Brainstorm : the power and purpose of the teenage brain / Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.
2013
155.5 S571b 2013
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Title
Brainstorm : the power and purpose of the teenage brain / Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.
Author
ISBN
9781585429356
158542935X
158542935X
Published
New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA), [2013]
Language
English
Description
321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
155.5 S571b 2013
System Control No.
(OCoLC)837143838
(OCoLC)837143838
(OCoLC)837143838
Summary
Between the ages of 12 and 24, the brain changes in important, and oftentimes maddening and challenging ways. In this book, the author, a psychiatrist busts a number of commonly held myths about adolescence. He shows that, if parents and teens can work together to form a deeper understanding of the brain science behind all the tumult, they will be able to turn conflict into connection and form a deeper understanding of one another. According to the author, during adolescence we learn important skills, such as how to leave home and enter the larger world, how to connect deeply with others, and how to safely experiment and take risks, thereby creating strategies for dealing with the world's increasingly complex problems. Here he presents an inside-out approach to focusing on how brain development affects our behavior and relationships. Drawing on important new research in the field of interpersonal neurobiology, he explores exciting ways in which understanding how the brain functions can improve the lives of adolescents, making their relationships more fulfilling and less lonely and distressing on both sides of the generational divide.
Note
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note
pt. I. The essence of adolescence. The benefits and challenges of adolescence
Maintaining the power and purpose of the adolescent mind into adulthood
Adolescence from the inside out
Risk and reward
Pushing away
The timing of puberty, sexuality, and adolescence
The stress and distress of our extended adolescence
Adolescent transitions and the centrality of our relationships
Mindsight tools #1: Seeing and shaping the sea inside
Three basic kinds of mindsight maps
Seeing inside the sea inside
Mindsight practices : A. Insight and SIFTing the mind ; Physical sight of the material world versus mindsight of the inner world
B. Mindsight illuminated ; empathy
C. Empathy ; Integration
D. Sensing the harmony of integration ; When integration is not present: chaos or rigidity
E. Name it to tame it
F. Detecting chaos or rigidity and balancing the mind ; Mindsight strengthens the mind, the brain, and our relationships
pt. II. Your brain. Dopamine, decisions, and the drive for reward
Family, friends, and fooling around
The purpose of adolescence
Making decisions
"Don't do it" doesn't do it: the power of promoting the positive
Integrating your brain
A handy model of the brain
Adolescence as the gateway to creative exploration
Creating collaboration across the generations
Vulnerability and opportunity
The remodeling brain and flipping our lids
Adolescence builds integration in the brain
The emotional lower brain
Hardwired or adventure and connection
Mindsight tools #2: Time-in
Time-in, mindsight, and mindful awareness
Being present for what is happening as it is happening
Mindsight practices : A. Breath awareness ; Building mindsight's lens ; Integrating consciousness with the wheel of awareness
B. The wheel of awareness ; Reflecting on the wheel
pt. III. Your attachments. Safe harbor and launching pad
The ways we attach : The secure model ; The avoidant model ; The ambivalent model ; The disorganized model
Reactive attachment
Earning secure attachment and integrating the brain ; Reflecting on your attachments and making sense of your life
Questions for reflection on attachment
Our attachment narratives and the two sides of the brain
Avoidance, emotional distance, and the left side of the brain
Ambivalence, emotional confusion, and the right side of the brain
Disorganized attachment and a dissociating brain
Creating a safe harbor and launching pad for adolescents
Mindsight tools #3: Time-between and reflective conversation
Making sense of how our models shape our present
Mindsight practices : A. Reflecting on how your attachment models shape your reflective conversations ; Reflection, integration, and the origins of empathy
B. Reflective conversations ; The PART we play in creating ourselves in relationships
C. Repairing ruptures
pt. IV. Staying present through changes and challenges. Honoring the person an adolescent is becoming
Leaving home
Puberty, sexuality, and identity
Hooking up
Romance and first love
First be present
Changes and challenges to integration
Acceptance, letting go of expectations, and sexual orientation
Drug use or abuse?
Return home: reflection, realignment, and repairing ruptures
Mindsight tools #4: The mindsight simple seven
Mindsight practices : A. Time-in
B. Sleep time
C. Focus time
D. Downtime
E. Playtime
F. Physical time
G. Connecting time
Conclusion: MWe and the integration of identity.
Maintaining the power and purpose of the adolescent mind into adulthood
Adolescence from the inside out
Risk and reward
Pushing away
The timing of puberty, sexuality, and adolescence
The stress and distress of our extended adolescence
Adolescent transitions and the centrality of our relationships
Mindsight tools #1: Seeing and shaping the sea inside
Three basic kinds of mindsight maps
Seeing inside the sea inside
Mindsight practices : A. Insight and SIFTing the mind ; Physical sight of the material world versus mindsight of the inner world
B. Mindsight illuminated ; empathy
C. Empathy ; Integration
D. Sensing the harmony of integration ; When integration is not present: chaos or rigidity
E. Name it to tame it
F. Detecting chaos or rigidity and balancing the mind ; Mindsight strengthens the mind, the brain, and our relationships
pt. II. Your brain. Dopamine, decisions, and the drive for reward
Family, friends, and fooling around
The purpose of adolescence
Making decisions
"Don't do it" doesn't do it: the power of promoting the positive
Integrating your brain
A handy model of the brain
Adolescence as the gateway to creative exploration
Creating collaboration across the generations
Vulnerability and opportunity
The remodeling brain and flipping our lids
Adolescence builds integration in the brain
The emotional lower brain
Hardwired or adventure and connection
Mindsight tools #2: Time-in
Time-in, mindsight, and mindful awareness
Being present for what is happening as it is happening
Mindsight practices : A. Breath awareness ; Building mindsight's lens ; Integrating consciousness with the wheel of awareness
B. The wheel of awareness ; Reflecting on the wheel
pt. III. Your attachments. Safe harbor and launching pad
The ways we attach : The secure model ; The avoidant model ; The ambivalent model ; The disorganized model
Reactive attachment
Earning secure attachment and integrating the brain ; Reflecting on your attachments and making sense of your life
Questions for reflection on attachment
Our attachment narratives and the two sides of the brain
Avoidance, emotional distance, and the left side of the brain
Ambivalence, emotional confusion, and the right side of the brain
Disorganized attachment and a dissociating brain
Creating a safe harbor and launching pad for adolescents
Mindsight tools #3: Time-between and reflective conversation
Making sense of how our models shape our present
Mindsight practices : A. Reflecting on how your attachment models shape your reflective conversations ; Reflection, integration, and the origins of empathy
B. Reflective conversations ; The PART we play in creating ourselves in relationships
C. Repairing ruptures
pt. IV. Staying present through changes and challenges. Honoring the person an adolescent is becoming
Leaving home
Puberty, sexuality, and identity
Hooking up
Romance and first love
First be present
Changes and challenges to integration
Acceptance, letting go of expectations, and sexual orientation
Drug use or abuse?
Return home: reflection, realignment, and repairing ruptures
Mindsight tools #4: The mindsight simple seven
Mindsight practices : A. Time-in
B. Sleep time
C. Focus time
D. Downtime
E. Playtime
F. Physical time
G. Connecting time
Conclusion: MWe and the integration of identity.
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