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imagery
techniques: guided imagery
psychospiritual approaches
definition
GUIDED IMAGERY:
The client visualizes certain pictures in his mind that have been found to relieve pain and tension, or is guided to a place of relaxation and safety through his own images of such a place. At the start, the patient is taught the images and guided through the process by a trained therapist. If effective, the client is encouraged to use the technique on his own. Through the same process, the client can be guided to meet an inner guide or advisor. Guided imagery has also been used to increase the effectiveness of standard treatments.
(Simonton, p. 131-139)
guided fantasy: One of the most effective techniques for assisting a client to change his or her world view is by a guided fantasy technique. The client is typically asked to close the eyes and visualize a particular experience that will assist change. One of the most immediate and effective ways to assist a client to fully express and integrate seemingly opposite polarities is to ensure that one of the polarities is using a visual representational system and the other either a kinesthetic or auditory representational system; so that it is acted upon in another sensory modality. Erickson typically arranged signals or cues for post-hypnotic behavior in modalities other than the client's most often used representational system. (Mehl, p. 304)
see:
converting a symptom to a signal
exploratory or mechanistic?
hypnotherapy: overview
process paradigm
reframing
relaxation techniques
subjective inquiry approach
the shadow and physical symptoms
transference and countertransference
imagery: principles: receptive or programmed?
imagery: precautions: beyond individual visualizations
imagery: precautions: contraindications
imagery: precautions: roles, cautions and tactics
imagery: precautions: Simontons' approach
imagery: precautions: spindrift research
imagery techniques: basic steps
imagery techniques: image-cancer
imagery techniques: inner guides
imagery techniques: programmed
imagery techniques: smoking
imagery techniques: symptom access
footnotes