Lexington Books The Talk Therapy Revolution: Neuroscience, Phenomenology, and Mental Health

The Talk Therapy Revolution: Neuroscience, Phenomenology and Mental Health, uses phenomenology and neuroscience to describe experiential counseling themes such as intuition, attunement, emotional regulation, insight, empathy, momentum and others. Peter Ladd explores these experiential counseling practices in direct comparison with a medical model of talk therapy and examines the pros and cons of both models. Ladd presents an orderly and efficient integration of these two models that accounts for the reciprocal relationship between human experience and neuroscience in which interpersonal relationships have a direct impact on the brain and the brain has a direct impact on human experience. Review As mental health care becomes more medicalized and reductionistic, this book is an important reminder of the significance of dialogue and the centering of the client experience in the facilitation of growth and recovery. This book is a must read for practitioners and educators in the mental health field.--AnnMarie Churchill, Memorial University of Newfoundland In his newest book, Dr. Ladd gives therapists permission to break free of a medical model that all too often overlooks the human experience and the healing connection between therapist and client. He rests his assertions on sound neurological research and real life treatment examples to demonstrate how this method of therapy really works. Dr. Ladd conceptualized how to use this phenomenological approach in a way that therapists of all levels of expertise could understand and utilize in their practice. Let the talk therapy revolution begin!--Jayme Smith, Office of Minority Health Resource Center In The Talk Therapy Revolution, Peter Ladd masterfully blends the experiential orientation of phenomenology with insights from contemporary neuroscience to provide powerful support for core elements of relational helping, including intuition, attunement, and empathy. Challenging the limitations of the culturally dominant medical model, Ladd conjoins neuroscience and phenomenology to advocate for a remarkably effective, authentic, and thoroughly relational approach to counseling and psychotherapy. I highly recommend this outstanding book to all talk therapists, who will greatly benefit from its clear, engaging style, numerous case examples, and revolutionary vision of the therapeutic process.--James T. Hansen, Oakland University About the Author Peter D. Ladd is faculty member and coordinator of the Mental Health Counseling Program at St. Lawrence University.