Why Therapy Works Using Our Minds to Change Our Brains

Why Therapy Works Using Our Minds to Change Our BrainsUnlock the secrets of therapeutic change with 'Why Therapy Works: Using Our Minds to Change Our Brains' by Louis Cozolino. This essential read delves into essential concepts surrounding the effectiveness of psychotherapy, offering a scientific approach to understanding why therapy leads to lasting psychological transformation. Ideal for those interested in the intricate relationship between psychology and neuroscience, Cozolino articulates how our

Unlock the secrets of therapeutic change with 'Why Therapy Works: Using Our Minds to Change Our Brains' by Louis Cozolino. This essential read delves into essential concepts surrounding the effectiveness of psychotherapy, offering a scientific approach to understanding why therapy leads to lasting psychological transformation. Ideal for those interested in the intricate relationship between psychology and neuroscience, Cozolino articulates how our brains have evolved to learn, unlearn, and relearn, forming the bedrock of enduring change.

In this insightful book, readers will discover the importance of viewing therapy through a deeper lens. Cozolino emphasizes the necessity for therapists to understand their clients' inner histories, moving past mere words or diagnoses, and tapping into the social nature of our brains. He explores how our interpersonal relationships can both hinder and facilitate emotional growth. The book highlights the negative impacts of anxiety, stress, and trauma, while also presenting the positive power of narratives in promoting self-regulation and neural integration.

Targeted at those who have benefited from therapy, those contemplating its potential, and anyone intrigued by the human capacity for profound transformation, 'Why Therapy Works' is an invaluable guide to understanding the therapeutic process.

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ISBN: 9780393709056
Year: 2015
Publisher: W W Norton & Company
Pages: 288

Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780393709056
Year: 2015
Publisher: W W Norton & Company
Pages: 288


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That psychotherapy works is a basic assumption of anyone who sees a therapist. But why does it work? And why does it matter that we understand how it works?In Why Therapy Works, Louis Cozolino explains the mechanisms of psychotherapeutic change from the bottom up, beginning with the brain, and how brains have evolved”especially how brains evolved to learn, unlearn and relearn, which is at the basis of lasting psychological change.


Readers will learn why therapists have to look beyond just words, diagnoses and presenting problems to the inner histories of their clients in order to discover paths to positive change. The book also shows how our brains have evolved into social organs and how our interpersonal lives are a source of both pain and power. Readers will explore with Cozolino how our brains are programmed to connect in intimate relationships and come to understand the debilitating effects of anxiety, stress and trauma.Finally, the book will lead to an understanding of the power of story and narratives for fostering self-regulation, neural integration and positive change.


Always, the focus of the book is in understanding underlying therapeutic change, moving beyond the particular of specific forms of therapy to the commonalities of human evolution, biology and experience.


This book is for anyone who has experienced the benefits of therapy and wondered how it worked. It is for anyone thinking about whether therapy is right for them, and it is for anyone who has looked within themselves and marvelled at people's ability to experience profound transformation.