Memory reconsolidation: A potent process of lasting change shared across therapies - B.Ecker, A.Vaz

Part 1 (7 min.) - Vaz, introduction
Part 2 (70 min.) - Ecker, main presentation
Part 3 (6 min.) - Vaz, closing comments
Various systems of psychotherapy have reported cases of transformational change in peer-reviewed journal articles-the total, lasting disappearance of major, longstanding symptoms. Yet these therapies have very different theories of how such change occurs and very different methods for producing it. Eminent psychologist Marvin Goldfried has long been calling for the severely fragmented psychotherapy field to unify by reorganizing around shared, proven principles of effective change.
The presentation in this video maps out how memory reconsolidation would be a powerful unifying framework. Memory reconsolidation research by neuroscientists has revealed a core process of profound unlearning that is present in all cases of transformational change so far examined for that process, spanning ten different therapy systems.
Bruce Ecker and Alexandre Vaz contributed this video as a presentation in the online 37th annual conference of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI) in June 2021.
To download the PowerPoint slides of this presentation, click these links:
B&W: www.coherencetherapy.org/Ecke...
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Ecker works in New York City and is co-director of the Coherence Psychology Institute. Vaz works in Lisbon, Portugal and is on the faculty of the ISPA - Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida.
The most recent peer-reviewed journal articles on this topic by Ecker and colleagues:
“Memory reconsolidation and the crisis of mechanism in psychotherapy” by Ecker & Vaz: doi.org/10.1016/j.newideapsyc...
“Memory reconsolidation in psychotherapy for severe perfectionism within borderline personality” by Vaz and Ecker: doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23058
“How the science of memory reconsolidation advances the effectiveness and unification of psychotherapy” by Ecker and Sara K. Bridges: doi.org/10.1007/s10615-020-00...
“Clinical translation of memory reconsolidation research: Therapeutic methodology for transformational change by erasing implicit emotional learnings driving symptom production” by Ecker: doi.org/10.12744/ijnpt.2018.0...
A bibliography of many other articles on memory reconsolidation in psychotherapy is available here: www.coherencetherapy.org/disc...

[@kenmcneill2038]

Incredibly pertinent and articulate of the state of things in this field (mental health). Ultimately, it comes down to helping more people better and faster, which is more important than ever before.

[@experiential-psychotherapy]

Thank you for sharing this clear and fascinating description of Memory Reconsolidation!

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