ABSTRACT

It is time for psychotherapy researchers to deal systematically with the challenges and opportunities posed by recent developments in neurobiology. Having done psychophysiological research very early in my development as a psychologist (Strian, Klicpera, & Caspar, 1977), I have continued to look for ways to harmoniously combine cognition, emotions, behavior, and biology. This article is my attempt to formulate some questions and suggest some tentative answers. They do not come from a neurobiology expert and may, therefore, be more intelligible and digestible for readers who are not very familiar with (or fond of) neurobiology while contributing to the discussion for those who are.