The Neuroscience of Being Human
The Neuroscience of the Therapeutic Relationship
Why the bond between therapist and client is not merely helpful but neurologically necessary, how two nervous systems synchronise in attuned interaction, and what the most replicated finding in psychotherapy research tells us about the brain
1,456-word article with 8 Harvard references.
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The therapeutic relationship is the most studied and most robust predictor of outcome in the entire psychotherapy research literature. It predicts outcome better than the type of therapy, the diagnosis, or the severity of the presenting problem. This fully referenced article explores the neural mechanisms through which the therapeutic relationship produces change, why co-regulation between two nervous systems is the foundation of effective therapy, and what neuroscience reveals about the ancient, pre-verbal process through which one human being helps another feel safe enough to change.
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