Guided Imagery: Creative Interventions in Counselling & Psychotherapy - Hardcover

Hall, Eric; Hall, Carol; Stradling, Pamela; Young, Diane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1412901480 ISBN 13: 9781412901482

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Guided Imagery is a unique, practical guide to using imagery in one-to-one therapeutic work with clients. Through numerous examples drawn from their own experience, the authors show how the techniques involved can be integrated into everyday practice. The authors describe the different processes of using guided imagery and working from a script and show how drawing can be used to augment imagery work. In addition to planned strategies for using imagery, they also show how images which arise spontaneously during sessions can be harnessed and used to enhance the therapeutic process. The practical strategies and techniques outlined in the book are examined in the context of a variety of theoretical frameworks (the person-centered approach, gestalt, existentialism and psychosynthesis) and research findings.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr Carol Hall is an Associate Professor at the School of Nursing, University of Nottingham. She enjoys teaching practical elements of nursing within pre-registration nursing curricula, as well as supervising pre- and post-registration students in their dissertations and theses. She has a background in Children’s Nursing and Nursing Education.

Review:

`The aim of this clear and engaging book is to facilitate counsellors and clients in working creatively and ethically with client-generated imagery. From an integrative perspective, I expect this text to prove an invaluable guide to this most creative of techniques in the repertoire of interventions for both the trainee and the experienced counsellor′ - Therapy Today

`Hall et al bring many years of practice and academic experience to their material. The books is accessible in its style and makes extensive use of interesting case histories′ - Eisteach (Journal for the Irish Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy)

`Even those of us who are well versed in the use of imagery can find novel uses in Guided Imagery: Creative Interventions in Counselling and Psychotherapy.′ - PsycCritiques

"Written for both experienced and trainee counselors, guided Imagery will be a uniquely useful resource for practitioners and an ideal text for used in counseling and psychotherapy training courses." Author: SirReadaLot.org Published On: 2007-02-12

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1412901480
• ISBN 13: 9781412901482
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 152