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Reconsidering the Nature of Trauma
Reconsidering the Nature of Trauma Bonnie Badenoch Members Download The Full Article Here: Leaving her mom at the door, four-year-old Mandy walks confidently into her preschool classroom and is immediately met by the screams of another child as...
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 Members Download Article: To adapt and survive in the face of childhood trauma, insecure attachment, and harsh conditions, we have the...
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: Quitting. Something most of us have done or at least considered at some point. And while I often say strategic quitting is a good idea, something akin...
read moreThe Neuropsychotherapist Volume 6 Issue 4
THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Volume 6 Issue 4 (April 2018) ISSN 2201-9529 Members Download: Content never cease to be amazed by the wonderful ideas that emerge from our contributors 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: (First published by Crown House Publishing in The Practitioners Guide to Mirroring Hands: A Client-Responsive Therapy That Facilitates Natural...
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. Members Download complete article: [dropcap style="font-size: 60px; color:...
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THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Volume 6 Issue 3 (March 2018) ISSN 2201-9529 Members Download: Content ever before has there been so much discussion, and research, about the effectiveness of...
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
Neuroscience in Court: Your Behavior on Trial Members Download Article: y autistic adult daughter stole from the gym we belong to. She went to the drinks cabinet, opened the door, and...
read moreCoherence: The Heart Connection to Personal, Social and Global Health
Members Download Article: Coherence: The Heart Connection to Personal, Social and Global Health One of the most profound perspectives of 20th Century science is that the universe is wholly and enduringly interconnected and coherent. Complex...
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THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Volume 6 Issue 2 (February 2018) ISSN 2201-9529 Members Download: Content ur awareness of differentiated elements and aspects can sometimes blur our sense of...
read moreSeasonal Affective Disorder: SAD
Seasonal Affective Disorder: SAD Dr. Lori Ann Russell-Chapin in conversation with Richard Hill Members Download: Richard: Welcome Lori. First of all, tell me a little bit about yourself. Lori: I have a PhD in Counseling, and I’ve been teaching at...
read moreMindful Listening: Culling and Shaping Client Narratives
Members Download: hen working recently with a conference coordinator, as we put our heads together about the content that follows, she explained to me that because narrative work was at...
read moreThe Neuropsychotherapist Volume 6 Issue 1
THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Volume 6 Issue 1 (January 2018) ISSN 2201-9529 Members Download: Content hat is your story? As we enter the exciting possibilities of 2018, what is the story we...
read moreNeuroscience and Counselling
Members Download Article: The Remarkable and Mysterious Brain On a cold and wet winter morning, Bob overcomes his “excuses” and begins his daily run. As expected, the first few kilometres are gruelling and painful, but midway through the run,...
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 Members Download: Content n what seems like a flash, I find I am introducing my second issue of The...
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 Members Download: Content elcome to my first issue of The Neuropsychotherapist as part of the editorial team....
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 Members Download: Content he polyvagal theory of Stephen Porges has given us a remarkable insight into 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...
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THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Volume 5 Issue 9 (September 2017) ISSN 2201-9529 Members Download: Content ust how important are those prenatal months for the psychological and emotional...
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 Members Download: Content eural plasticity, which describes the capacity of our nervous system to respond and...
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...
read moreThe Neuropsychotherapist Volume 5 Issue 7
THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Volume 5 Issue 7 (July 2017) ISSN 2201-9529 Members Download: Content t’s well known that play is an important part of healthy development, even into...
read moreA Simple Clinical Action Map to Heal PTSD
Members Download: he therapeutic spiral model (TSM) is an innovative and effective model of experiential psychotherapy to treat individual and collective trauma around the world. The...
read moreA Brief Review of the Best Apps
Members Download: martphone technology has been increasingly used in the medical field and is currently rising in the field of behavioral health. Some behavioral health interventions...
read moreIt’s Not the Stress You Feel, It’s the Stress You Don’t
Members Download: No-one can live without experiencing some type of stress all the time. You may think that only serious disease or intensive physical or mental injury can cause stress. This is false. Crossing a busy intersection, exposure to a...
read moreThe Art of the Brain
Members Download: y nontraditional path to art through a doctorate in neuroscience arms me with an outsider’s perspective and gives me the freedom to introduce imagery and concepts...
read moreThe Neuropsychotherapist Volume 5 Issue 6
THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Volume 5 Issue 6 (June 2017) ISSN 2201-9529 Members Download: Content As the psalmist once said, we are “fearfully and wonderfully made”. How true that is when we consider the immense complexity of the brain—and its...
read moreKen Benau
Download Article: Ken Benau, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist with 27 years’ experience. He has a private practice in psychotherapy, consultation and training in Kensington, CA, located in the San Francisco Bay area. For many years, Ken...
read moreWork Stressed and Play?
Work Stressed and Play? A brief look at competitive gaming Members Download the Article here: To date, competitive gaming has not been widely researched or recognised in the scientific and professional literature on video games. As the name...
read moreOligomeric Proanthocyanidins for the Treatment of ADHD
Subscribers Download The Full Article Here It was 1534, and the crew of French explorer Jacques Cartier were in trouble. They had been ship-bound for months and surviving off meagre rations during their exploration of the eastern Canadian...
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Digital addiction increases loneliness, anxiety and depression
SF State study suggests ways to outsmart smartphones.
read moreNew Discovery May Calm ‘Sundowning’
Patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia commonly experience the sundown syndrome – a sudden worsening of confusion, agitation and aggression at the end of the day. ts daily pattern...
read moreHuman Hippocampal Neurogenesis Persists throughout Aging
A new study reveals older adults can generate just as many new hippocampal neurons from progentior cells as young people. The findings confirm neurogenesis does occur in older individuals.
read moreStudy of Everyday Language Reveals How People Mature
In a novel study, researchers examined how personality maturation or development was reflected in natural language.
read moreStudy confirms that inflammation during pregnancy is linked to baby’s brain
Machine-learning algorithm able to predict long-term brain impact, may identify early treatment opportunities for children.
read moreNegative Fateful Life Events and the Brains of Middle-Aged Men
Findings suggest common major midlife adverse events, such as divorce or death of a family member, accelerates aging in the brain.
read moreWhen kids’ autistic brains can’t calm down
One third of children who have autism spectrum disorder also have epilepsy.
read moreWe’ve located the part of the brain which understands social interactions
The ability to quickly detect and recognise the purpose of a social interaction is as indispensable today as it would have been to our ancient ancestors – but how does the brain do it?
read moreChronic Stress Drives Immune Cells to Remodel Neural Circuits, Possibly Promoting Anxiety and Depression
New research shows how stress triggers the brain’s resident immune cells, called microglia, to remodel neural circuits, leading to synaptic changes associated with anxiety and depression.
read moreRemake, Refill, Reuse: Recycling at the Synapse Revealed
Neurons in the brain form tangled webs of connections. Within these webs, cells communicate with each other to control motor, cognitive and other functions.
read moreLooking deeper into brain function
HBP researchers propose new concept to discover the “operational functions” of brain areas.
read moreWhy Does Sleep Become Disrupted in Old Age?
The brain maintains its ability to generate local neural oscillations during sleep throughout the lifespan, according to a study.
read moreCaptured on film for the first time: microglia nibbling on brain synapses
Their findings show that the special glial cells help synapses grow and rearrange, demonstrating the essential role of microglia in brain development.
read moreThe Brain Learns Completely Differently Than We’ve Assumed Since the 20th Century
Based on experimental evidence physicists publish revolutionary new theory on brain learning that contradicts the most common assumption in neuroscience, will transform our understanding of brain function, and open new horizons for advanced deep learning algorithms.
read moreMS stem cell treatment stabilises disease and reduced disability, trial shows
Pioneering international research has found stem cell treatment in people with active multiple sclerosis stabilises the disease and improves disability.
read moreUA researcher unlocking relationship between math ability, fingers
Ask toddlers how old they are, and they are likely to hold up the corresponding number of fingers and say, “this many.”
read moreHow do we lose memory? A STEP at a time, researchers say
In mice, rats, monkeys, and people, aging can take its toll on cognitive function.
read moreEarly life experiences influence DNA in the adult brain
Salk scientists discover how maternal behavior changes brain cells in mice
read moreResearchers identify compound that prevents breast cancer stem cells from activating in the brain
Researchers at Houston Methodist used computer modeling to find an existing investigational drug compound for leukemia patients to treat triple negative breast cancer once it spreads to the brain.
read moreObesity Trigger Identified Within Human Gut
According to researchers, gut serotonin levels are doubled in obese people. Researchers report obesity may be characterized by an increased capacity to release and produce serotonin in the gut.
read moreBuilding tolerance to anxiety is key to OCD symptom relief
Exercises challenge people with obsessive compulsive disorder to confront what bothers them most
read moreSocial media use at age 10 could reduce wellbeing of adolescent girls
Social media use may have different effects on wellbeing in adolescent boys and girls, according to research
read moreSome gut feelings are a red flag, according to new FSU research
A Florida State University neuroscientist concludes you are, if not by choice then perhaps subconsciously. Research by psychology professor Linda Rinaman finds gut-to-brain signals are a powerful influence on emotions, mood and decisions — typically by prompting you to avoid certain situations.
read more“Missing Mutation” Found in Severe Infant Epilepsy
Researchers have discovered a “missing mutation” in severe infant epilepsy — long-suspected genetic changes that might trigger overactive, brain-damaging electrical signaling leading to seizures.
read moreInflammation arising from obesity reduces taste bud abundance and inhibits renewal
Despite evidence that the ability to taste is weakened by obesity and can be rescued with weight loss intervention, few studies have investigated the molecular effects of obesity on the taste system
read moreAmygdala neurons increase as children become adults – except in autism
In a striking new finding, researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute found that typically-developing children gain more neurons in a region of the brain that governs social and emotional behavior, the amygdala, as they become adults.
read moreEven flies like a familiar song: How auditory learning shapes fly behavior
Researchers at Nagoya University develop fruit fly model to explore how learned auditory cues alter mating behavior and sexual preference.
read moreDecoding the chemisty of fear
Salk team charts pathway for fear in worms to reveal more about human anxiety sk a dozen people about their greatest fears, and you’ll likely get a dozen different responses. That, along with the complexity...
read moreReconsidering the Nature of Trauma
Reconsidering the Nature of Trauma Bonnie Badenoch Members Download The Full Article Here: Leaving her mom at the door, four-year-old Mandy walks confidently into her preschool classroom and is immediately met by the screams of another child as...
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: Quitting. Something most of us have done or at least considered at some point. And while I often say strategic quitting is a good idea, something akin...
read moreMultiple Screen Use Affects Snack Choices
Using multiple screen devices simultaneously while snacking may influence food choices, according to a new Michigan State University study.
read moreControversial brain study has scientists rethinking neuron research
Scientists have known for about two decades that some neurons – the fundamental cells in the brain that transmit signals – are generated throughout life.
read moreWhy the Buzzed Brain Thinks It Knows What It’s Doing
A new study by SDSU psychologists found that alcohol dampens brain waves associated with decision-making but not motor control.
read morePhysically Fit Women Almost 90 Percent Less Likely to Develop Dementia
Women with high physical fitness at middle age were nearly 90 percent less likely to develop dementia decades later, compared to women who were moderately fit
read morePsychopaths’ disregard for others is not automatic
Psychopaths exhibit callous disregard for the welfare of others, suggesting an inability to understand the perspective of people around them
read moreCan Our Eyes Help Predict Who Will Develop Memory Loss?
People whose eyes show signs of small changes in blood vessels at age 60 may be more likely to develop thinking and memory problems by the time they are 80 than people with healthy eyes.
read moreMapping the Neural Circuit Governing Thirst
Caltech researchers discover the wiring of the circuit in the mouse brain that drives and quenches thirst.
read moreThe Factors that Most Affect Our Immune System
Why do we respond differently to infections or vaccines? Why are some people allergic to pollen? These are still unanswered questions in biological and medical science. The Milieu Intérieur Laboratory of Excellence coordinated at the Institut Pasteur by CNRS research director, Dr. Lluis Quintana-Murci, has recently described immune variation on a large scale within the French population. To achieve this, the consortium studied an expansive collection of biological specimens from 1,000 French volunteers aged 20 to 69. This article provides an account of their work.
read moreHearing Loss May Be Tied to Memory Loss
Some people with a certain type of hearing loss may be more likely to also have the memory loss and thinking problems called mild cognitive impairment, according to a preliminary study
read morePerceptions of Old Age Change As We Age
Does life really begin at 40? Is 50 the new 30? For people in these age groups, the answer appears to be yes.
read moreReceptors Key to Strong Memories
When we create a memory, a pattern of connections forms between neurons in the brain. New work from UC Davis shows how these connections can be strengthened or weakened at a molecular level.
read moreBrain-gut communication in worms demonstrates how organs can work together to regulate lifespan
Our bodies are not just passively growing older.
read moreCheck offenders for history of head injuries, experts say
Offenders should be routinely checked for signs of past head injuries, researchers say.
read moreWhy are some mushrooms “magic?”
Study offers evolutionary explanation, could pave way for neurological treatments.
read moreThe onset of Alzheimer’s disease: the importance of family history
In this study involving a cohort of 101 individuals, researcher Sylvia Villeneuve (Douglas Mental Health University Institute; CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal) shows that the difference between a person’s age and the age of their parent at the onset of the disease is a more important risk factor than their actual age.
read moreOver years, depression changes the brain, new CAMH study shows
Persistent depression may need a different therapeutic approach, results suggest
read moreFlu May Impact Brain Health
Female mice infected with two different strains of the flu exhibit changes to the structure and function of the hippocampus that persist for one month after infection
read moreGenetics researchers close in on schizophrenia
Researchers at the MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics at Cardiff University have discovered 50 new gene regions that increase the risk of developing schizophrenia. They have also used state-of-the-art information about brain development to accurately pinpoint new genes and biological pathways implicated in this disorder.
read moreBrain can navigate based solely on smells
Novel olfactory virtual reality system allows researchers to study how smells influence behaviors.
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