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  In brief As a therapist, understanding the world of affective neuroscience offers tremendous benefits. This post delves into the neural mechanisms behind emotions and affect, providing valuable insights for therapeutic practice. By recognizing the distinction between affect (immediate responses) and emotions (complex experiences), we can gain a deeper understanding of our client’s emotional experience. Exploring the attention spotlight and the salience network reveals the relationship between emotions, affect and attention. Moreover, understanding the ability to control attention towards affect and emotions empowers therapists to help clients develop emotional regulation skills and enhance their well-being. I hope reading this post may generate curiosity and raise awareness about the relevance of neuroscience in the field of psychotherapy, recognizing that many therapists may not be familiar with this connection. Closer Look The field of affective neuroscience stud...

 When Nature and the clinic meet - a personal journey September 06, 2021 Many books and articles have been written about the healing properties of nature, various and sometimes even strange approaches have been developed that are based on treatment with and with the help of nature, for example, eco-therapy, journey therapy and adventure, attention restoration theory (Kaplan & Kaplan), therapeutic gardening, shamanism and more. Common to most of the literature and approaches dealing with therapy and nature is that they seemingly have no place in the clinic. I would like to invite you, dear reader, to a short trip where I will share how nature and the clinic are intertwined in my work, and perhaps even inspire you to find a place to incorporate elements of nature in your clinic as well. The first time I felt, and not only understood the theories in practice occurred while working with a boy I was mentoring in youth-at-risk project. The framework defined in the program was (non-th...