by SoP | Jan 24, 2022 | Brain, News |
Our brain maps out our body to facilitate accurate motor control; disorders of this body map result in motor deficits. For a century, the body map has been thought to have applied to all types of motor actions. Yet scientists have begun to query how the body map...
by SoP | Jan 22, 2022 | Podcast |
Today Richard talks to Serge Prengel who is in private practice and a co-founder of the Integrative Focusing Therapy online training program. He has been exploring creative approaches to mindfulness: how to live with an embodied sense of meaning and purpose. He is the...
by SoP | Jan 11, 2022 | Podcast |
Today Richard and Matt talk about their upcoming book The Practitioner’s Guide to the Science of Psychotherapy and discuss the introduction and basis of the book. The book is available on pre-order now. https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324016182 Thanks for...
by SoP | Jan 4, 2022 | Magazine |
Celebrating New Year is often a transformative event. Many people have expressed their desire for a transition into a better year than the past Covid-19 affected years. That is hardly surprising. As we celebrate the advent of 2022, I am reminded that this is not the...
by SoP | Dec 2, 2021 | Magazine |
December heralds year’s end and it almost always has some bitter and some sweet reflections. We’ve had another year of restrictions and expansions. For some it has been like Dr Doolittle’s Pushmi-Pullyu, whereas for others it has been a time of...
by SoP | Nov 29, 2021 | Podcast |
Sam Visnic, CMT, is the founder of Release Muscle Therapy in California and a Certified Massage Therapist, Specialty Neuromuscular and Clinical Massage therapist, and Certified Corrective Exercise Therapist. Today we talk to Sam about integrating physical...
by SoP | Nov 16, 2021 | Podcast |
Today we talk with clinical and forensic psychologist Dr Jennifer Sweeton. Originally trained as a neuroscientist, Dr. Sweeton is a best-selling author in clinical psychology, and internationally-recognized expert on trauma and the neuroscience of mental health. We...
by SoP | Nov 5, 2021 | Magazine |
In the ebb and flow of life, I find myself writing this editorial from a hospital bed. Not Covid-19, which is something we need to say first nowadays. Essentially, it is an unsurprising surgical procedure for a man of 67 years of age. These impactful events are...
by SoP | Nov 1, 2021 | Podcast |
Today we talk to Dr Jon Lieff, MD, who is a neuropsychiatrist with a BA in Mathematics from Yale University and an MD from Harvard Medical School. He pioneered the creation of integrated treatment units that focus on complex patients with combined medical,...
by SoP | Nov 1, 2021 | Podcast |
Dr. Avigail Lev (Abby) is a licensed clinical psychologist in California and a certified mediator. She utilizes evidence-based practices, including cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance-based treatments, to treat both couples and individuals struggling with...
by SoP | Oct 18, 2021 | Podcast |
Richard Hill catches up with long time friend Michael Hoyt in the USA and Flavio Cannistrà in Italy to talk about single session therapy. You can find more about single session therapy here https://www.singlesessiontherapies.com/ And the English version of...
by SoP | Oct 13, 2021 | Body |
The Gut-Brain Axis The Science of Us – Episode 1 We are very excited to announce the first episode in The Science of Us documentary series – The Gut-Brain Axis. This documentary series is free for our Standard Subscribers and can be simply viewed for your...
by SoP | Oct 10, 2021 | Podcast |
We talk to Dr. Temple Grandin (famous as a spokesperson for people with autism and her lifelong work with animal behavior) and Dr. Debra Moore (a psychologist with extensive experience in autism) who is the co-author of the book with Dr. Grandin Navigating Autism: 9...
by SoP | Oct 2, 2021 | Magazine |
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” (A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens) is one of the greatest opening lines in literature. Another equally engaging opening is from Under Milk Wood, by Dylan Thomas, “To begin at the...
by SoP | Sep 26, 2021 | Podcast |
Today we have the pleasure of talking to Dr Stephen Porges about his new book Polyvagal Safety: Attachment, Communication, Self-Regulation. You can check out the new book here https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324016274 And find out more about Dr Stephen Porges here...
by SoP | Sep 20, 2021 | Podcast |
Today we talk to Susan Aposhyan about her new book Heart Open, Body Awake: The Four Steps of Embodied Spirituality. In this book she introduces us to embodied spiritual practices and the importance of combining the psychological, spiritual and physical in therapy. You...
by SoP | Sep 12, 2021 | Podcast |
Today we get to talk to Steven Taylor, Ph.D., who is a Professor and Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Taylor’s work focuses on anxiety disorders and related clinical conditions,...
by SoP | Sep 6, 2021 | Podcast |
Today we talk to Dr Francis Lee Stevens who’s latest book, Affective Neuroscience in Psychotherapy, offers an alternative model of psychotherapy, using the patient’s emotions as the focal point of treatment. This unique text approaches emotions as the...
by SoP | Sep 2, 2021 | Magazine |
Can we stay connected during these periods of covid-19 isolation? Carol spent this morning taking very special care of me. It began when a bagful of cumquats was left at her doorstep by a friend. She decided to make me some of her signature marmalade. I don’t...
by SoP | Aug 28, 2021 | Podcast |
; We had the good fortune today to talk to Dr Chanté DeLoach, or “Dr. D” as she is affectionately known, who is a licensed clinical psychologist and author of the new book “How We Practice Therapy Now”. For more about Dr DeLoach you can...
