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Imagery, Psychotherapy  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The use of mental images produced by the imagination as a form of psychotherapy. It can be classified by the modality of its content: visual, verbal, auditory, olfactory, tactile, gustatory, or kinesthetic. Common themes derive from nature imagery (e.g., forests and mountains), water imagery (e.g., brooks and oceans), travel imagery, etc. Imagery is used in the treatment of mental disorders and in helping patients cope with other diseases. Imagery often forms a part of HYPNOSIS, of AUTOGENIC TRAINING, of RELAXATION TECHNIQUES, and of BEHAVIOR THERAPY. (From Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, vol. 4, pp29-30, 1994)

Synonym(s)

  • Guided Imagery
  • Imagery, Guided
  • Imagery, Psychotherapeutic
  • Imagery (Psychotherapy)
  • Imagery Psychotherapy
  • Psychotherapeutic Imagery
  • Psychotherapy Imagery

In other languages

  • French

  • Imagerie mentale (psychothérapie)
  • Imagerie mentale guidée
  • Psychothérapie par imagerie mentale
  • Thérapie par visualisation

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