The article discusses the integration of neuropsychological models of the unconscious with therapeutic practices to address persistent emotional and behavioral difficulties. It emphasizes the role of unconscious processes in shaping self-systems and the challenges of achieving sustained therapeutic change. Reflective awareness is highlighted as crucial for internal structural changes, helping patients regulate negative emotions and alter maladaptive patterns. The interplay between subcortical automaticity and cortically mediated reflective awareness is seen as fundamental in therapy. The article underscores that enduring change requires addressing both unconscious processes and their interactions with conscious awareness, thereby fostering a more profound transformation in patients' affect regulation and behavior.

  • Understand the neuropsychological model of the unconscious and its relevance in therapy.

  • Recognize the significance of reflective awareness in achieving structural changes in affect regulation.

  • Identify the role of subcortical and cortical regions in emotional and behavioral regulation.

  • Explore methods to enhance emotion regulation through reflective practices.

  • Comprehend the challenges and strategies for sustaining therapeutic change.

  • Analyze the interaction between unconscious processes and conscious interventions in therapeutic settings.

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    1. A Neuropsychological Model of the Unconscious and Therapeutic Change by Efrat Ginot

    1. THE NEUROPSYCHOTHERAPIST Issue #16 DOWNLOAD

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