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In contrast to this view, recent theoretical advances in brain imaging have revealed that the brain is an organ continually built and re-built by one's experience. We are now beginning to learn that many forms of psychotherapy, developed in the absence of any scientific understanding of the brain, are supported by neuroscientific findings. In fact, it could be argued that to be an effective psychotherapist these days it is essential to have some basic understanding of neuroscience. Louis Cozolino's The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy, Second Edition is the perfect place to start.



In a beautifully written and accessible synthesis, Cozolino illustrates how the brain's architecture is related to the problems, passions, and aspirations of human beings. As the book so elegantly argues, all forms of psychotherapy--from psychoanalysis to behavioral interventions--are successful to the extent to which they enhance change in relevant neural circuits.



Beginning with an overview of the intersecting fields of neuroscience and psychotherapy, this book delves into the brain's inner workings, from basic neuronal building blocks to complex systems of memory, language, and the organization of experience. It continues by explaining the development and organization of the healthy brain and the unhealthy brain. Common problems such as anxiety, trauma, and codependency are discussed from a scientific and clinical perspective. Throughout the book, the science behind the brain's working is applied to day-to-day experience and clinical practice.



Written for psychotherapists and others interested in the relationship between brain and behavior, this book encourages us to consider the brain when attempting to understand human development, mental illness, and psychological health. Fully and thoroughly updated with the many neuroscientific developments that have happened in the eight years since the publication of the first edition, this revision to the bestselling book belongs on the shelf of all practitioners.

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Updating the first edition of this work (2002), subtitled Building and Rebuilding the Human Brain, Cozolino (Pepperfine Univ.; clinical psychologist in private practice) provides a tour-de-force survey of current theory and research in neuroscience and psychotherapy. The author improves on the first edition by focusing on the brain as a "social organ" that is malleable. Presenting complex research in a direct, accessible manner, Cozolino highlights the strengths of various forms of psychotherapy in stimulating neural circuits essential to plasticity and epigenesis. He begins with an overview of neuroscience and psychotherapy (part 1) and continues with sections devoted to the basic mechanisms of neural functioning, focusing on memory, laterality, and neural networks; the organization of a healthy brain; the social brain; the disorganization of experience and the impact of mental illness, stress, and trauma on the brain; and the process of reorganization of the brain. This is required reading for anyone interested in the connection between psychotherapy and neuroscience. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers, professionals. A. N. Douglas Mount Holyoke College

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Louis Cozolino, PhD, is a professor of psychology at Pepperdine University and a private practitioner. He is the author of The Healthy Aging Brain, The Neuroscience of Human Relationships, The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy, and The Making of a Therapist. He lives in Los Angeles, California.