January 2024 MBR The Psychology Shelf

The Psychology Shelf

NeuroMastery
Ugochukwu Uche, MS, LPC
Independently Published
9798350917024, $12.99 PB, $6.99 Kindle, 128pp

https://www.amazon.com/NeuroMastery-Retraining-Conquer-Anxiety-Attacks/dp/B=
0CJ6DWND9

Because there is more knowledge in general-interest circles about PTSD and =
the lasting impacts of psychic trauma, perhaps there is no better time than=
 now for the self-help message and hope offered in NeuroMastery: Retraining=
 Your Brain to Conquer Anxiety, Fear, and Panic Attacks.

Ugochukwu Uche here presents an important opportunity for healing that empl=
oys the latest research in cognitive neuroscience and counseling psychology=
. He discusses the neuroscience of these conditions and reviews the cycles =
of fear contributing to feedback loops and response patterns that too easil=
y become engrained as habits.

Readers may not expect the neuroscience to then take a detour into mindfuln=
ess concepts and applications, but part of the promise and allure of Uche's=
 title is its ability to walk a fine line between science and new age think=
ing. It uses the attributes and findings of both to create new pathways for=
 recovery. Mindfulness meets cognitive behavior strategies in chapters that=
 review the approaches, philosophies, and results of each.

Self-help readers receive a rich series of insights into emotional self-car=
e that appraises these strategies and cements them via the experiences of L=
ucy, a twenty-six-year-old client who entered therapy interested in confron=
ting and changing the recurrent panic attacks and anxieties which challenge=
d her life.

Chapters contain not just theories, but applied revisions of habits and lif=
estyle that, in Lucy's case, were held beneficial results. These changes ar=
e clearly delineated in chapters that support them with scientific referenc=
es, categorizing them in ways ordinary readers can easily apply to their ow=
n lives.

Libraries and readers seeking self-help insights and routines specific to p=
anic attacks and anxiety will find no better approach than NeuroMastery, wh=
ich cultivates an applied science approach to a condition which affects and=
 limits far too many.

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