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Reply of at least 150-200. Each reply must incorporate at least 1 schoarly citation in APA (7th edition) format. Any sources cite must have been published in within the last five yers. Acceptable sources include the textbook and/or scholarly peer-reviewed articles.The reply focuses on a meaningful point made in another student’s or professor’s thread. Each reply provides substantive additional thoughts regarding the thread and includes 150-200 words of content. The reply is clear and coherent and includes at least one scholarly source.Reply to the post below M.H posted Neuro-informed counseling is fascinating to me and I learned a lot through this week’s reading and podcast. Counselors use neuro-informed counseling in many ways, one of them being neuroplasticity in the brain (Simmons et al., 2020). The brain can re-learn or re-organize thought patterns and counselors can help their clients with this by applying neuroscience and neuro-informed counseling. For example, counselors can explain the idea of neural pathways, how they are formed in response to experiences, and how neuroplasticity allows the brain to create new pathways with more helpful responses to experiences. Neuroeducation can improve mental wellness because clients learn they aren’t broken or flawed for their thinking; they learn why they might think and act the way they do (podcast). Additionally, once they are aware of behaviors they want to change they can start implementing creating new pathways in their brain. Thus, clients can be released from unhealthy thinking patterns because they now know they can create new neural pathways that are healthier (Simmons et al., 2020).Counselors can also

apply the Polyvagal theory of how the autonomic nervous system plays a role in how their clients respond to certain social situations (Simmons et al., 2020). If a client has experienced traumatic social situations or responses, their brain may have made negative neural pathways that cause them to respond dramatically such as flight, fight, or freeze. A client’s responses to social interactions can also be due to their attachment style. Again, neuroscience is beneficial because counselors can teach their clients how they can rewire this response in their brain to have more appropriate responses to social situations.The biggest takeaway for me is Seigel’s hand model of the brain and how it offers a clear visual for clients as counselors explain the brain and how it relates to neuroscience (Shook, 2016). I would like to be skilled and able to use this in my own practice if I determine it would benefit my client and how they are thinking. I believe the hand model can improve mental wellness dramatically because it allows people to take full control of their brain and understand their thinking patterns and how they can change them. This is empowering information that could deepen the experience of counseling. Word count: 375ReferencesShook, M. (Producer). 2016, December 14. EP15: Neuroeducation: Using “Brain Talk” to Normalize Client Distress and Enhance Your Work with Raissa Miller [Audio Podcast]. The Thoughtful Counselor. Retrieved from https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ECm7WBIWJ74XXS2iyRpaU?si=O0Vq_SuASzC9igwOQGgIPw. Simmons, R., Lilley, S., Kuhnley, A. (2020). Introduction to Counseling; Integration of Faith, Professional Identity, and Clinical Practice. Kendall Hunt.