Executive Functioning and Psychotherapy: The New Neuroscience of Adaptive Intelligence

A new model of executive functioning which illuminates the somatic, social, and emotional influences on how we make decisions.

Executive functioning (EF) can be defined as a person’s ability to successfully navigate their physical, intellectual, and social worlds. Interest in EF is expanding within psychotherapy, but like many scientific concepts which are adapted to the consulting room, there is a great deal of confusion and misinformation surrounding EF within clinical and lay communities.

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