From SciLogs: “According to a study at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, the effect of psychotherapy has now been “medically and scientifically” proven. A research group led by Ronny Redlich, Professor of Biological and Clinical Psychology at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, has investigated the possible effects of psychotherapy on the brain in detail. It sounds like a breakthrough: “Now, for the first time, we have a valid biomarker for the effect of psychotherapy on brain structure,” explains the professor. “To put it simply: psychotherapy changes the brain.”Well. It is a plastic organ with around 86 billion nerve cells that still hides many secrets of its functioning from us.