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But what was most unusual was how Pesso created tableaus—or as he called them, “structures”—of the protagonists’ past. As the narratives unfolded, group participants were asked to play the roles of significant people in the protagonists’ lives, such as parents and other family members, so that their inner world began to take form in three-dimension

reconfigure electrical communication patterns in the brain in order to help people feel more fully alive in the present.

the development of integrative structures and processes in the brain (Delmonte, 1995; Siegel, 2012).

One of the best ways to promote this type of integration is to help retell the story of the frightening or painful experience.

They’re photographs of my mind and they help me make a kind of sense of my development as a person as well as of my development as a writer.

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Dissociation from intensely negative unresolved issues in a childhood self is an astoundingly common modern human experience. Witness the enormous cultural resonance of the image of the inner child.

The Neuroscience of Human Relationships: Attachment and the Developing Social Brain and professor of psychology at Pepperdine University, to learn what’s happening in the brain when our hearts are being put through a shredder. At the start of our discussion, he shared that the brain has but one primary mission: to keep us safe and ensure our surviv

Our minds have a vast capacity for healing through images. Whether we’re imagining a scene of forgiveness, comfort, or letting go, or simply visualizing a loved one, images can profoundly settle into our bodies and sink into our minds. In my work, I’ve found that helping people to unearth the image that most resonates with them is the cornerstone o