In this workshop Dr. Schore will discuss the change mechanism of psychotherapy from the perspective of Regulation Theory, a model of the development, psychopathogenesis, and treatment of the implicit self.

Referring to his upcoming volume on "The Science of the Art of Psychotherapy" and his most recent work on Affect Regulation Therapy (ACT), neuropsychoanalysis, traumatology, and affective neuroscience, he will discuss the relational and neurobiological change mechanisms that lie at the core of affectively-charged clinical enactments. He will cite recent interdisciplinary studies and updated clinical models which indicate that the current ongoing paradigm shift allows for a deeper understanding of how regulated enactments are a central mechanism of therapeutic action, especially for patients with a history of attachment trauma, whether they be infants, children, or adults.

Over the course of the day he will offer a number of PowerPoint - audience dialogues which suggest that changes in the connectivity of right brain is an outcome of effective treatment, and that the incorporation of current scientific studies of the right brain into updated clinical models allows for a deeper understanding of not only why and but how psychotherapy works.