Loving with the Brain in Mind

What it is about

Loving with the Brain in Mind is Mona DeKoven Fishbane’s neurobiology for couple therapists and couples on how threat and repair work in the body during an intimate fight. She connects brain and nervous-system ideas to everyday reactivity, empathy, and reconnection after conflict. The book translates science into relational practice without claiming that biology excuses harm. It is psychoeducation for love under stress, not a full neurology textbook and not a safety plan for coercive control.

Questions it can answer

• How do threat and repair show up in the body during an intimate fight?
• What links does Fishbane draw between nervous-system reactivity and reconnection?
• Why does biological language not excuse harmful behaviour in this account?

What you will not find

• A complete medical neurology course
• Medication prescribing guidance
• Instructions to stay in abuse because “the brain made them do it”