The power of human imagination : new methods in psychotherapy

Part 1 - Introduction and overview. 1 The use of imagery and fantasy techniques in psychotherapy - Jerome L. Singer and Kenneth S. Pope. Part 2 - Psychoanalytically oriented uses of imagery. 2 Controls of visual imagery and therapist intervention - Mardi J. Horowitz. 3 Emergent uncovering psychotherapy: the use of imagoic and linguistic vehicles in objectifying psychodynamic processes - Joseph Reyher. 4 Clinical use of categories of therapeutic imagery - Joseph E. Short. Part 3 - Mental imagery therapies. 5 Basic principles and terapeutic efficacy of guided affective imagery (GAI) - Hanscarl Leuner. 6 Active imagining - Eric Greenleaf. 7 Eidetic psychotherapy - Anees A. Sheikh. Part 4 - Behavior-therapy uses of imagery. 8 Covert conditioning: a learning-theory perspective on imagery - Joseph R. Cautela and Leigh McCullough. 9 Covert modeling: the therapeutic application of imagined rehearsal - Alan E. Kazdin. Part 5 - Broader applications of imagery. 10 Imagery and the control of depression - K. David Schultz. 11 Just imagine how I feel: how to improve empathy through training in imagination - Susan J. Frank. 12 The body, expressive movement, and physical contact in psychotherapy - Jesse D. Geller. Part 6 - Conclusion. 13 Why does using imagery in psychotherapy lead to change? - Donald Meichenbaum

'...explores innovations in psychotherapy and behavior modification, supplementing the basic theory and scientific investigations presented in its companion volume The Stream of Consciousness....explores iin detail those advances which redefine imagery as a basic human capacity possessing enormous potential for adaptive behavior....offers numerous examples from psychoanalytic, behavioral, and cognitive mental imagery therapies and research.'

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