ABSTRACT
Family therapists have long adopted a multilevel systemic view, highlighting not only interior family dynamics, but also larger contextual issues. Neurobiology brings to this multilayered discourse the micro level of brain/body processes. Interpersonal neurobiology (Siegel, 1999, 2012) integrates brain, body, and relationships, exploring the recursive impacts of our physical-neurological selves and social processes, embedded within the larger sociocultural context. This chapter focuses on the neurobiology of relationships, with implications for clinical practice.
