The Healing Power of Emotion: Affective Neuroscience, Development & Clinical Practice
Also known as The Healing Power of Emotion, The Healing Power of Emotion (2009), The Healing Power of Emotion (Fosha, Siegel and Solomon, eds., 2009)
Neuroscientists and therapists on how emotion heals, edited by Fosha, Siegel and Solomon
At a glance
What it argues
Wired to connect, Relationships build regulation, Emotion as catalyst
See all 3Key ideas
Healthy regulation, Many settings
See all 2Influence
Praised across camps
Read next
The Transforming Power of Affect, Polyvagal theory, Attachment Theory in Practice
See all 3Connections
Diana Fosha, Daniel J. Siegel and 5 others
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- An edited book that puts neuroscientists, developmental researchers and therapists in one conversation about emotion.
- Its premise: we are wired to connect, and we connect through emotion.
- Relationships build the self-regulating circuits that let emotion enrich rather than enslave us.
- Trauma can tear that fabric, and emotion can also drive healing.
- Chapters cover emotion in bodily regulation, couples, play, health and creativity.
Why it matters
- For readers who want the science behind emotion-focused and attachment-based therapies, from the people who did it.
- It is a survey, so read the chapters that match your interests.
Key facts
- Editors
- Diana Fosha, Daniel J. Siegel, Marion F. Solomon1
- Published
- 20093
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton, Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology1
- Pages
- 3681
- Contributors
- Jaak Panksepp, Stephen W. Porges, Colwyn Trevarthen, Ed Tronick, Allan N. Schore, Daniel J. Siegel, Diana Fosha, Pat Ogden, Marion F. Solomon, Susan Johnson, Dan Hughes1
What it argues
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Wired to connect1
We are hardwired to connect with one another, and we connect through our emotions.
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Relationships build regulation1
Normal development relies on relationships to form the self-regulatory circuits that let emotion enrich, rather than enslave, our lives.
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Emotion as catalyst1
Emotional trauma can tear apart family and psyche, but emotions can also catalyse healing.
Key ideas
Influence
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Praised across camps1
Bessel van der Kolk called it a magisterial achievement; EMDR's founder Francine Shapiro said clinicians of all orientations can benefit.
Read next
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The Transforming Power of Affect
Fosha's own model of emotion in therapy.
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Porges's contribution, on its own page.
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Contributor Sue Johnson's attachment-based therapy.
Connections
Written by
- Diana FoshaPersonCo-editor
- Daniel J. SiegelCo-editor
- Marion F. SolomonCo-editor
Links
Sources
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