Brain-Based Therapy with Adults

Brain-Based Therapy with Adults: Evidence-Based Treatment for Everyday Practice provides a straightforward, integrated approach that looks at what we currently know about the brain and how it impacts and informs treatment interventions. Authors John Arden and Lloyd Linford, experts in neuroscience and evidence-based practice, reveal how this new kind of therapy takes into account the uniqueness of each client. Presentation of detailed background and evidence-based?interventions for common adult disorders such as anxiety and depression offers you expert advice you can put into practice immediately.

Acknowledgments vii Preface ix About This Book xi 1 How We Change 1 2 Neuroscience: The Fantastic Voyage 18 3 Psychotherapy and the Pax Medica 49 4 The Therapeutic Relationship 69 5 Working with Memory and Emotion 95 6 Dysregulations 120 7 Brain-Based Therapy for Anxiety Disorders 139 8 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 166 9 Obsessive-Compulsive Reactions 184 10 Depression: The Dark amid the Blaze 202 11 Exercise, Sleep, and Mindfulness 233 References 253 Author Index 297 Subject Index 300