Psychologist Dr. Francis Lee Stevens 'Affective Neuroscience in Psychotherapy'

Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 174 with Dr. Francis Lee Stevens who works as a psychologist in Worcester, MA. He has taught a variety of classes in psychology and neuroscience and his research focuses on affective neuroscience applications to psychotherapy. Today we will dive deep into his new book, coming out this fall, Affective Neuroscience in Psychotherapy: A Clinician’s Guide for Working with Emotions and will explore how Dr. Stevens has taken the latest developments in affective neuroscience and applies these science-based interventions with a sequential approach for helping patients with psychological disorders. #psychology #mentalhealth #emotions

In this episode you will learn:

✔︎ What Dr. Stevens saw was missing from previous forms of psychotherapy.

✔︎ Why changing our thinking doesn't change how we feel, and what he suggests instead.

✔︎ What Affect Reconsolidation is--that changes difficult emotions and feelings.

✔︎ How an understanding of the science of the brain works together with the practice needed for a new model of intervention.

✔︎ What we should all know about our emotions, how to dig deeper into our past to unlock memories, and deal with the feelings that keep us stuck.