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An Expansive Perspective on the Science of Psychotherapy

An Expansive Perspective on the Science of Psychotherapy

Recently we talked to Raissa Miller, Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Counselor Education at Boise State University. Direct MP3 download:https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thethoughtfulcounselor/RichardHillMattDahlitz--Raissa_-_83122_7.36_PM.mp3...

Richard and Matt on Groundless Ground Podcast

Richard and Matt on Groundless Ground Podcast

We were very pleased to talk to Lisa Dale Miller, on her podcast Groundless Ground. EPISODE SUMMARY Richard Hill and Matthew Dahlitz discuss their comprehensive, modern psychotherapy textbook that covers basic neuroscience, body-brain systems, genetic processes and...

Reinterpreting Our Brain’s Body Maps

Reinterpreting Our Brain’s Body Maps

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...

Book Giveaway – How We Practice Therapy Now

Book Giveaway – How We Practice Therapy Now

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Outside factors may help children develop internal control

Outside factors may help children develop internal control

The ability to control your own behavior, known as executive function, might not exist all in your head. A new theory proposes that it develops with many influences from outside the mind. The theory, detailed in Perspectives on Psychological Science, draws on dynamic...

3 trauma takes the media gets wrong

3 trauma takes the media gets wrong

3 trauma takes the media gets wrong By Meera Atkinson, University of Notre Dame Australia and Michael Salter, UNSW Originating in the medical sciences, where it referred to physical injury, the term “trauma” is now often used in popular and scholarly discussion to...

Hypnosis Changes the Way Our Brain Processes Information

Hypnosis Changes the Way Our Brain Processes Information

In a new study, researchers from the University of Turku showcased that the way our brain processes information is fundamentally altered during hypnosis. The research helps to understand how hypnosis produces changes in a hypnotised person’s behaviour and subjective...

Western countries are the most affected by parental burnout

Western countries are the most affected by parental burnout

Does the incidence of parental burnout depend on a country’s culture? This question was at the heart of the first international study on the subject for which hundreds of scientists in 42 countries mobilised. In other words, the global scientific community is worried...