A graphic review of the high points of what doing therapy looks like when done through the lenses of neuroscience, psychology and attachment theory.

1. The Enchanted Loom
Teasing sturdy threads from
neuroscience masterworks

2. Teasing 10
threads from
Bonnie
Badenoch’s …

3. Thread 1:
Many years of research tell us that the
single most important ingredient in
effective therapy,
regardless of the
paradigm, is the
empathic capacity
of the therapist.
(pg. 5)

4. Thread 2:
The very process of directing attention to a
particular
memory adds
the energy and
information
of the present
moment to
that memory.
(pg. 9)

5. Thread 3:
Right hemisphere processing is holistic
and nonlinear, taking everything in at
once in a
receptive
way. Working
with the right
hemisphere
is the bedrock
of healing
in therapy.
(pg. 20)

6. Thread 4:
Sadly, one axiom that
often proves true is
that the greater the
early wounding, the
more power uncon-
scious, implicit mem-
ories exert in the pre-
sent, until there is
some kind of integra-
tive healing experience.
(pg. 26)

7. Thread 5:
9 functions of the middle prefrontal area:
1. Regulation of the body
2. Attuned communication
3. Regulation of emotion
4. Response flexibility
5. Empathy
6. Insight
7. Intuition
8. Fear extinction
9. Morality
(pg. 33)

8. Thread 6:
When it comes to empathy, all relation-
ships are “sloppy.” Healthy mothers with
securely attached
kids only tune in
to them roughly
33% of the time.
The quick relief
of distress is key.
(pg. 34)

9. Thread 7:
Attachment patterns begin when only
implicit memory is available; one key lies
in right brain to right brain, bodily-based
regulatory experiences throughout life.
(pg. 59)

10. Thread 8:
Interestingly, the longing for connection
appears to be embedded in neural cells
in the chest
around the
heart, making
sense of things
like heartaches
and broken
hearts.
(pgs. 65)

11. Thread 9:
Internal relationships with our own psyche
tell us what we can expect in external rela-
tionships. These self-stories carry so much
power, we respond
to them like heat-
seeking missiles
looking for people
who will help us
replicate what we
most deeply believe.
(pg. 81)

12. Thread 10:
There is no greater source of spiritual
misery than projecting our hurtful
parents onto the spiritual realm, as either
a punitive or
distant God,
a debilitating
shame over
moral lapses,
or a well
of despair.
(pg. 96)

13. Image Credits:
Title Page: http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans
Slide 3 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Limbic-Resonance-193015562
Slide 12 - http://evansthoughtsonlife.com/2015/04/12/the-god-of-anger-week-1/
Slide 2 - http://www.sandtraytraining.com/Pages/Badenoch_Sept%202014.htm
Slide 6 - http://sadecekaan.tumblr.com/
Slide 5 - http://suicidebysafetypin.deviantart.com/art/Blooming-97988305
Slide 11 - http://nydn.us/1TqEnXM
Slide 10 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/I-can-t-stand-the-heartache-283525991
Slide 9 - https://oediku.wordpress.com/2010/01/
Slide 8 - https://mybpdstory.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/distress-tolerance-part-two-self-soothing/
Slide 7 - http://www.accurateleads.com/author/blake9825/page/2/
Slide 4 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Stress-545565057
Slide 14 - http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans

14. Mark Brady, PhD
TheEnchantedLoom@gmail.com
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