Neuropsychodynamic Treatment of Self-Deficits

Joseph Palombo is a clinical social worker specializing is in the treatment of children, adolescents, and adults with learning disorders. He is the Founding Dean of the Institute for Clinical Social Work, Chicago and Director of its Joseph Palombo Center for Neuroscience and Psychoanalytic Social Work.

• Preface1. The Neuropsychodynamic Perspective2. The Self as a Complex Adaptive System3. Self-Deficits: The Neuropsychological Domain (L-I)4. Self-Deficits: The Introspective Domain (L-II)5. Self-Deficits: The Interpersonal Domain (L-III)6. The Nonverbal Dialogue: Mindsharing7. The Therapeutic Dialogue: An Overview8. The Therapeutic Dialogue: Concordant Moments9. The Therapeutic Dialogue: Complementary Moments10. The Therapeutic Dialogue: Disjunctive Moments11. Conclusion

"Over the last three decades Joseph Palombo has been a major contributor to the integration of neuroscience and psychoanalysis into clinical social work. Working at the cutting edge, the interface of disciplines, this master clinician and gifted theoretician offers a panoramic yet clinically penetrating neuropsychodynamic model of the etiology and treatment of the self-deficits of various psychopathologies. This exceptional feat of scholarship is a valuable contribution to a deeper understanding of both the science and the art of psychotherapy."-Allan Schore, Ph.D., UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine"Joseph Palombo "mindshares" (his user-friendly concept) his 40-year journey integrating the "self" with the mind and the brain, and their respective and inevitable deficits. He provides an enriched understanding of ourselves, our patients, and our field. He offers unique clinical strategies to empathically respond to our patients. This book is an essential resource for any therapist, psychoanalyst, or student of depth and neuropsychology, who is committed to moving our field forward."-Mark D. Smaller, Ph.D.; Past President, American Psychoanalytic Association"Mindsharing" is Joe Palombo’s term for how people with self-deficits arising from neuropsychological impairments search out others who complement the skills they lack. With this book, he fills in the deficits for psychotherapists who have similarly searched for the missing theory and clinical technique to work effectively with these patients. A fitting capstone to Palombo’s work in this area, it is a "mindsharing" of its own, a clearly written, comprehensively explained text to guide clinicians as they navigate the complex border between the innate and the psychological."-Erika Schmidt, MSW; President, Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago.