Developing the Group Mind LINKING INTERPERSONAL NEUROBIOLOGY AND GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY

TRIUNE BRAIN MODEL

Nine Functions of the Middle Prefrontal Cortex 1.Regulation of the body 2.Attuned communications 3.Regulation of emotion 4.Response flexibility 5.Empathy 6.Insight 7.Fear extinction 8.Intuition 9.Morality Siegel, D.J. (2007). The mindful brain. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.

Novelty Moderate Emotional Arousal Secure Relational Context

Susan P. Gantt, Ph.D., CGP, ABPP, FAGPA, FAPA x1

Suggested Readings Cozolino, L. (2010). The neuroscience of psychotherapy: Building and rebuilding the human brain. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. Cozolino, L. (2006). The neuroscience of human relationships: Attachment and the developing social brain. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. Gantt, S.P. & Cox, P. (Eds.) (in press). Neurobiology and building interpersonal systems: Groups, couples, and beyond [Special issue]. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. Hart, S. (2008). Brain, attachment, personality: An introduction to neuroaffective development. London: Karnac Books. Iacoboni, M. (2008). Mirroring people: The new science of how we connect with others. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Siegel, D.J. (1999). The developing mind: Toward a neurobiology of interpersonal experience. New York: Guilford Press. Siegel, D.J. (2007). The mindful brain. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. Siegel, D.J. & Hartzell, M. (2003). Parenting from the inside out: How a deeper self-understanding can help you raise children who thrive. New York: Tarcher/Putnam.