Therapist Uncensored Podcast TU36: The Neuroscience Of Psychotherapy – An Interview With Louis Cozolino
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Jul 10, 2017 This podcast explores the intersection of neuroscience and psychotherapy, focusing on leveraging neuroplasticity for change. Topics include the neurobiological basis of altruism in therapy, evolution of managerial roles, social justice in therapy, and the impact of external influences on personal change.
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Psychotherapy Is A Learning Context
- Psychotherapy functions as a learning context that stimulates neuroplastic change in the brain.
- Neuroscience and psychotherapy describe the same change processes in different languages.
Four Core Conditions For Change
- Establish a safe, trusting relationship first because it underlies all successful therapies.
- Maintain mild to moderate arousal, combine emotion with cognition, and create a coherent narrative for future action.
Activate The Body To Change The Brain
- Use body-based activation to engage sensorimotor brain regions and affect-cognition links.
- Incorporate movement, space-time navigation, or somatic exercises to deepen therapeutic change.