Publishing Overview
Brain Psychology & Linguistic Brain Therapy (LBT)

This page presents the two-book project Brain Psychology and Linguistic Brain Therapy (LBT), developed from extensive empirical research on how psychological suffering is formed, maintained and changed inside the brain.

The books move beyond general claims that “talking can help” and instead provide a concrete, scientifically grounded description of the mental-biological material that actually constitutes psychological distress.

For editors and publishers

Together, the volumes offer an integrated theoretical and practical framework: Brain Psychology establishes the biopsychic model of psychological suffering, while Linguistic Brain Therapy (LBT) shows how targeted linguistic interventions can modify the biopsychic elements that maintain distress.

This page collects the core material you may need in an evaluation process:

  • project summary and distinctiveness of the model,
  • sample chapters in both web and PDF layout,
  • short and extended book proposals,
  • peer-reviewed article and micro-process study.

3. What Makes This Project Distinctive

The project stands out by combining theoretical clarity with detailed empirical documentation:

  • Micro-process analysis of 13,426 utterances across four complete LBT treatment cases.
  • Identification of biopsychic elements as the structures that maintain psychological distress.
  • Systematic tracking of how therapeutic language changes these structures session by session.
  • A bridge between psychology and biology through the concept of biopsychic elements.
  • A practical method that can be applied in clinical work and further research.

Publishing Overview
Brain Psychology & Linguistic Brain Therapy (LBT)

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Publishing Overview
Brain Psychology & Linguistic Brain Therapy (LBT)

This page presents the two-book project Brain Psychology and Linguistic Brain Therapy (LBT), developed from extensive empirical research on how psychological suffering is formed, maintained and changed inside the brain.

The books move beyond general claims that “talking can help” and instead provide a concrete, scientifically grounded description of the mental-biological material that actually constitutes psychological distress.

For editors and publishers

Together, the volumes offer an integrated theoretical and practical framework: Brain Psychology establishes the biopsychic model of psychological suffering, while Linguistic Brain Therapy (LBT) shows how targeted linguistic interventions can modify the biopsychic elements that maintain distress.

This page collects the core material you may need in an evaluation process:

  • project summary and distinctiveness of the model,
  • sample chapters in both web and PDF layout,
  • short and extended book proposals,
  • peer-reviewed article and micro-process study.

1. Project Summary

Brain Psychology and Linguistic Brain Therapy (LBT) introduce a unified, empirically grounded framework for understanding and changing psychological suffering. The project builds on detailed analyses of how clients’ and therapists’ utterances develop over time when therapy is explicitly directed at changing the biopsychic elements that constitute and maintain distress.

Key points

  • It describes how psychological suffering is mentally and biologically constructed.
  • It identifies biopsychic elements as the units that maintain and trigger symptoms.
  • It shows how targeted linguistic interventions can change these units.
  • It demonstrates why effective treatment can be significantly shorter than commonly assumed.
  • It provides a replicable micro-process method for studying therapeutic change.

2. The Two Books

Brain Psychology

Brain Psychology presents the theoretical and empirical foundation of the biopsychic model. It explains how psychological symptoms arise from specific mental-biological constructions, how these constructions are maintained and how they can be transformed. The book offers:

  • a coherent theory of biopsychic elements as carriers of psychological suffering,
  • a logical structure for describing how distress is built up in the brain,
  • principles that explain rapid and lasting psychological change.

Linguistic Brain Therapy (LBT)

Linguistic Brain Therapy (LBT) provides the practical therapeutic framework based on the biopsychic theory. It shows how the therapist’s and client’s language can be directed at changing the biopsychic elements that maintain suffering. The book illustrates:

  • how to work explicitly with the mental material that produces symptoms,
  • how therapeutic utterances develop across sessions when they target biopsychic elements,
  • how treatment duration can be shortened when therapy focuses on these mechanisms.

3. What Makes This Project Distinctive

The project stands out by combining theoretical clarity with detailed empirical documentation:

  • Micro-process analysis of 13,426 utterances across four complete LBT treatment cases.
  • Identification of biopsychic elements as the structures that maintain psychological distress.
  • Systematic tracking of how therapeutic language changes these structures session by session.
  • A bridge between psychology and biology through the concept of biopsychic elements.
  • A practical method that can be applied in clinical work and further research.

4. Sample Chapters (Web + PDF)

The following chapters are available in full. Each chapter page contains a short introduction, the chapter in web format and an embedded PDF in book layout.

Additional chapters and materials can be made available on request.

5. Attachments and Extended Material

A. Short Proposal (PDF)

A concise overview of the two-book project, its rationale and key contributions.
Download short proposal (PDF)

B. Extended Proposal (PDF)

A more comprehensive presentation of the theoretical background, empirical basis and practical implications for treatment.
Download extended proposal (PDF)

C. Peer-Reviewed Article

The biopsychic model has previously been presented in a peer-reviewed article:
Logic, Psyche and Biology (Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 2013).
Download article (PDF)

D. Micro-Process Study of LBT (PDF)

A detailed empirical study of 13,426 utterances across four LBT cases, documenting how therapist and client language develops when therapy targets biopsychic elements.
Download micro-process study (PDF)

6. Practical Relevance

The framework has clear implications for clinical work and competence development.

By focusing on the biopsychic elements that actually constitute psychological suffering, the books provide a concrete model for planning, guiding and evaluating therapeutic work.

Relevant fields

  • psychotherapists and clinical psychologists,
  • medical doctors and mental health services,
  • welfare and social work professionals,
  • educational and training programs in mental health.

7. Contact

Dr.philos Philip Dammen
Email: INSERT-EMAIL-ADDRESS
Website: https://ikon1.wpenginepowered.com/forlag

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