The Pocket Guide to Neuroscience for Clinicians

by Louis Cozolino

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393713374
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	05/05/2020
Series:	Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	807,012
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Louis Cozolino, PhD, is a professor of psychology at Pepperdine University and maintains a clinical and consulting practice in Los Angeles, California. He is the Series Editor of the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB).

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Part I Brain, Mind, and Self

1 The Emergence of the Social Brain 3

2 The Developing Brain 21

3 Prior to Consciousness 39

4 Attachment, Brain, and Mind 63

5 The Executive Brains 81

6 Neurodynamic Integration 99

7 Linking With Others and the Emergence of the Self 115

Part II Applying Neuroscience in Your Clinical Practice

8 Neuroscience and Psychotherapy 135

9 Neuroscience in Clinical Assessment 155

10 Building a Case Conceptualization 175

11 Neurofluency in Psychotherapy 193

12 Traumatized 209

13 Memory Work 227

14 Take-Aways 245

Appendices

1 Evolution 255

2 Genetics and Epigenetics 271

3 20 Key Figures in Neuroscience 285

4 100 Key Terms for Neurofluency 293

References and Recommended Readings 303

Index 305

Editorial Reviews

"Written with concision, elegance and anecdotal verse, this book combines cutting-edge science and the experience-based insights of a master clinician. Lou Cozolino's guide to applied neuroscience will be a treasured resource for therapists, physicians, and counselors for a long time to come. "

Gabor Maté

"Lou Cozolino’s new book is a must-have for all therapists and practitioners who support and care for individuals who carry with them pain and hurt. It is a way of looking through the lens of knowledge about the brain, mind, and body to understand deeply the ways in which relationships offer the resources for healing and transformation. Lou is a thoughtful and kind guide to the neuroscience of clinical work. You will want to read the book again and again. Each time, you will discover something more."

Joe Tucci

"Few people have Cozolino's clear understanding of the indivisible nature of mind, brain, and body. Fewer still can make these concepts so accessible, accurately describing the brain as a social organ and humans as complex beings that have been shaped by evolution. Exploring the interface of science and psychotherapy, this book encourages us to know relationship as our natural habitat and to appreciate the conscious and unconscious layers of communication that influence us. "

Mary L. Meador