This neuroscientist is proposing a new theory and it’s right in line with the way that SRT (Self Regulation Therapy) works with the brain… particularly for fear and anxiety.
Both the unconscious and the conscious in SRT work are aligned with this…
“effective treatments would have to engage differently on each level — the whirling subliminal, automatic circuitry that patients aren’t even aware of needs to be subdued before the second-step project of addressing the higher level of conscious thoughts and feelings can begin”.
Full article here…