What if understanding Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB)
is the missing link in your practice?
You don’t need another dense neuroscience textbook—you need a clear, reliable guide.
Interpersonal Neurobiology Essentials helps clinicians translate complex neuroscience into practical tools for everyday therapy. Concise, accessible, and clinically focused, it bridges the gap between cutting-edge brain science and real-world therapeutic work.
Written by Louis Cozolino, one of the founding editors of the groundbreaking and influential Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB), this guide distills the field’s most important concepts with clarity, accuracy, and direct clinical relevance.
With Interpersonal Neurobiology Essentials, you can quickly grasp the neuroscience behind attachment, affect regulation, and the social brain–supporting more informed assessment, stronger case conceptualization, and more effective treatment planning.
These sections include:
The Big Ideas
Central Neuroscience Concepts
Executive Functioning
The Biochemistry of Bonding
Clinical Application
Concluding Thoughts
What this guide does for you:
- Translates neuroscience into practical clinical insight
- Deepens your understanding of attachment, affect regulation, and the social brain
- Strengthens treatment planning and case conceptualization
- Applies IPNB concepts across individual, couple, family, and group therapy
Whether you need a quick refresher between sessions, a framework for treatment planning, or a psychoeducational tool for clients, Interpersonal Neurobiology Essentials provides clear, at-a-glance support for integrating neuroscience into therapy.
Bring interpersonal neurobiology into your clinical practice with one easy guide.
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Louis Cozolino, PhD, is a professor of psychology at Pepperdine University and maintains a clinical and consulting practice in Los Angeles, California. He is the author of numerous books on the neuroscience of psychotherapy and human relationships
Image credits: Cozolino, Louis © Louis Cozolino; Siegel, Daniel J. © Photography by Max Knight; Schore, Allan © Beth Schore
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