INSPIRED BY

The works of many scholars inspired the development of MyShrink and 'Why Therapy Matters'.

Grigsby, Jim & Stevens, David (2000). Neurodynamics of Personality. New York: Guilford Press.

Crittenden, Patricia (1997). The Effect of Early Relationship Experiences on Relationships in Adulthood. In Steve Duck (Ed.), Handbook of Personal Relationships. New York: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Crittenden, Patricia (1997). "Toward an integrative theory of trauma: a dynamic-maturation approach" in Cicchetti, D., & Toth, S. L. (1997). Developmental perspectives on trauma: Theory, research and intervention. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press.

Ledoux, Joseph (1996). The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life. New York: Touchstone Books.

Levine, Peter, A. (1997). Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma. Berkeley, California: North Atlantic Books.

Mayer, Emeran & Saper, Clifford (Eds), (2001). The Biological Basis for Mind Body Interactions, Progress in Brain Research, Vol. 138.

Rossi, Ernest (2004, September). Art, beauty and truth: the psychosocial genomics of consciousness, dreams, and brain growth in psychotherapy and mind-body healing. [Electronic Version] Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association.

Sapolsky, Robert M. (1998) Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers. W.H. Freeman and Co.

Here's an online preview to Robert Sapolsky's work: Brain Connection

Schore, Allan (2003). Affect Regulation and Disorders of the Self. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Schore, Allan (2003). Affect Regulation and Repair of the Self. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

(Dr. Allan Schore is not only a prolific and accomplished author he is also a practising psychotherapist.)

Seligman, M. (1975). Helplessness: On depression, development, and death. San Francisco: Freeman.

Stern, Daniel (2004). The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Williams, Redford (1993). Anger Kills: Seventeen Strategies for Controlling the Hostility That Can Harm Your Health. New York Times Books.

The clinical work of Drs. Lynne Zettl and Edward Joseph , as well as the Bodynamic System theory developed and practised by Lisbeth Marcher, provided real life applications of the neuroscience research referenced above.

MyShrink Editorial

We agree with others that the counseling profession is in the midst of a paradigm shift based on the results of thousands of experiments using new technologies. Although the facts about the brain and how it works are getting clearer, the interpretations and implications of those facts (i.e. the theory) have not been definitively verified.

Therefore, please note that many ideas and suggestions on this site are derivations, interpolations or conjecture based on recent and the best I could find child development and neuroscience research. They have not necessarily been rigorously tested. They are a best-guess hypothesis based on what researchers have discovered to date.

Dr. Suzanne LaCombe, March 28, 2007.

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