Valerie Thomas

Using Mental Imagery in Counselling and Psychotherapy

A Guide to More Inclusive Theory and Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is an accessible guide proposing a new integrated model of practice for counsellors and psychotherapists who wish to work with imagery

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 320g
• ISBN-13: 9780415728867
• ISBN-10: 041572886X
• Artikelnr.: 43329182

Autorenporträt

Valerie Thomas is a counsellor, psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice. Formerly, she was a Senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University and Course Leader for Counselling training.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Introduction
PART ONE: Towards more inclusive theory
2. An historical perspective on the therapeutic use of imagination
3. The story of using mental imagery in counselling and psychotherapy
4. Explanations for the therapeutic efficacy of mental imagery
5. Identifying common features in the use of mental imagery in talking
therapies
6. Developing a more inclusive model of mental imagery in therapeutic
practice
PART TWO: Towards more inclusive practice
7. An introduction to the model in practice
8. The building image
9. The path image
10. The plant image
11. Integrating a more inclusive approach to mental imagery into ongoing
therapeutic work
12. Practice issues
13. Conclusion