In this workshop, we’ll explore contemporary neuroscience and its implications for counselling practice, drawing in particular on the compelling research of Dr Lisa Feldman Barrett, author of _How Emotions Are Made_. We’ll examine her theory of how the brain predicts and constructs emotional experiences, and consider why the brain may be understood less as a machine for rational thought and more as a system continually predicting and regulating the body in relation to its environment.

We’ll also critically examine familiar models and assumptions, including the triune brain theory, left-brain/right-brain paradigms and the question of whether the body keeps the score. How well do these ideas stand up to current scientific scrutiny, and what are the implications when we use them to understand our clients?

Most importantly, we’ll explore how contemporary neuroscience can inform our therapeutic work: how clients learn, regulate themselves, respond to change, construct meaning and access memory, and how the therapeutic relationship can create the conditions that best support learning and lasting change.

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