Psychoneuroplasticity Protocols for Addictions: A Clinical Companion for The Big Book

205 Pages·2015·1.09 MB·English

by  Frank Lawlis

Psychoneuroplasticity Protocols
for Addictions

Psychoneuroplasticity Protocols
for Addictions
A Clinical Companion for The Big Book
Frank Lawlis, PhD, A.B.P.P.
with Laura Martinez, LCDC-I, B.S
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Contents
ListofFigures vii
Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Disclaimer xix
PartI:TheBrainandAddiction 1
1 ThePsychoneuroplasticityConceptIntroductionin
Addiction 3
2 Transformation:SpiritualAwakening 15
3 ThePrinciplesofPsychoneuroplasticity 31
4 AddictionPathwaysandPsychoneuroplasticity 45
PartII:BarrierstoRecovery 61
5 AnxietyBarriersofConfusionandFear 63
6 AnxietyfromthePast(PTSD) 75
7 DepressionandPNPProtocols 85
8 TheDelayedAdolescentBrain 97
9 DepressionwithIntrudingMessages(Rumination) 109
10 Multi-PolarorRageBarriers 121
11 BrainPlasticityandSpirituality 135
Afterword 147
AppendixA:GeneralPNPStrategies 151
AppendixB:ModifiedKetogenicFoods 157
AppendixC:PNPApproachestoBarrierstoSobrietyCheckList 159
References 163
Index 173
AbouttheAuthors 183
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List of Figures
Fig.3.1 AFunction-RelatedMapoftheBrain 34
Fig.3.2 AssociatedBrainSignaturetoAnxiety 36
Fig.3.3 AssociatedADDMap 37
Fig.3.4 CoherenceModel 40
Fig.5.1 DifferentialBetaFrequencies 67
Fig.5.2 AssociatedBrainMapforAnxiety 68
Fig.7.1 AssociatedBrainMaptoDepression 88
Fig.9.1 AssociatedBrainMaptoOCD 111
Fig.10.1 RelativeComparisontoBrainDynamics 126
Fig.10.2 BiofeedbackDynamics 129
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