title: Transprocessing: a proposed neurobiological mechanism of psychotherapeutic processing.
abstract: How does the human brain absorb information and turn it into skills of its own in psychotherapy? In an attempt to answer this question, the authors will review the intricacies of processing channels in psychotherapy and propose the term transprocessing (as in transduction and processing combined) for the underlying mechanisms. Through transprocessing the brain processes multimodal memories and creates reparative solutions in the course of psychotherapy. Transprocessing is proposed as a stage-sequenced mechanism of deconstruction of engrained patterns of response. Through psychotherapy, emotional-cognitive reintegration and its consolidation is accomplished. This process is mediated by cellular and neural plasticity changes.
authors.affiliation: University of California , Irvine, CA ; Kaiser Permanente, Riverside, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Novac
authors.affiliation: University of California , Irvine, CA ; Kaiser Permanente, Riverside, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Bota
keywords: cognitive-emotional link; neurobiology of psychotherapy; neuropsychoanalysis; psychoanalysis; self-related processing; subcortical-cortical mid-line networks; transprocessing and neuroprocessing