About The Author

Lou Cozolino, PhD, is a writer, professor, and practicing psychologist in Los Angeles, California. In addition to holding degrees in philosophy, theology, and clinical psychology from Harvard and UCLA, he has worked and written in the areas of neuroscience, neuropsychiatry, and education. His clinical interests focus on the recovery from dysfunctional families, childhood trauma, and head injuries, using a combination of psychodynamic and systems approach informed by neurobiology.

Lou lectures around the world on attachment, brain development, evolution, and the synthesis of neuroscience and psychotherapy. In addition to Why Therapy Works, he is the author of The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy 2e, The Making of a Therapist, The Neuroscience of Human Relationships 2e, The Healthy Aging Brain, The Social Neuroscience of Education, and Attachment-Based Teaching. He has also written shorter pieces on child abuse, schizophrenia, language, and cognition. His current interests are in the area of the application of neuroscience and evolution to education and leadership. He is series editor for the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology and the Norton Series on the Social Neuroscience of Education.