This book illustrates the current findings of interpersonal neurobiology that inform knowledge building and clinical practice. Contributions cover an impressive range of material including how neurobiology interfaces with clinical work with children, individuals with substance abuse issues, couples and clients with trauma histories.

1. Introduction to Neurobiology and Clinical Work 2. Why we Need Therapy - and Why it Works: A Neuroscientific Perspective 3. Regulation Theory and Affect Regulation Psychotherapy: A Clinical Primer 4. Selected Neurobiological Arousal Issues as Manifested in a Clinical Case Illustration 5. The Interpersonal Neurobiology of Clinical Intuition 6. Working Implicitly in Couples Therapy: Improving Right Hemisphere Affect-Regulating Capabilities 7. Interface between Psychotropic Medications, Neurobiology, and Mental Illness 8. The Neurobiology of Substance Use Disorders: Information for Assessment and Clinical Treatment 9. Trauma's Neurobiological Toll: Implications for Clinical Work with Children 10. Resonance in the Dissociative Field: Examining the Therapist's Internal Experience when a Patient Dissociates in Session 11. Beneath the Surface: An Exploration of Neurobiological Alterations in Therapists Working With Trauma 12. Casting Light on the Shadow: Clinical Implications of Contextualizing Racial Experience Within a Neurobiological Framework 13. Neuroscience Insights that Inform Clinical Supervision 14. Biomania: Benefits, Risks, and Challenges