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Deb Dana
Members: Click on the image to download the PDF Deb Dana, LCSW, is a clinician and consultant specializing in working with complex trauma and Coordinator of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium at the Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. She developed the Rhythm...
read moreConsidering the Nature of our Left and Right Hemispheres’ Engagement
Members: Click on the image to download the PDF Dr. Allan Schore & Dr. Iain McGilchrist—with facilitator, Dr. Mary Meador The following is an edited transcript, presenting selected highlights from a conversation between Dr. Allan Schore and Dr. Iain McGilchrist for...
read moreThe Science of Addiction
Members: Click on the image to download the PDF Dr. David Van Nuys interviews Dr. Carlton Erickson on the topic of addiction. Dr. Dave: My guest today is award-winning research scientist Dr. Carlton (Carl) Erickson, who is Director of the Addiction Science and...
read moreReflections on the Evidence-Based Practice of Psychotherapy
Members: Click on the image to download the PDF Imagine I receive an invitation to present a keynote at a major therapy conference. Essentially the charge is something along the lines of: Dr. Van Nuys, over the past 13 years you’ve conducted more than 700 in-depth...
read moreThe Neuropsychotherapist Volume 6 Issue 7
THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Volume 6 Issue 7 (July 2018) ISSN 2201-9529 he focus for this issue has emerged as the spoken word. We have transcripts of two of the most interesting interviews of the year, if not...
read moreResilience Training
Resilience Training: Using Flow States to Move from Anxiety and Depression to Optimal States of Thriving Carol Kershaw and Bill Wade [wlm_private "WPmember3yr|1 Year Subscription|2 Year Subscription|3 Year Subscription|Staff|Authors|NPT Basic|NPT Standard|NPT...
read moreSafety, Danger, and Life-Threat: Adaptive Response Patterns
SAFETY, DANGER, AND LIFE-THREAT: ADAPTIVE RESPONSE PATTERNS Deb Dana Members Download Article here: [download...
read moreThe Neuropsychotherapist Volume 6 Issue 6
THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Volume 6 Issue 6 (June 2018) ISSN 2201-9529 Content riting can sometimes feel like a lonely and thankless task. It’s not that people don’t read and enjoy the written word, but it is...
read moreThe Neuropsychotherapist Volume 6 Issue 5
THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Volume 6 Issue 5 (May 2018) ISSN 2201-9529 Content t’s always hard to believe, when May comes around, that nearly half the year has passed. Time is a tempestuous concept that follows...
read moreReconsidering the Nature of Trauma
Reconsidering the Nature of Trauma Bonnie Badenoch Members Download The Full Article Here: ...
read moreHealing the Unconscious Conflicts of Being Our Authentic Self Using the Change Triangle
Healing the Unconscious Conflicts of Being Our Authentic Self Using the Change Triangle Hilary Jacobs Hendel ...
read moreKirke Olson
Download Spotlight NPT: How has an understanding of neurobiology helped you in your practice and with writing your book? KO: After more than twenty years working as a psychologist in public schools, I moved to a private middle high school...
read moreResilience in the Making
Resilience in the Making: The Balance of Bending and Breaking Jessi LaCosta Download Article: [download...
read moreThe Neuropsychotherapist Volume 6 Issue 4
THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Volume 6 Issue 4 (April 2018) ISSN 2201-9529 Content never cease to be amazed by the wonderful ideas that emerge from our contributors and their many different interests and...
read moreThe Nuntius Nuclei: A New Neuroscience for Curiosity
The Nuntius Nuclei: A New Neuroscience for Curiosity By Richard Hill Members download the full article: [download...
read morePlay and Creativity in Psychotherapy
Play and Creativity in Psychotherapy (From the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology, 2017). Edited by Terry Marks-Tarlow, Marion Solomon, and Daniel J. Siegel. [wlm_private "WPmember3yr|1 Year Subscription|2 Year Subscription|3 Year...
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THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Volume 6 Issue 3 (March 2018) ISSN 2201-9529 Content ever before has there been so much discussion, and research, about the effectiveness of therapy, the comparative effectiveness...
read moreSpotlight on Sherif Darwish
Introduction to Dr. Sherif Darwish by Richard Hill I first met Dr. Sherif Darwish at a conference in Switzerland, in 2010. We spoke about a difficult case and have continued our connection to this day. Dr. Darwish is based in Alexandria, Egypt. He is a champion for...
read moreIs Mindfulness Safe For Trauma Survivors?
Is Mindfulness Safe for Trauma Survivors? by David Treleaven ver the past decade, I’ve researched the relationship between mindfulness meditation and trauma. Placed beside one another, mindfulness and...
read moreNeuroscience in Court: Your Behavior on Trial
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read moreCoherence: The Heart Connection to Personal, Social and Global Health
Coherence: The Heart Connection to Personal,...
read moreThe Neuropsychotherapist Volume 6 Issue 2
THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Volume 6 Issue 2 (February 2018) ISSN 2201-9529 Content ur awareness of differentiated elements and aspects can sometimes blur our sense of the greater whole. Humans tend to be more...
read moreSeasonal Affective Disorder: SAD
Seasonal Affective Disorder: SAD Dr. Lori Ann Russell-Chapin in conversation with Richard Hill Members Download:...
read moreMindful Listening: Culling and Shaping Client Narratives
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read moreThe Neuropsychotherapist Volume 6 Issue 1
THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Volume 6 Issue 1 (January 2018) ISSN 2201-9529 Content hat is your story? As we enter the exciting possibilities of 2018, what is the story we carry with us and how does our story...
read moreNeuroscience and Counselling
The Remarkable and Mysterious Brain On a cold and...
read moreUnderstanding PANS & PANDAS
Members Download Article: Insomnia, out-of-control tantrums, separation anxiety, rage, obsessions, disordered eating, paranoia, motor and vocal tics. As a therapist or parent, have you come across a child exhibiting any of these behaviours and...
read moreThe Neuropsychotherapist Volume 5 Issue 12
THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Volume 5 Issue 12 (December 2017) ISSN 2201-9529 Content n what seems like a flash, I find I am introducing my second issue of The Neuropsychotherapist—and, I can confess, I am...
read moreThe New Mind-Body Science of Depression
Members Download Article: Charles Raison, MD, is the Mary Sue and Mike Shannon Chair for Healthy Minds, Children & Families and Professor in the School of Human Ecology and the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of...
read morePrepared, Ready and Able
Members Download Article: You come home from a long day of work and as you wander past the kitchen you see the refrigerator and the next thing you know, you have opened the fridge door and you are extracting a selection of tasty treats. How did...
read moreHilary Jacobs Hendel
Download Article: This month we put the spotlight on licensed clinical social worker and adult psychoanalyst, Hilary Jacobs Hendel. She has a Master of Social Work with Clinical Concentration from Fordham University and has completed the 4-year...
read moreWhat is PANDAS/PANS?
Members Download full article When my middle son, Sammy, was twelve years old he was suddenly struck with an increasingly bizarre series of behaviors, just before the start of sixth grade. He was diagnosed first with obsessive-compulsive...
read moreThe Neuropsychotherapist Volume 5 Issue 11
THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Volume 5 Issue 11 (November 2017) ISSN 2201-9529 Content elcome to my first issue of The Neuropsychotherapist as part of the editorial team. As Managing Editor, I’m keen to build on...
read moreOctober Issue Correction
Our apologies to Paul Potgieter and Thedy Veliz - in our recent October issue we put Thedy's bio in with Paul's outline of his presentation for the upcoming neuropsychotherapy conference. Our deepest apologies for the mix up. Here attached is the corrected pages, and...
read moreThe Neurobiology of Feeling Safe
Members Download: THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS: REFLECTIONS OF THE BRAIN AND BODY The important role of “safety” in our life is so intuitive and so relevant that it is surprising that our institutions neglect it. Perhaps our misunderstanding of the role...
read moreIt’s Not Always Depression
How can it be that a seemingly depressed person, one who shows clinical symptoms, doesn’t respond to antidepressants or psychotherapy? Perhaps because the root of his anguish is something else.
read morePrecision ANS Regulation – What to Look for
Members Download: Three or so decades ago, one of my clients, Greta, after much preparation, was ready, we agreed, to process memories of a very traumatic childhood incident. This was the first time she had wanted to talk about it and I was...
read moreThe Neuropsychotherapist Volume 5 Issue 10
THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Volume 5 Issue 10 (October 2017) ISSN 2201-9529 Content he polyvagal theory of Stephen Porges has given us a remarkable insight into the relationship between mental states and the...
read moreNeurobiological Underpinnings of Bonding Analysis
Members Download Full Article: In the late 1980s, an eminent Hungarian psychotherapist, the late Dr. Jenö Raffai, developed a revolutionary new method he later called Bonding Analysis with which he accompanied pregnant women throughout their...
read moreEvolutionary Perspectives
Evolutionary Perspectives: Attachment Theory, Affect Regulation Theory and Working With Relational Trauma Haley Peckham Subscribers Download The Full Article Here A famous quote from Anaïs Nin asserts that “We don’t see things as they are, we see...
read moreThe Neuropsychotherapist Volume 5 Issue 9
THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Volume 5 Issue 9 (September 2017) ISSN 2201-9529 Content ust how important are those prenatal months for the psychological and emotional development of a child? It’s a difficult...
read moreNeuroplasticity: A new paradigm for understanding and treating mental health issues
Members Download Download the PDF The dominant paradigm for understanding and treating mental health issues is the medical model. The medical model is rooted in science. Broadly speaking, it assumes and seeks to identify pathology in the brain...
read moreEating for Mental Wellbeing
Report by Binh Nguyen Members Download How often have we heard the saying that we are what we eat, with the view that the foods we eat can directly influence our state of mind and physical health? This statement may well be true for the more...
read moreHow Couples Change: A psychobiological approach to couples therapy
Members Download Couples therapy has a long history of ineffectiveness (Gurman, 1973), possibly because early approaches attempted to retrofit cognitive, behavioral, and psychoanalytic models to a dyadic system (the couple), and possibly due to...
read moreThe Story of You
Members Download There is so much I want to say and share about the importance of having a coherent narrative, and how one achieves that. Sometimes I think its simpler and clearer to talk about it in educational rather than psychological terms…in...
read moreThe Neuropsychotherapist Volume 5 Issue 8
THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Volume 5 Issue 8 (August 2017) ISSN 2201-9529 Content eural plasticity, which describes the capacity of our nervous system to respond and adapt to experience, is a fundamental...
read moreGetting the Z’s You Want Sleep-sense in the 21st Century
Getting the Z’s You Want Sleep-sense in the 21st Century James Alexander Members Download Article Having experienced years of problems getting to and remaining asleep, and like all practising psychologists seeing many people who similarly suffer,...
read moreI Am an Avatar of Myself: Fantasy, Trauma, and Self-deception
Members Download Article I Am an Avatar of Myself Fantasy, Trauma, and Self-Deception Terry Marks-Tarlow Terry Marks-Tarlow employs neurobiology to help explore deception in nature and self-deception in human beings. She examines activities that...
read moreThe Neglected Neurobiology of Maternal Anxiety and Depression
Members Download Article: he perinatal period is a time when a significant number of women struggle with clinical levels of anxiety and depression: Estimates indicate 10–20% of 4...
read moreMaria Kostyanaya
Download article aria Kostyanaya is a provisionally registered psychologist currently working for Queensland Corrective Services in Brisbane and at the Queensland Psychology Clinic in...
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Smartphone use linked to behavioral problems in kids
Teens who spend lots of time using digital devices are prone to psychiatric problems, reports a team of scientists in a new study. Children who are heavy users of digital devices are twice as likely as infrequent users to show symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the study finds.
read morePay attention – how the brain performs a background scan to help focus
Research reveals that vision and brain circuits perform a regular background scan, making neurons available in case they are needed to focus on a task – enabling us to pay attention.
read moreOpioid epidemic responses overlook gender
Health experts warn that current efforts to confront the growth of opioid addiction and overdose deaths must better incorporate an understanding of how women fit into this epidemic.
read moreVIP neurons hold master key to jet lag response
Researchers have unlocked a cure for jet lag by activating VIP neurons in the suprachiasmatic nucleus.
read moreStress affects people with schizophrenia differently, CAMH study shows
Strategies for coping with stress and building resilience may provide approaches to prevent schizophrenia.
read moreA science study identifies forty genes related to aggressive behaviour in humans and mice
Researchers have identified 40 new genes they believe are related to aggressive behavior in both humans and mice. The findings deepen understanding of the genetic basis of aggressiveness.
read moreVisual perceptual skills are updated by process similar to memory reconsolidation, study finds
New research concludes that humans’ ability to identify and categorize what they see is kept up-to-date by reactivating lessons learned and allowing them to become stable over time.
read moreDiscovering dopamine’s role in the brain: Arvid Carlsson’s important legacy
Researchers pay tribute to Arvid Carlsson, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his research into dopamine, and evaluate what his research means to modern neuroscience.
read moreWhy do kids lie, and is it normal?
Researchers say lying in childhood is normal and an important sign that a child’s cognitive skills are developing.
read moreScientists explore how high blood pressure hurts cognition
Researchers report impairments in the neuroprotective communication between neural blood vessels, astrocytes and neurons may be an early factor in how high blood pressure may impair cognitive function.
read moreIt’s official – spending time outside is good for you
Living close to nature and spending time outside has significant and wide-ranging health benefits – according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
read moreTraining in Musical Improvisation May Teach Your Brain to Think Differently
Researchers say those who can improvise are better musicians than those who have limited improvisational experience. Additionally, the brains of those trained to improvise show different patters of electrical activity than non-improvising players.
read moreCompounds found in green tea, wine may block toxic metabolites
EGCG and tannic acid, polyphenols found in green tea and red wine, may help to effectively block the formation of toxic amyloid structures, researchers report. The findings may pave the way to developing new treatments for amyloid-related neurodegenerative disorders and genetic metabolic disorders.
read moreUNSW study finds no strong evidence that cannabis reduces chronic pain
A four-year study suggests medicinal cannabis is not as effective at relieving chronic non-cancer pain as commonly assumed.
read moreStudy finds similar outcomes for voluntary and involuntary ECT treatment
Researchers report both those who received voluntary and involuntary electroconvulsive therapy reported their symptoms were much improved following treatment.
read morePeople with Autism Want to Socialize, They May Just Express It Differently
A new study pushes back the assumption that those on the autism spectrum do not wish to socialize with others. Researchers hope their findings will lead to more respectful treatment of those with ASD and help develop more effective methods of support for those with autism.
read moreStress Really Can Make Young Adults Feel Older
Researchers say stress plays a significant role in how old young adults feel. The study reveals stressful events above the norm can make emerging adults feel at least one year older than they are.
read morePoliovirus Therapy for Recurrent Glioblastoma Has 3-Year Survival Rate of 21%
A new study reports a genetically modified poliovirus therapy has been shown to improve long term survival rates in recurrent glioblastoma brain cancer patients.
read moreExtreme stress during childhood can hurt social learning for years to come
Researchers explore how early extreme childhood stress can have a negative impact on social learning and mental health later in life.
read moreDon’t Let Depression Keep You From Exercising
Study suggests fitness at midlife vital after diagnosis.
read moreDeb Dana
Members: Click on the image to download the PDF Deb Dana, LCSW, is a clinician and consultant specializing in working with complex trauma and Coordinator of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium at the Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. She developed the Rhythm...
read moreHow music lessons can improve language skills
Study links piano education with better word discrimination by kindergartners.
read moreReflections on the Evidence-Based Practice of Psychotherapy
Members: Click on the image to download the PDF Imagine I receive an invitation to present a keynote at a major therapy conference. Essentially the charge is something along the lines of: Dr. Van Nuys, over the past 13 years you’ve conducted more than 700 in-depth...
read moreWorld-first brain imaging study to understand mind blindness
To determine why some people cannot create visual images of people, places and things in their mind’s eye, UNSW scientists are planning to conduct a world-first brain imaging study of people with this baffling condition, known as congenital aphantasia.
read moreWatching stem cells repair spinal cord in real time
Monash University researchers have restored movement and regenerated nerves using stem cells in zebra fish where the spinal cord is severely damaged.
read moreMIT scientists discover fundamental rule of brain plasticity
Study reveals how, when a synapse strengthens, its neighbors weaken.
read moreScientists Discover How Brain Signals Travel to Drive Language Performance
Their results pave the way for the treatment of aphasia and other language disorders.
read moreFright and flight: deciding when to escape
Study on instinctive behaviour elucidates a synaptic mechanism for computing escape decisions.
read moreEver noticed time seems to move faster when you’re in control of things? Science can explain why
Researchers explore why our perception of time changes when we enjoy and feel in control of our actions.
read moreLeft, right and center: mapping emotion in the brain
According to a radical new model of emotion in the brain, a current treatment for the most common mental health problems could be ineffective or even detrimental to about 50 percent of the population.
read moreWhy you should eat popcorn with chopsticks – and other psychological tricks to make life more enjoyable
Consuming things in an unconventional way enhances our enjoyment of them, researchers say.
read moreUW Researchers Explore Whether Smarter Animals Are Bigger Troublemakers
Researchers examined the role of animal cognition in different types of human-wildlife conflict. The study reveals some animals may take more risks if they habituate urban surroundings.
read moreHelicopter Parenting May Negatively Affect Children’s Emotional Well-Being, Behavior
Children with overcontrolling parents may later struggle to adjust in school and social environments, study says.
read more‘Teachers are brain engineers’: UW study shows how intensive instruction changes brain circuitry in struggling readers
A study from the University of Washington found that when children with reading difficulties underwent an intensive tutoring program, their brains’ white matter strengthened, and their reading skills improved.
read moreSocial rejection is painful and can lead to violence. A new study suggests that mindfulness may be a solution.
Researchers conducted live brain scans of people as they were being rejected by peers, and found that participants with higher levels of mindfulness more easily coped with the pain of rejection.
read moreA Father’s Day Reminder: Your Kids Aren’t Really Growing Up Quickly
Researchers explore why our time perception alters and why we think our children are growing up faster than they actually are.
read moreMind molding psychedelic drugs could treat depression, and other mental illnesses
It seems that psychedelics do more than simply alter perception. According to the latest research from my colleagues and me, they change the structures of neurons themselves.
read moreLiving with neighborhood violence may shape teens’ brains
For kids living in picket-fence suburbia, these experiences might be rare. But for their peers in urban poverty, they are all too commonplace.
read moreUI study links food allergy to autism spectrum disorder in children
A new study from the University of Iowa finds that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more than twice as likely to suffer from a food allergy than children who do not have ASD.
read moreWhen life gives you lemons, you take more risks
Researchers report exposure to sour foods can increase our desire to take a few risks. Risk averse people, such as those with anxiety disorders, could benefit from eating sour tasting foods to help boost risk taking behaviors, such as talking to new people.
read moreUnique patient offers insights into the brain’s quest to see
A patient missing most of her occipital lobes on both sides of the brain is helping researchers shed light on how the brain processes objects in motion.
read moreClinical Translation of Memory Reconsolidation Research
Clinical Translation of Memory Reconsolidation Research: Therapeutic Methodology for Transformational Change by Erasing Implicit Emotional Learnings Driving Symptom Production Bruce Ecker Abstract After 20 years of laboratory study of memory reconsolidation, the...
read moreMaps Made of Nerve Cells
Mice move through the virtual world of a video game and provide insight into the mechanisms of memory formation.
read moreMom’s Voice May Help Babies Sleep Better in the NICU
Infants in the NICU were more likely to stay asleep during recordings of their mothers reading, finds new research.
read moreLab-Grown Neurons Improve Breathing in Rats After Spinal Cord Injury
By transplanting V2a interneurons, researchers improved respiratory function in mice with spinal cord injuries, a new study reports.
read moreNew tool gets children’s perspective on own mental health
A new tool that allows children dealing with mental health difficulties to record how they are feeling and describe what is important to them has been developed by researchers at King’s.
read moreGot an Appetite That Won’t Subside? You’ve Got Hungry Peptides
It’s one of several jobs of the cerebral plumbing system, which uses its fluid in some surprising ways.
read moreWait For It: Serotonin and Confidence at the Root of Patience in New Study
Serotonin keeps mice hanging on if they are sure of getting rewards, but not sure when.
read moreSocial ties could preserve memory, slow brain aging
Study in mice finds living in groups a boon to cognitive health.
read moreStudy Reveals Brain Activity Patterns Underlying Fluent Speech
Research Could Pave the Way for a Brain Prosthetic to Translate Thoughts into Speech.
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