Continuing Education for Psychologists

THE BRAIN'S WAY OF HEALING
Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity

The New York Times–bestselling author of The Brain That Changes Itself presents astounding advances in the treatment of brain injury and illness. Now in an updated and expanded paperback edition.

In his groundbreaking work The Brain That Changes Itself, Norman Doidge introduced readers to neuroplasticity–the brain's ability to change its own structure and function in response to activity and mental experience. Now his revolutionary new book shows how the amazing process of neuroplastic healing really works. The Brain's Way of Healing describes natural, noninvasive avenues into the brain provided by the energy around us–in light, sound, vibration, and movement–that can awaken the brain's own healing capacities without producing unpleasant side effects. Doidge explores cases where patients alleviated chronic pain; recovered from debilitating strokes, brain injuries, and learning disorders; overcame attention deficit and learning disorders; and found relief from symptoms of autism, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and cerebral palsy. And we learn how to vastly reduce the risk of dementia, with simple approaches anyone can use.

For centuries it was believed that the brain's complexity prevented recovery from damage or disease. The Brain's Way of Healing shows that this very sophistication is the source of a unique kind of healing. As he did so lucidly in The Brain That Changes Itself, Doidge uses stories to present cutting-edge science with practical real-world applications, and principles that everyone can apply to improve their brain's performance and health.

Norman Doidge, M.D. is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He is on the research faculty at Columbia University's Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research in New York City and on the faculty of the University of Toronto's department of psychiatry. His last book, The Brain That Changes Itself, was a New York Times bestseller with more than a million copies sold, and is also in this catalog.

"Brilliant and highly original. Neurology used to be considered a depressing discipline with patients often displaying fascinating but essentially untreatable symptoms and disabilities. Drawing on the last three decades of research, Doidge challenges this view, using vivid portraits of patients and their physicians. The book is a treasure trove of the author's own deep insights and a clear bright light of optimism shines through every page."
--V. S. Ramachandran, MD, PhD, neurologist, neuroscientist, and author of The Tell-Tale Brain, Director, UCSD Center for Brain and Cognition

"A tour de force. In one of the most riveting books on the human brain and its mystery powers ever written, Doidge addresses the role of alternative medical therapies to reset and re-sync the dynamic patterns of 'energy in our brain, whit the ability to restore relatively normal health to those whose fate seems hopeless. . . . These are people that traditional medicine all but abandoned as . . . untreatable. But they were rescued. . . . It's possible to start anywhere in the book and be mesmerized."
--Huffington Post

"An exciting overview of powerful new neuroscience theories that connect mind, body, and soul . . . In this age of distraction and unnatural environments and actions–like staring at screens all day–brain science offers all kinds of useful techniques to care for our infinitely complex selves. Norman Doidge's work is a Michelin Guide to this hopeful new trove of knowledge and insight."
--The Boston Globe

"Stunning . . . The Brain's Way of Healing is another groundbreaking book by Norman Doidge.– His style keeps you going into the deep dark secrets–of how the brain works. . . . [H]is reframing of remarkable treatments–that I had categorized as gimmicky left me fascinated and humbled. He brings a whole new level of insight into the body, brain, mind connection–that will impact any reader."
--John J. Ratey, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry,– Harvard Medical School and author of Driven to Distraction

"Bold, remarkable . . . paradigm challenging. The Brain's Way of Healing is brilliantly organized, scientifically documented, and a beautifully written narrative that captivates the reader, who is left with the profound message that the brain, similar to other organs, can heal."
--Stephen W. Porges, PhD, Indiana University Bloomington and author of The Polyvagal Theory

"Doidge's book is filled with compelling stories about the power of ingenious technologies and disciplined awareness methods generated by innovators who transcended their own brain challenges, and who now use them to help others make radical improvements in conditions often deemed hopeless. It points to a future of remarkable and unprecedented brain healing."
--Martha Herbert, MD, PhD, Neurologist, Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts General Hospital, author of The Autism Revolution