Reassembling Models of Reality: Theory and Clinical Practice (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) - Hardcover

Chan, Aldrich

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1324015977 ISBN 13: 9781324015970

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2021

Synopsis

Nautilus Book Awards Winner in Psychology/Mental & Emotional Well-Being
Studies from neuropsychology and ideas in philosophy are combined to better understand consciousness and the systems that filter human experience. In addition, the author shares potential treatments and musings on the nature of reality.
Therapists must rely on their clients' reporting of experience in order to assess, treat, and offer help. Yet we all experience the world through various filters of one sort or another, and our experiences are transformed through several nonconscious processes before reaching our conscious awareness. Science, philosophy, and wisdom traditions share the belief that our awareness is very restricted. How, then, can anyone accurately report their experience, let alone get help with it?
Neuropsychologist Aldrich Chan examines how our experience of reality is assembled and shaped by biological, psychological, sociocultural, and existential processes. Each chapter explores processes within these domains that may act as "veils." Topics in the book include: the default mode network, cognitive distortions, decision-making heuristics, the interconnected mind, memory, and cultural concepts of distress. By understanding the ways in which reality can be distorted, clinicians can more effectively help their clients reach their personal psychotherapeutic goals.

4-6 black-and-white illustrations

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About the Author

Aldrich Chan, PSYD, is a clinical neuropsychologist and founder of the Center for Neuropsychology and Consciousness (CNC), a practice in Miami, Florida that provides neuropsychological and psychological services. He is an Adjunct Professor for Pepperdine University and conducts research on the default mode network and trauma at the University of Miami. He has publications on topics including Alzheimer’s disease, memory, imagination, mindfulness, play, and creativity.

 

Edition details

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1324015977
• ISBN 13: 9781324015970
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384