Imagery in cognitive-behavioral therapy / Lusia Stopa ; foreword by Judith S. Beck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stopa, Lusia Aldona, 1954- author.

Contributor:

Beck, Judith S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imagery (Psychology).

Cognitive therapy.

Autobiographical memory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : The Guilford Press [2021]

Summary:

"Interest in imagery has grown over the last 10 years and techniques have been developed and tested to ensure that imagery interventions offer real therapeutic benefits to clients. At the same time, the training materials for imagery lag far behind those for more traditional cognitive interventions. This book is intended to bridge that gap and introduce you to the range of available imagery interventions; present something about the evidence that supports these interventions; and, most importantly, describe how to use them. Each of the chapters that describes a particular technique has extensive case examples to illustrate how to use that technique and, importantly, how to integrate it with other standard interventions"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright

About the Author

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

1. An Introduction to mental Imagery

The Use of Imagery in Various Psychotherapeutic Schools

A Therapeutic Use of Imagery

Therapist Concerns about Using Imagery

The Nature and Functions of Mental Imagery

Imagery, Memory, and the Self

Moving from Emotion to the Self

The Self-Memory System Model

Self-Concept Clarity

The Power of Working with Images

An Overview of Imagery Interventions and a Look Ahead

2. Recognition and Assessment of Images

Assessment

Questions to Use in Assessing Imagery

Exploring the Client's Experience of Imagery

Using Images to Assess Early Schemas

Assessing Image Perspective

Assessing the General Properties of the Images

Summary

3. Using Imagery in Case Conceptualization

Three Levels of Case Conceptualization

Images in Descriptive and Simple Explanatory Case Conceptualizations

Image-Centric Microformulation

Images in Cross-Sectional Case Conceptualizations

Images in Conceptualizing Social Anxiety Disorder

Images in Conceptualizing Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Images in Longitudinal Case Conceptualizations

From Conceptualization to Treatment Planning

4. Laying the Groundwork for Imagery Interventions

Introducing Clients to Images and How They Work

Introducing Imagery by Activating Positive Autobiographical Memories

Imagery and Emotional Safety

Creating a Safe Place Using Imagery

Working with the Properties of Images

Zooming and Fading Images

Manipulating the Characteristics of Visual Images

5. Imaginal Exposure

How Exposure Works

Contemporary Learning Theories

Cognitive and Emotional Avoidance

Imaginal Exposure to a Feared Stimulus.

Using Imaginal Exposure to Tackle Cognitive and Emotional Avoidance

Problems Using Imaginal Exposure

6. Imaginal Reliving in Trauma-Focused Treatments

Traumatic Memories and Intrusions in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

How Imaginal Reliving Helps Integrate the Trauma

Type I and Type II Trauma

Using Imaginal Reliving to Treat a Client Who Has Experienced a Single Traumatic Incident

Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Using Imaginal Reliving to Treat a Client Who Has Experienced Repeated Traumatization

Managing Dissociation When Using Imaginal Reliving

7. Imagery Rescripting

Methods of Imagery Rescripting

How Imagery Rescripting Is Used as an Intervention

How Effective Is Imagery Rescripting for Aversive Memories

Understanding How Imagery Rescripting Works

Choosing a Memory for Rescripting

Imagery Rescripting Using the Three-Stage Protocol: A Practical Example

Imagery Rescripting with a Recent Distressing Memory

Imagery Rescripting for Distressing Dreams and Nightmares

Imagery Rescripting of a Recurring Nightmare

8. Transforming Images of the Self

Video Feedback to Transform Views of the Self

Testing the Impact of Safety Behaviors

Using Video Feedback to Change Negative Views of the Self

Problems with Video Feedback

Accessing a Positive View of the Self through Autobiographical Memories

Autobiographical Episodic Memory-Based Training

Internal versus External Images of the Self

Externalizing Images of the Self

Appendix 8.1. Safety Behaviors and Video-Feedback Experiments

9. Imagery as a Route to Safety, Compassion and Positive Affect

Understanding Safety and Compassion-Based Imagery

The Concept of Safeness

Self-Soothing with Imagery

Compassionate Imagery

Ways to Stimulate Compassionate Feelings.

The Perfect Nurturer

Activating Positive Affect through Imagery

10. Integrating Imagery in a Case Example

Roger's Background and Initial Presentation

Roger's Assessment

Roger's Initial Case Conceptualization

Starting Treatment for Roger's Panic Disorder

Breaking the Links between Physical Symptoms and Catastrophic Misinterpretations

Graded Exposure

Exploring Roger's View of Self: Linking the Past with the Present

Reviewing Treatment Options in Light of New Information about Roger

Transforming Roger's Negative View of Self

Using Imagery Rescripting with Roger

Last Phase of Therapy: Building Roger's New Belief

Tackling Rumination as a Process

Finding a Way to Understand His Father's Behavior

Roger's Family History and How It Shaped His Father's Behavior

Reflections on Roger's Case

11. Troubleshooting

Are Some People Unable to Create Mental Images?

When the Client Cannot Create Images

Aphantasia and Imagery Rescripting

Imagery and Emotion: Managing Intense Affect

Dissociation In Its Many Forms

Memory Perspective

How to Work with the Posttrauma Self

The Use of Violent Imagery during Imagery Rescripting

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781462547296

146254729X

9781462547319

1462547311

OCLC:

1255367908