Neuroscience Psychotherapy and Clinical Pragmatism

<p>This volume explores how the principles and values of pragmatic philosophy serve as orienting perspectives for critical thinking in contemporary psychotherapy and clinical practice. </p><p>Drawing on the contributions of William James and John Dewey <i>Neuroscience Psychotherapy and Clinical Pragmatism</i> introduces a model of clinical pragmatism emphasizing the individuality of the person open-ended dialogue experiential learning and the practical outcomes of ideas and methods. In a second part chapters show how recent developments in neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology deepen our understanding of change and growth in accord with the principles of clinical pragmatism. Finally the volume reviews paradigms of psychotherapy across the psychodynamic behavioral cognitive and humanistic traditions. Case studies show how the pluralist orientation of clinical pragmatism enlarges concepts of therapeutic action. </p><p>This text has been written for psychotherapists as well as scholars educators and trainees in the fields of psychiatry clinical psychology counseling and social work. </p>