the enchanted loom reviews bonnie badenochs book, being a brain-wise therapist

The Enchanted LoomTeasing sturdy threads from neuroscience masterworks

Teasing 10 threads fromBonnie Badenoch’s …

Thread 1:

Many years of research tell us that the single most important ingredient in effective therapy,regardless of theparadigm, is theempathic capacityof the therapist.

(pg. 5)

Thread 2:

The very process of directing attention to aparticular memory adds the energy and information of the present moment tothat memory.

(pg. 9)

Thread 3:

Right hemisphere processing is holistic and nonlinear, taking everything in at once in a receptiveway. Working with the right hemisphereis the bedrock of healingin therapy.

(pg. 20)

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)

Thread 5:

9 functions of the middle prefrontal area:

1. Regulation of the body2. Attuned communication3. Regulation of emotion4. Response flexibility5. Empathy6. Insight7. Intuition8. Fear extinction9. Morality

(pg. 33)

Thread 6:

When it comes to empathy, all relation-ships are “sloppy.” Healthy mothers with securely attached kids only tune in to them roughly33% of the time.The quick reliefof distress is key.

(pg. 34)

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)

Thread 8:

Interestingly, the longing for connection appears to be embedded in neural cellsin the chestaround the heart, makingsense of thingslike heartachesand broken hearts.

(pgs. 65)

Thread 9:

Internal relationships with our own psychetell us what we can expect in external rela-tionships. These self-stories carry so much power, we respond to them like heat-seeking missileslooking for peoplewho will help usreplicate what wemost deeply believe.

(pg. 81)

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)

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