Parenting From The Inside Out For My Practicum Book Review

I Dan Seigel’s lecture on the mind, behavior, and the climate fascinating. I have been reading his Seigel’s book Parenting from the Inside Out for my practicum, and it was interesting to hear the insights from his lecture.
Seigel starts out his lecture by drawing a triangle on a poster board. On the bottom left corner he writes the word “mind,” on the bottom right corner he writes the word “brain,” and on the top of the triangle he writes “relationships.” He explains that the brain is a collection of neurons that are connected to each other through synapses creating a spider web formation. Electrical energies flow down the axon and turn into chemical energy. These electrical and chemical processes are how the brain functions. Siegel explains …show more content…
First he said that the mind can change the brain. Before starting my Master’s Program I always thought that the brain developed as a baby and child but once an individual reached adulthood, the brain was pretty much formed. The understanding that the brain can continue to grow and restructure is revolutionary. Seigel points out that through awareness and intentional focus individuals can change not only the function of the brain but also its structure. He emphasizes that it is now an established fact that the mind changes the structure of the …show more content…
Integration is the linkage of differentiated parts including the brain, memory, and relationships. The quickest summary of a secure, healthy attachment between parent and child is built when the parent honors the differences between himself and the child and promotes linkages of compassionate communication. The take home message is that when relationships are integrated the brain becomes integrated. Non-integration looks like chaos and rigidity, and chaos and rigidity can explain every single symptom of every single syndrome in the DSM. Health is