Brings together many imagery techniques from a variety of sources, for all health practitioners. Approaches are grouped in four categories of hypnobehavioral, cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic/humanistic, and humanistic/transpersonal. Some techniques described include imagery- related techniques in neuro-linguistic programming, tsubo imagery psychotherapy, and transformational fantasy. An introductory chapter offers a historical overview of imagination in disease and healing processes. Sheikh teaches psychology at Marquette University and psychiatry at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is past president of the American Association for the Study of Mental Imagery.
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