Louis John Cozolino is a psychologist and professor of psychology at the Pepperdine University.
Education
He holds degrees in philosophy from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, theology from Harvard University and a Doctor of Philosophy in clinical psychology from University of California, Los Los Angeles He has conducted empirical research in schizophrenia, the long-term impact of stress, and child abuse.
Career
Cozolino has published numerous articles, seven books, and maintains a clinical and consulting practice in Los Los Angeles Cozolino"s more recent writings focus on the evolution of the human brain into a social organ and the ways in which brains connect to attune, communicate, and regulate one another. He uses the term "sociostasis" to describe how we have evolved to regulate each other"s metabolic activation, emotions, and behavior.
Cozolino introduced the concept of the Social Synapse, the medium through which we are linked together into larger organisms such as families, tribes, societies and the human species as a whole.
"Gaze, pupil dilation, facial expressions, posture, proximity, touch, and mirror systems are all reflexive and obligatory systems that work below conscious awareness. These and other systems yet to be discovered create a high-speed information linkup between us, establishing ongoing physiological and emotional synchrony."
Cozolino uses the term sociostasis to describe the reciprocal influence individuals have on one another as they regulate each others" biology, psychology, and states of mind across the social synapse.
lieutenant is an expansion of the foundational way Murray Bowen"s described the emotional homeostasis that exists within families that influences separation and individuation. In, Cozolino synthesizes the field of psychotherapy with finding from neurology, neuroscience, and neurochemistry to provide a model for the underlying mechanisms of action in the therapeutic process.
He describes four key principles for enhancing neuroplasticity in the human brain/mind complex - Secure relationships, a low to moderate level of physiological arousal, a balance of emotional and cognitive processing, and the construction of coherent narratives about the self, relationships, and the world.