Author:
Bijedić Meliha,Ercegović Zlatko
Abstract
Thispaperanalysestheconnectionbetweenpsychotherapyandneuroscience,exploringexistingliteratureandresearchfindingsonthistopic.Itfocusesonthefundamentalprinciplesofresearchingpsychotherapywithintheframeworkofneuroscience,investigatingthementalcorrelatesofpsychotherapy.Psychotherapyprovidesdeepinsightintopatients'unconsciousprocessesandthenecessityofreconstructinglatentmemorieswithinthetherapeuticenvironment.Therelationshipbetweentherapistandpatientcreatesanewaffectiveconfigurationthatenablesthereinterpretationofimplicitmemories,withneuronalchangesreflectingpsychictransformations.Byintegratingwithneuroscientificresearch,itprovidestheopportunitytoanalysetheimpactofotherscientificdisciplinesonpsychotherapeuticpracticeandensurestheintegrationofcomplexpsychotherapeuticconceptswithperspectivesfromotherscientificfields.Thisinterdisciplinaryapproachenrichesthedisciplineofpsychotherapy,successfullyincorporatingnewinsightsfromvariousareasofscience.Theconnectionofdifferentscientificdisciplinesreflectstheimprovementofunderstandingcomplexdynamicsofthemindandencouragesfurtherresearchandapplicationinthefieldofpsychotherapyandneuroscience.
Keywords:psychotherapy,neuroscience,interdisciplinarity