Abstract
How does the human brain absorb information and turn it into skills of its own in psychotherapy? In an attempt to answer this question, the authors will review the intricacies of processing channels in psychotherapy and propose the term transprocessing (as in transduction and processing combined) for the underlying mechanisms. Through transprocessing the brain processes multimodal memories and creates reparative solutions in the course of psychotherapy. Transprocessing is proposed as a stage-sequenced mechanism of deconstruction of engrained patterns of response. Through psychotherapy, emotional-cognitive reintegration and its consolidation is accomplished. This process is mediated by cellular and neural plasticity changes.
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Citation
Novac, A. and Bota, R.G. (2014), "Transprocessing: a proposed neurobiological mechanism of psychotherapeutic processing", Mental Illness, Vol. 6 No. 1, pp. 20-35. https://doi.org/10.1108/mi.2014.5077
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:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2014 A. Novac and R. G. Bota
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