Might it be possible that neuroscience, in particular interpersonal neurobiology, can illuminate the unique ways that group processes collaborate with and enhance the brain's natural developmental and repairing processes? This book brings together the work of twelve contemporary group therapists and practitioners who are exploring this possibility through applying the principles of interpersonal neurobiology (IPNB) to a variety of approaches to group therapy and experiential learning groups. IPNB's focus on how human beings
shape one another's brains throughout the life span makes it a natural fit for those of us who are involved in bringing people together so that, through their interactions, they may better understand and transform their own deeper mind and relational patterns. Group is a unique context that can trigger, amplify, contain, and provide resonance for a broad range of human experiences, creating robust conditions for changing the brain.
The chapters included here introduce and highlight the theoretical and research literatures from an IPNB perspective, especially the newer understandings of brain plasticity, mirror neurons, the autonomic nervous system, implicit and explicit memory, affect regulation and the relation between attachment and brain development. Building on these understandings, the authors elaborate on work with varying types of groups as seen through an IPNB lens, for example; how systems-centered therapy creates a rich neurobiological climate that supports integration; how children's groups can help with sensory motor, psychological, and interpersonal development; how using an IPNB frame enables couples' groups to attain more solid interpersonal regulation; and how experiential learning groups can transform implicit memory.
Edited by:
Bonnie Badenoch,
Susan P. Gantt
Imprint: Karnac Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 230mm,
Width: 147mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 385g
ISBN: 9781780491776
ISBN 10: 1780491778
Series: The New International Library of Group Analysis
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 February 2013
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
New International Library of Group Analysis Foreword , Introduction , Integrating interpersonal neurobiology with group psychotherapy , Mirror neurons: their implications for group psychotherapy , Group psychotherapy and neuro-plasticity: an attachment theory perspective , Developing the group mind through functional subgrouping: linking systems-centred training (SCT) and interpersonal neurobiology , Introducing couples to group therapy: pursuing passion through the neo-cortex , Sensorimotor psychotherapy as a foundation of group therapy with younger clients , Hunger and longing: a developmental regulation model for exploring core relational needs , Relationship-focused group therapy (RFGT) to mitigate marital instability and neuropsychophysiological dysregulation , A transformational learning group: inviting the implicit
Reviews for The Interpersonal Neurobiology of Group Psychotherapy and Group Process
This clearly and beautifully written collection of peer reviews and previously published articles concerning the interpersonal neurobiology of group psychotherapy and group process is essential reading. Interpersonal neurobiology is a source of a fuller understanding of people in groups, groups in people, and especially of the web of affiliations that structure communicational networks and the information carried through them. This is necessary for the development of our theory and clinical practice. Interpersonal neurobiology underpins the deeper study of the social unconscious, including the development of the social brain and its effects on people in relationships and vice versa.
