ABSTRACT
Before plunging into theoretical underpinnings, this chapter introduces the bare outline of a Comprehend, Cope and Connect (CCC) therapy. Whether delivered in an inpatient or acute setting, in an outpatient psychotherapy service, or primary care, a CCC approach always starts with listening to the person's story. There is general awareness of some sort of split within human cognition, given greater or less prominence, in most varieties of therapy, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). The two different ways of knowing about the world clearly correspond to some discontinuity within the human hardware, the brain, and this is tackled through a bewildering variety of models within CBT, of varying comprehensiveness and comprehensibility. Interacting Cognitive Subsystem (ICS) encompasses the modular nature of the brain, with different circuits managing different sensory inputs, verbal and arousal systems. It can be argued that ICS has a place, albeit an unacknowledged one, in the development of the third wave.
