Review:
Yes, counselors, therapists, MD’s, Ph.D.’s, and laypersons, our "talk therapy” can and does assist in changing thoughts and directing the brain towards structural reorganization. The Brain That Changes Itself purports scientific and clinical evidence of the brain’s plasticity (neuroplasticity) through concrete and concise case studies. This is a book that addresses learning disorders, strokes, brain traumas, IQ’s, an aging brain and more. You will gain data based upon solid research that will energize you to do even more than you are doing now in helping people to get through their psychological and physiological impasses. Reading this book will provide you with the freedom to grasp process and assimilate ideas about the brain’s capacity to compensate when the normal psychological or physiological processes have been altered or affected.

Having witnessed the effect of a stroke upon my sister-in-law, I became absolutely captivated through the reading of The Brain That Changes Itself. During the early stages of her stroke she could not articulate her thoughts but would make unintelligible squeals. However limited her mobility was, she made efforts that allowed one to see her brain was actually functioning and intact. Going through the months of change, observing her ability to reorganize and function again provided the strong belief I have in the brain’s own capacity to grow and change. Thus, if this is true, then we must take a fresh and clear approach to truly believing in our ability to assist in this magnificent process of helping people along the way.