At the heart of the interface of neuroscience and psychotherapy is the fact that human experience is mediated via two interacting processes. The first is the expression of our evolutionary past via the organization, development, and functioning of the nervous system—a process resulting in billions of neurons organizing into neural networks, each with its own timetable and requirements for growth. The second is the contemporary shaping of our neural architecture within the context of relationships. The human brain is a “social organ of adaptation” stimulated to grow through positive and
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