clinicians all they need to understand the social brain, the developing brain, the executive brain, consciousness, attachment, trauma, memory, and the latest information about clinical assessment. Key figures and terms of neuroscience, along with numerous case examples, bring the material to life. Cozolino is one of the most gifted clinical writers on neuroscience, and his long- awaited pocket guide is a must- buy for any clinician working on the cutting edge of treatment. Part I. Brain, Mind, and Self 1. The Emergence of the Social Brain 2. The Developing Brain 3. Prior to Consciousness 4. Attachment, Brain, and Mind 5. The Executive Brains 6. Neurodynamic Integration 7. Linking With Others and the Emergence of the Self Part II. Applying Neuroscience in Your Clinical Practice 8. Neuroscience and Psychotherapy 9. Neuroscience in Clinical Assessment 10. Building a Case Conceptualization 11. Neurofluency in Psychotherapy 12. Traumatized 13. Memory Work 14. Take-Aways Appendices 1. Evolution 2. Genetics and Epigenetics 3. 20 Key Figures in Neuroscience 4. 100 Key Terms for Neurofluency References and Recommended Readings Index