目录

• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• "Part One: The Thinking Brain: Consciousness and Self-Awareness"
• 1. Why Humans Need Therapy
• 2. Why Therapy Works
• 3. The Nonpresenting Problem
• 4. Using Our Minds to Change Our Brains
• 5. Those Things We Don't Remember Yet Never Forget
• "Part Two: The Social Brain: Embodied and Embedded"
• 6. The Social Brain and Failure to Thrive
• 7. Attachment and Intimate Relationships
• 8. Core Shame
• "9. Social Status Schema: Our Place in the Social World"
• 10. Helping Clients Become Alphas
• "Part Three: Dissociation and Integration: Applications To Psychotherapy"
• 11. Anxiety and Stress
• 12. Understanding and Treating Trauma
• "13. Complex Trauma: A Developmental Perspective"
• 14. The Power of Coherent Narratives
• 15. Pain Is Inevitable; Suffering Is Optional
• Index

书评

Part One 非常有意思，很好地解释了心理治疗背后的生理基础。Part Two 堪称画风突变，我几乎怀疑作者突然换了，也许所谓的 Alpha/Beta 人格是国外的热词，但给人的感觉太像臭名昭著的成功学了，忍不住跳过。Part Three 比较像随笔，故事还算有意思。总体上视角新颖，不过似乎也并不十分专业，更像是一本神经科学爱好者作品。

2025-10-03

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