Imagination and Healing

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-415-78522-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 562 g

Reihe: Imagery and Human Development Series

The volume explores in depth the vast healing potential of a fundamental human gift. In addition to providing a historical perspective of the importance accorded to imagination in the disease and healing processes, the book furnishes theoretical, empirical, and clinical evidence of the efficacy of imagery in the healing of a wide variety of health problems including stress, pain, cancer, depression, phobias, skin disorders, and sexual dysfunctions.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sheikh, Anees

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Gesundheitspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Anees A. Sheikh Imagination in Disease and Healing Processes: A Historical Perspective Carol E. McMahon and Anees A. Sheikh Psychophysiology of Imagery and Healing: A Systems Perspective Gary E. Schwartz Imagery, Cerebral Laterality, and the Healing Process Robert G. Leyand Richard J. Freeman Changing "Unchangeable" Bodily Processes by (Hypnotic) Suggestions: A New Look at Hypnosis, Cognitions, Imagining, and the Mind-Body Problem Theodore X. Barber The Use of Imagery in Alleviating Depression K. David Schultz Imagery and Cancer Howard Hall Imagery and the Treatment of Phobic Disorders Beverly K. Habeck and Anees A. Sheikh Sex, Fantasy and Imagination: Scientific Research and Clinical Applications Kenneth S. Pope, Jerome L. Singer, and Lawrence C. Rosenberg Mind-Controlled Analgesia: The Inner Way to Pain Control David Bresler Imagine Health! Imagery in Medical Self-Care Martin L. Rossman Imagery, Body, and Space in Focusing Eugene T. Gendlin, Doralee Grindler, and Mary McGuire Subject Index Acknowledgments

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Anees Sheikh teaches the Psychology of Imagination, Death and Dying, Psychology of Happiness, an undergraduate course in psychotherapy methods, and the graduate course in clinical uses of mental imagery.