Neuro-Narrative Therapy: New Possibilities for Emotion-Filled Conversations

Bringing interpersonal neurobiology and narrative therapy together. Narrative therapy's lack of emphasis on emotional expression has concerned many, even those who acknowledge the benefits of treating problems as separate from the person. Neuro-Narrative Therapy offers the missing link, showing how brain science contributes to understanding emotion. Learn how neuro and narrative together can produce more effective therapeutic results.

About the Author :
Jeffrey Zimmerman, PhD, is Director of Bay Area Family Therapy Training Associates. He was the first to bring interpersonal neurobiology into Narrative Therapy work. He has published extensively, given workshops internationally, and trained numerous therapists in Narrative Therapy. He has been an licensed psychologist for over 35 years.

Review :
Zimmerman has done an excellent job of evolving narrative therapy to include interpersonal neurobiology and explaining how he came upon this road. . . . [H]e has created a new story in the context of his experience as a narrative therapist and a self-aware, caring person. Both his heart and his mind shine together in this book.-- "Psych Central" Zimmerman's ideas in this book on Neuro-Narrative therapy profoundly influenced my work as a Narrative consultant and coach in the organizational field. These ideas and practices have transformed my way of working with and training of narrative ideas to include significant moments that honor our embodied knowledge and invite affect as a participant in the room with us.--Chené Swart, South African narrative consultant, coach, and author of Re-authoring the World This book brings disparate fields (Narrative Therapy, Interpersonal Neurobiology and Affective Neuroscience) together in ways that significantly moves our field forward. Zimmerman has always been something of an outsider, pushing the boundaries of the field while connecting it to current culture (particularly music and video). This book continues those efforts and moves into entirely new territory. Read it and it is likely to blow your mind and get you thinking in ways you may never have considered.--William Madsen, PhD, Director of the Family-Centered Services Project and author of Collaborative Therapy with Multi-Stressed Families Would that all therapists write as clearly about theory and practice as Jeff Zimmerman! With an astonishing capacity to travel across the rigors of neurobiology and the complexities of narrative therapy, Neuro-Narrative Therapy offers the missing link between the conscious purpose of a post-structural practice with the emotional currents of the body and attention to this affect. Zimmerman is one of only a few to be counted as a first-generation narrative therapist, so I can assure you he did not write this book to look cool among his peers, since many--including myself--tried to talk him out of it. Neuro-Narrative Therapy has changed my opinion enough to reconsider the relational/emotional body he escorts into therapy. I am utterly thrilled with this contribution and its deft ability to transport narrative practice forward--Stephen Madigan, MSW, MSc, PhD, Director, Vancouver School for Narrative Therapy