Therapy and the Neural Network Model

Description

This innovative work explores integrating emerging research into how the brain processes information in applied therapeutic interventions. Typically, clinicians select therapeutic interventions based on their own training, personal experience or preference. This book aims to provide a new model, based upon the neural networks, to both understand the development of mental health issues and their persistence, and how and why to apply therapeutic interventions to impact the systems which are maintaining them. This work begins with a short and accessible overview of the neural network model, and the general aims of therapy. It elucidates components of the neural network model of learning such as reward recognition, automaticity, and memory reconsolidation, and how they apply to both general learning and new learning through the process in therapy. Next, the authors explore how the neural network model can be integrated across existing systems of therapy, including Cognitive Behavior therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), third wave therapies and analytic therapies. Therapy and the Neural Network Model is an exciting resource for researchers and practitioners interested in understanding more about the applications of a neural network model for therapy and the how and why of building new mentally healthy cognitions, behaviors and emotions. Therapy and the Neural Network Model is also an essential theoretical foundation for both researchers and practitioners who wish to base their therapeutic practice on neuroscience and integrate their work with related fields such as behavioral medicine, health psychology, social work and public health. Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Introduction to Therapy and Neural Networks (Theodore Wasserman, Lori Drucker Wasserman)....Pages 1-6 Therapy in the Past and Present (Theodore Wasserman, Lori Drucker Wasserman)....Pages 7-26 Understanding Functional Neural Networks (Theodore Wasserman, Lori Drucker Wasserman)....Pages 27-43 Neural Plasticity and Its Implications for Therapy (Theodore Wasserman, Lori Drucker Wasserman)....Pages 45-57 Network Modeling and Therapeutic Techniques (Theodore Wasserman, Lori Drucker Wasserman)....Pages 59-102 Neural Networks and Emotion Regulation (Theodore Wasserman, Lori Drucker Wasserman)....Pages 103-113 Mindfulness-Based Approaches and Attention Regulation (Theodore Wasserman, Lori Drucker Wasserman)....Pages 115-124 The Role of the Reward Recognition Network in Therapy (Theodore Wasserman, Lori Drucker Wasserman)....Pages 125-138 Memory Reconsolidation in Various Therapeutic Approaches (Theodore Wasserman, Lori Drucker Wasserman)....Pages 139-150 Anxiety and Depression (Theodore Wasserman, Lori Drucker Wasserman)....Pages 151-166 Latent Variables in the Diagnosis of Anxiety (Theodore Wasserman, Lori Drucker Wasserman)....Pages 167-178 Mechanisms of Therapeutic Change (Theodore Wasserman, Lori Drucker Wasserman)....Pages 179-190 Future Directions for Mental Health Treatment (Theodore Wasserman, Lori Drucker Wasserman)....Pages 191-198 Back Matter ....Pages 199-200