It has been hypothesized that the brain is built during development and can be rebuilt during psychotherapy- Savita Malhotra and Swapnajeet Sahoo.
In the study which I referred to, the researchers have tried to postulate from several available sources how psychotherapy results in long-lasting effects.
Views of the most famous psychotherapy schools on the issue:
1- Psychodynamic Therapy:
Defence mechanisms are usually not seen by individuals who own them because they are organized by neural processing which is inaccessible to the consciousness.
Part of therapy is an exploration and uncovering of the unconscious organization of the experience.
2- Rogerian / client-centred Therapy:
Which has great contributions to the counselling process and focuses on the importance of the counsellor-client Therapeutic relationship and the importance of unconditional positive regard as well. So, what's going on in the client's brain during Rogerian Therapy/Counseling? The client in this type of therapy experiences the "widest range of emotions within the ego scaffolding of an empathic other". In this process, the neural network of emotions makes feelings and emotional memories available for reorganisation. In summary, the client, with the support and guidance of the therapist can reorganise and rewrite his/her story.
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In part 3, I'll illustrate the cognitive, Gestalt and family therapies and their neural bases/results.
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