Neuroscience for counsellors: practical applications for counsellors, therapists and mental health practitioners

Neuroscience for Counsellors: Practical Applications for Counsellors, Therapists and Mental Health Practitioners......Page 5
 About this book......Page 13
 Personal factors......Page 15
 A field in its infancy......Page 17
 Integration of complexity......Page 18
 Where does counselling fit in?......Page 19
 Making a difference......Page 21
 The challenge of new knowledge......Page 22
 A cultural note......Page 24
 Interconnection......Page 25
 Plasticity and BDNF......Page 26
 Neurons that fire together wire together......Page 30
 Plasticity/rigidity paradox......Page 33
 Damage to the brain......Page 35
 Gene transciption......Page 37
 Myelination and white matter......Page 42
 Left brain/right brain......Page 44
 Learning and attention......Page 47
 A map of ourselves......Page 55
 Memory......Page 59
 False memory......Page 70
 Memory and self......Page 76
 Mirror neurons......Page 82
 Emotion......Page 95
 Attachment......Page 99
 Addiction......Page 106
 Stress......Page 114
 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder......Page 119
 Dissociation......Page 126
 Depression......Page 132
 Bipolar Affective Disorder......Page 142
 Anxiety......Page 147
 Attention Deficit (Hyperactive) Disorders......Page 155
 Autisic spectrum disorders, including Aspergers......Page 164
 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette’s syndrome......Page 175
 Personality disorders......Page 179
 Psychosis/schizophrenia......Page 187
 Eating disorders......Page 196
 Exercise......Page 205
 Sleep......Page 210
 Omega 3......Page 215
 Deep breathing, meditative practice and mindfulness......Page 217
 Healthy eating......Page 221
 Scope......Page 226
 A new era for psychiatry?......Page 227
 A new era for counselling......Page 228
 Future directions......Page 229
 Sharing knowledge......Page 230
 So what about my project?......Page 231
 Everything affects everything......Page 233
Afterword......Page 235
Glossary......Page 246
References......Page 266
Subject Index......Page 278
Author Index......Page 287
Blank Page......Page 2