The divided therapist hemispheric difference and contemporary psychotherapy / edited by Rod Tweedy.
| Other author | Tweedy, Roderick. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021. |
| Description | 1 online resource (xi, 290 pages) : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
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| Abstract | This important new book explores the nature of the divided brain and its relevance for contemporary psychotherapy. Citing the latest neuroscientic research, it shows how the relationship between the two hemispheres of the brain is central to our mental health, and examines both the practical and theoretical implications for therapy. Disconnections, dissociations, and imbalances between our two hemispheres underlie many of our most prevalent forms of mental distress and disturbance. These include issues of addiction, autism, schizophrenia, depression, anorexia, relational trauma, borderline and personality disorders, psychopathy, anxiety, derealisation and devitalisation, and alexithymia. A contemporary understanding of the nature of the divided brain is therefore of importance in engaging with and treating these disturbances. Featuring contributions from some of the key authors in the eld, The Divided Therapist suggests that hemispheric integration lies at the heart of the therapeutic process itself, and that a better understanding of the precise mechanisms that underlie and enable this integration will help to transform the practice of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in the twenty-rst century. The book will be essential reading for any therapeutic practitioner interested in how the architecture of the brain informs and eects their client's issues and challenges. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Biographical note | Rod Tweedy, PhD, is the author of The God of the Left Hemisphere: Blake, Bolte Taylor and the Myth of Creation (Routledge, 2013), a study of William Blake's works in the light of contemporary neuroscience, and the editor of The Political Self: Understanding the Social Context for Mental Illness (Routledge, 2017). He is also an active supporter of Veterans for Peace UK and the user-led mental health organisation, Mental Fight Club. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 11, 2020). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: 0367492865 9780367492861 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021761966 |
| ISBN | 9781000192445 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 100019244X (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 9781000192506 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1000192504 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 9781000192476 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1000192474 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 9781003049876 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1003049877 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
| Standard identifier# | 10.4324/9781003049876 |
| Stock number | 9781000192506 Ingram Content Group |
| Stock number | 9781003049876 Taylor & Francis |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |