Course Details

This short reading course discusses the profound impact of neurobiological findings on talking therapies, highlighting a paradigm shift from viewing the brain as an electrochemical system to understanding it as a neural network. This shift emphasizes the importance of enriched environments and talking therapies in facilitating neuroplasticity, changing brain structure, and function. The role of mirror neurons in shaping behavior and the critical influence of right-brain-to-right-brain activation for attachment and control patterns are explored. The text underscores the limitations of antidepressant medications and advocates for talking therapies as effective catalysts for therapeutic outcomes, supported by significant changes in brain activity and structure documented through various studies.

  • Understand the paradigm shift from the brain as an electrochemical system to a neural network perspective.

  • Explain the role of neuroplasticity in changing brain function and structure through talking therapies.

  • Describe the influence of mirror neurons on human behavior and their relevance in counseling.

  • Identify the key brain regions activated by talking therapies to facilitate change.

  • Discuss the limitations of the medical model focusing primarily on antidepressant medications.

  • Recognize the evidence supporting the effectiveness of talking therapies in producing long-lasting changes in brain activity and structure.

Course curriculum

    1. THE NEUROSCIENCE OF TALKING THERAPIES - Pieter Rossouw

    2. Neuroscience of Talking Therapies Quiz

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