Psych Central  NeuroCounseling: Simple Therapeutic Interventions
for Rewiring the Maladaptive BrainWhile I was taking my
undergraduate and graduate classes many moons ago, my least
favorite courses were the ‘biopsychology’ or ‘cognitive
processes’ classes where my professors would lecture at great
length about the structure and the function of the brain. As a
student embarking on a new career in mental health, I knew I
needed to know this important information, but I just could not
get into it. So I skipped along in my career, content just to
understand the basics of the brain but not really applying it in
any useful manner.  A few years back, as I was researching ways
to keep my counseling techniques fresh, I came across several
articles that covered the most recent discoveries in
neuroscience. That research is what ignited my current love
affair with the most complex organ in the universe, the human
brain, and helped me to understand how people really change
their behaviors.  Let’s take a moment and ponder