Neuroscience, Psychotherapy and Neuropsychotherapy
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Neuroscience, Psychotherapy and Neuropsychotherapy
Toni Killin
Gestalt Therapy Brisbane
Supervisor: Dr Greer White
Date of submission: 18 August 2014,
STATEMENT OF SOURCES
This literature review contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from writing by which I have qualified for or been awarded another degree or diploma.
No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgment in the main text of this literature review.
This literature review has not been submitted for the award of any degree or diploma in any other tertiary institution.
Toni Killin
My chosen literature review topic is Neuroscience, Psychotherapy and Neuropsychotherapy.
Therapeutic strategies have been built from hundreds of years of experience. These strategies have over time proven their effectiveness for particular problems (Cozolino, 2010; Grawe, 2007). The field of Neuroscience looks at brain structures and functions; it is a large field encompassing neurobiology, neurochemistry and areas of psychology. Neuropsychotherapy blends the fields of neuroscience and psychotherapy together. The emphasis being placed on the neuroscientific foundations of psychotherapy. Present rudimentary neuroscientific research findings offer psychotherapy scientific support, putting forward a new and fresh perspective for therapists (Siegel, 2012). Neuropsychotherapy seeks to remove the invisible barrier between mind and brain (Cozolino, 2010; Grawe, 2007; Siegel, 2012). In this discipline both the mind and brain are equally important, focusing on either one at the cost of the other would be to act as if one is irrelevant (Cozolino, 2010). My contact with clients and professionals such as therapists, psychiatrists and psychologists led to my interest in Gestalt Therapy. Although my training in Gestalt Therapy is a passion, the journey has been a difficult learning experience. The experiential nature of Gestalt therapy has proven difficult for me to...
Toni Killin
Gestalt Therapy Brisbane
Supervisor: Dr Greer White
Date of submission: 18 August 2014,
STATEMENT OF SOURCES
This literature review contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from writing by which I have qualified for or been awarded another degree or diploma.
No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgment in the main text of this literature review.
This literature review has not been submitted for the award of any degree or diploma in any other tertiary institution.
Toni Killin
My chosen literature review topic is Neuroscience, Psychotherapy and Neuropsychotherapy.
Therapeutic strategies have been built from hundreds of years of experience. These strategies have over time proven their effectiveness for particular problems (Cozolino, 2010; Grawe, 2007). The field of Neuroscience looks at brain structures and functions; it is a large field encompassing neurobiology, neurochemistry and areas of psychology. Neuropsychotherapy blends the fields of neuroscience and psychotherapy together. The emphasis being placed on the neuroscientific foundations of psychotherapy. Present rudimentary neuroscientific research findings offer psychotherapy scientific support, putting forward a new and fresh perspective for therapists (Siegel, 2012). Neuropsychotherapy seeks to remove the invisible barrier between mind and brain (Cozolino, 2010; Grawe, 2007; Siegel, 2012). In this discipline both the mind and brain are equally important, focusing on either one at the cost of the other would be to act as if one is irrelevant (Cozolino, 2010). My contact with clients and professionals such as therapists, psychiatrists and psychologists led to my interest in Gestalt Therapy. Although my training in Gestalt Therapy is a passion, the journey has been a difficult learning experience. The experiential nature of Gestalt therapy has proven difficult for me to...