Brain2Brain: Enacting Client Change Through the Persuasive Power of Neuroscience

Help your clients overcome resistance with this essential guide

Client resistance to psychotherapy is one of the most difficult challenges mental health professionals face. Thankfully, technological and theoretical advances have yielded a rich body of research identifying how mental and physical health are connected. Brain2Brain is an excellent summary of the available evidence, complete with client–centered tools for use in everyday practice.

Included in Brain2Brain are sample client dialogues and case examples that demonstrate exactly how neurobiological information can be used in the therapeutic setting. Depression, anxiety, post–traumatic stress disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder are each discussed from a holistic standpoint. Handouts and mnemonic devices will help your clients retain vital information and understand how to use it. And quick–reference sidebars concisely present the scientific basis of the book′s therapeutic suggestions.

When therapists conceal or leave out details about the biological component of mental health experiences, clients may have a hard time trusting their therapists. That′s why it is absolutely essential to discover and share the latest insights from neurobiology in language that clients can understand. Brain2Brain is the all–inclusive tool you need to bring brain science into your practice and establish the trust that′s key to effective practice.

Chapter 1 Appling Neuroscience

Teaching Practical Neuroscience

Chapter 2 Promoting Brain Health

The First S of Planting SEEDS

The first E of SEEDS

Education

The D of SEEDS

Officer Mike s Muffins

Chapter 3 Developing Memory Systems

The Memory Systems

Chapter 4 Autostress Disorders

Top down and bottom up

Chapter 5 When Anxiety is Generalized

Balancing the Autonomic

Chapter 6 Focalized Anxiety

Facing Fear and Avoidance

Phobias

Panic Disorder

Chapter 7 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Phase 1: Stabilization

Phase 2: Memory Integration

Phase 3: Posttraumatic Growth

Chapter 8 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Describing the OCD Circuit

ORDER

Health Obsessions

Chapter 9 Depression

Gender and Depression

The Role of Inflammation

Anxiety with Depression

Shifting to Action

The Social Lift

The Default Mode and Rumination

Orchestrating a Broad Approach

JOHN B. ARDEN, PHD, has 35 years of experience providing psychological services and directing mental health programs. He developed one of the largest mental health training programs in the United States and has authored or co–authored 13 books, including Brain–Based Therapy with Adults. Dr. Arden is Director of Training in Mental Health for the Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers in Northern California, where he oversees training programs in 24 medical centers.