Neurobiology and its Applications to Psychotherapy

Clinical Intuition in Psychotherapy: The neurobiology of flashes, hunches and gut feelings

In this video presentation, Dr Terry Marks-Tarlow suggests that clinical intuition is central to deep, embodied change in psychotherapy. Interpersonal intuition is linked to implicit processes of learning, memory, and imagination. These originate subcortically, beneath conscious thought. Clinical intuition is also related to parental instincts as guided by emotional/motivational circuits found in all social mammals. Finally, a play model of growth and healing during psychotherapy is offered, which counterbalances the trauma perspective currently in vogue.