There is a growing number of studies involving the neuroscientific study of psychopathology and psychological treatment. The term "neuropsychotherapy" is being used, with a specialty journal that now exists. In my discussion of what was titled, "A Biopsychological Model to Guide Psychotherapy" on www.shrinkrapradio.com, I clearly take the position that we are at a point to realistically consider this field as both a new orientation and integrative. What do you think?
I can recommend this podcast to anyone who is interested in this topic. I listened to it and found it extremely interesting. I also read some of Bob’s papers and what he says makes sense to me. It answers some of the questions that have been bothering me for quite some time. In my opinion this is indeed a new way of thinking about the integration of theories and grounding them in a so-called "neuropsychology" approach. I like Bob's "clinical biopsychology" model and plan to use his "emotional restructuring" in my counselling interviews. For those of you who are interested in knowing more about Bob’s thoughts here is the direct link to the podcast. It would be good to get your views on this matter.
http://shrinkrapradio.com/369-a-biopsychological-model-to-guide-psychotherapy-with-robert-moss/
I am obviously biased in my opinion, being the editor-in-chief of The Neuropsychotherapist, but I do honestly think this is a natural progression of contemporary dialogue between disciplines, especially between neuroscience and psychotherapy, and that what we have forming is a meta-framework we call "neuropsychotherapy". A framework that embraces a wide variety of talking and somatic therapeutic processes, grounding them in a common understanding of neural underpinnings of behaviour and fundamental motivational drivers.
I think neuropsychotherapy could be considered as an integrative speciality :)
I agree with Arman that this should be considered an integrative approach.
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