Imagery (Psychotherapy)

Synonyms

Directed Reverie Therapies

Directed Reverie Therapy

Guided Imagery

Imageries (Psychotherapy)

Imagery

Imagery, Guided

Reverie Therapies, Directed

Reverie Therapy, Directed

Therapies, Directed Reverie

Therapy, Directed Reverie

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)