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Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Psychotherapy > Imagery, Psychotherapy
Therapeutics > Complementary Therapies > Mind-Body Therapies > Imagery, Psychotherapy

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Imagery, Psychotherapy  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

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

Note

  • a psychotherapy technique; do not confuse with the imagery or mental images produced by the imagination ( = IMAGINATION)

Scope note

  • 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)

History note

  • 2020 (1996); was IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY) 1996-2019

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019018

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