What Freud Didn't Know: A Three-Step Practice for Emotional Well-Being through Neuroscience and Psychology - Hardcover

Stokes, Timothy B.

 
9780813546407: What Freud Didn't Know: A Three-Step Practice for Emotional Well-Being through Neuroscience and Psychology
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0813546400 ISBN 13: 9780813546407
Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 2009

Synopsis

In a thoughtful and down-to-earth way, Timothy B. Stokes overturns old formulas—and many Freudian concepts—for achieving personal change. During one's lifetime, hidden memories, along with their misleading assumptions, can unconsciously trigger conflicted feelingsłthe basis for most psychological problems, large and small.

What Freud Didn't Know, well-supported by research and groundbreaking in theory, combines neuroscience and psychology to explain how the amygdala region of the brain evolved to unconsciously record, store, and activate emotional memory loops and imagery associated with painful events, especially those of childhood. This book is the first to bring together diverse, post-Freudian discoveries to produce a coherent three-step practice for understanding problematic aspects of the human mind which can be mastered easily, in a clinical or self-help setting. Stokes explores recent breakthroughs, many in marked contrast to Freud's views, which will change how we view psychological and emotional problems and their treatments.

Grounded in current theories about brain circuitry, What Freud Didn't Know integrates ideas about mindfulness, habitual thinking, and insight imagery and provides readers with the tools to rescript their personal narratives for psychological well-being. As an alternative approach to treating stress, most types of depression, anxiety, and phobias without prescription drugs, Stokes's three-step practice can be used to build resiliency and inner peace.

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About the Author

TIMOTHY B. STOKES, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Boulder, Colorado. Since 1985 he has been clinical director of CPS Inc., which provides psychotherapy to more than 250 clients each year. He was a former editor-in-chief of the Naropa Journal of Contemplative Psychotherapy.

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Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0813546400
ISBN 13 
9780813546407
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
224