Loving with the Brain in Mind: Neurobiology and Couple Therapy

Facilitating change in couple therapy by understanding how the brain works to maintain—and break—old habits.

Human brains and behavior are shaped by genetic predispositions and early experience. But we are not doomed by our genes or our past. Neuroscientific discoveries of the last decade have provided an optimistic and revolutionary view of adult brain function: People can change. This revelation about neuroplasticity offers hope to therapists and to couples seeking to improve their relatio...