Sublime

alexithymic, which you may recall from Chapter One is a condition in which people do not know how to identify and describe their feelings.

The emotional load sharing and efficiency of the “group mind” leaves each individual’s prefrontal cortex with a lot less work to do than it would have on its own.

A fascinating addition to Berne’s model of the ego states is the socio-cognitive approach of an Italian research group led by Professor Pio Scilligo, who passed away in 2009 (Bastianelli & Ceridono, 2012; De Luca & Tosi, 2011; Scilligo, 2011). Scilligo’s research relied on, among others, the interpersonal model, Structural Analysis of Social

Of the many emerging descriptions of our social brain, for me the simplest and most elegant is the highly regarded Social Baseline Theory of Lane Beckes and James A. Coan, two researchers at the University of Virginia.

Groves argued that if a physician owns up to his or her negative feelings about a patient, and specifically characterizes those feelings, treatment becomes more effective.

Believing that if he responded to his mother’s neediness by being attentive and nurturing, she would be available to him when he had needs.

responding to those attachment cues with sensitivity, kindness and compassion, letting the other person know that they matter to you.

• Clients must first recognize what they are doing in their interactions with other people (ranging from simple acts to complex patterns unfolding over a long time).

This effective intervention required that the co-leader first recognize the negative impact of this member’s behavior and work with her own initial hostility and countertransference; only then could she supportively articulate the vulnerability that lay beneath the client’s offensive behavior.