Introduction to Neuropsychotherapy

This groundbreaking volume provides a theoretical overview and practical clinical guidelines for the application of neuropsychotherapy. Adopting a multidisciplinary perspective, it integrates neuropsychological knowledge with contemporary developments in neuroscience and psychotherapy, with particular emphasis on the therapeutic working alliance. This edition draws on the considerable advances in clinical neuroscience, neuropsychology, psychotherapy, and the field of rehabilitation that have deepened understanding of the complex interactions between brain function, cognition, emotion, behavior, identity, relationships, and participation in everyday life. The opening chapters establish the historical and conceptual foundations of neuropsychotherapy, address its application to neuropsychological assessment, emotional reactions following brain injury, applicable psychotherapeutic processes and methods, therapeutic resistance, and creative therapeutic approaches. Subsequent chapters illustrate the application of neuropsychotherapy across the lifespan and in a range of neurological and neurodevelopmental clinical populations, including acquired brain injury, ADHD, autism, schizophrenia, and dementia. Together, these chapters highlight the breadth and clinical value of neuropsychotherapy as a central component of holistic rehabilitation. Representing a wide range of scientific and clinical expertise, this book is important reading for professionals in neuropsychological rehabilitation, as well as those working with individuals of all ages with cognitive, emotional, and behavioral disorders in both in-patient and out-patient rehabilitation settings.