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*Research findings in brain function in Center for Family Healing therapy with couples and individuals:  (More found at pfl.org.)
An interesting aspect of recent relationship research is that the brain triggers hormones, with both positive and negative results, as people relate to each other. Knowing how and when the brain is triggered in relationships is key to good therapy. At the Center for Family Healing, the therapist teaches individuals, couples, and families to find healthy ways to respond to tension in their relationships. How people respond to tension within themselves or in a relationship will help clients achieve their personal and relationship goals.


*Just a note: “Relationships and the Brain” is found this week in the rotating articles featured on the homepage of pfl.org. This article gives a small glimpse of a focused five-day exclusive training the therapists at the Center received directly from the author of Emotional Intelligence in Couples Therapy: Advances from Neurobiology and the Science of Intimate Relationships (Norton Professional Books). Brent Atkinson, the author of this book, was brought by the Center for a five-day seminar to teach seven of the CFH therapists the neurobiology of relationships and therapeutic interventions that work based on this data. The article refers also to the 2009 Summer PFL Newsletter wherein therapists write about their work having to do with relationships and the brain. In addition, if one writes “brain” in the search engine at pfl.org, 27 articles and broadcasts come up for your information regarding how the brain works in relationships.