Audience Key:
clinicians
educators
mindfulness practitioners
parents
general interest
As we move into the third millennium, the field of mental health is in an exciting position to bring together diverse ideas from a range of disciplines that illuminate our understanding of human experience: neurobiology, developmental psychology, traumatology, and systems theory. The contributors emphasize the ways in which the social environment, including relationships of childhood, adulthood, and the treatment milieu change aspects of the structure of the brain and ultimately alter the mind. Edited by Dan Siegel and Marion Solomon, contributors include Allan Schore, Bessel van der Kolk, Mary Main, Robert Neborsky, Francine Shapiro, and Diana Fosha.



Born out of a series of workshops that combined research on how communication impacts brain development with Mary Hartzell's thirty years of experience as a child-development specialist and parent educator, this practical and accessible book guides parents through creating the necessary foundations for loving and secure relationships with their children.



Going beyond the nature-nurture divisions that traditionally have constrained much of our thinking about development, this book introduces the concept of "Interpersonal Neurobiology" and presents an integrative new framework for understanding the interface of the brain and the social environment. Dan Siegel addresses fundamental questions about mental health and dysfunction as he explores the ways that interpersonal relationships influence the genetically programmed unfolding of the human mind.





This book presents a unifying theory that shows how being mindfully aware and attending to the richness of our experience creates scientifically recognized enhancements in our physiology, mental functions, and interpersonal relationships. Using theory, science, and anecdote, Dan Siegel reveals how to transform the brain as well as promote well-being and emotional balance within psychotherapy and everyday life.



