Reassembling Models of Reality

A long overdue book outlining the importance of deeply understanding and incorporating our patient's total experiences with their world. It is absolutely in the best Kurt Lewin tradition; unraveling the intricacies of bi-directional person-environment interactions so fundamental to effectively helping people coming to us for therapy.--Barry Nierenberg, PhD, ABPP, Past President, APA Division of Rehabilitation Psychology, Board Certified, Rehabilitation Psychology, Professor, College of Psychology, Nova Southeastern University Aldrich Chan has taken an incredibly complex set of topics and distilled them into an easily readable text. It is at once practical and theoretical, leading the reader to both understand the topics through relevant examples and envision how these models could impact future neuroscience and behavioral research. It is an enjoyable and thought-provoking read for anyone trying to better understand what drives human behavior.--Kenneth D. Hartline, PsyD, ABPP-CN, Board Certified Clinical Neuropsychologist, Los Angeles, CA This outstanding book explores the ways that our perceptions of our own reality are colored by our personal experiences and the 'veils' of our minds. Dr. Chan is an expert in the default mode network, and as an erudite and versatile neuropsychologist provides a concise overview of contributions by major philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists on how the mind, consciousness, and brain work together.--Carolyn Drazinic, MD, PhD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Florida State Mental Health Hospitals; Associate Professor of Clinical Sciences, Florida State University; Where is our self? What is its existence? How is it related to the world? Can we provide therapy to the self? These are the questions that this book addresses. It does so in a novel and highly innovative way... Chan does remarkable work in unraveling a deeper layer of our self and its existence... A wonderful book that opens the deeper layers of our existence and provides novel inspiration for better psychotherapy.--Georg Northoff, MD, PhD, University of Ottawa, author of Neurophilosophy and the Healthy Mind and The Spontaneous Brain