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IMAGERY Its Many Dimensions and Applications IMAGERY Its Many Dimensions and Applications Edited by joseph E. Shorr, Gail E. Sobel, Pennee Robin, jack A. Con nella and American Associlltion ofM ental Imagery Los Angeles, California Springer Science+Business Media, LLC Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data American Association for the Study of Mental lmagery. Imagery, its many dimensions and applications. "Prooee<Ungs of the fmt annual conference of the American Association for the Study of Mental Imagery, held in Los Angeles, California, June 22-24, 1979." Inlcudes index. 1. lmagery (Psychology)-Congresses. 2. Psychotherapy-Congresses. 1. Shorr, Joseph E. IT. Title. [DNLM: 1. Imagination-Congresses. 2. Psychotherapy Congresses. WM420 ASlli 1979) RC489.F35A43 1980 616.8'914 80-15723 ISBN 978-1-4684-3733-1 ISBN 978-1-4684-3731-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4684-3731-7 Proceedings of the First Annual Conference of the American Association for the Study of Mentallrnagery, held in Los Angeles, California, June 22-24, 1979. C1980 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Plenum Press, New York in 1980 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1s t edition 1980 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopYing, rnicrofilming, recording, or otherwise, without written perrnission from the Publisher PREFACE Imagery--the miraculous quality that human beings use to re-evoke and reorganize perceptions--is no longer considered idio syncratic. It is an absolutely integral part of human development and motivation which gives substance to subjective meaning and realistic aostract thought. A necessary ingredient of the trans mission and development of human life, imagery must be understood and carefully studied to enhance our knowledge and our lives. The imaginations people have of one another and the imagina tion one has of oneself are composed of the stuff that we call imagery. To my way of thinking, there is waking imagery (consist ing of our stream of images while we are awake) and dream, or sleep imagery (consisting of all that goes on in our minds while asleep). Daydreaming, reverie, fantasy, hallucinations and unbidden images are forms of waking imagery. Dreams, nightmares, hypnogogic and hypnopompic images are all part of sleep imagery. To be aware of and to study the manifestations and complexity of waking imagery--which appears to function in an effortless, instantaneous and ubiquitous manner--is now considered a fit sub ject for study after a half century of denial. The interest in and study of imagery has been far more empha sized in Europe than in America. In Sweden, for example, all clinical training for psychologists includes major emphasis on the works of Hanscarl Leuner and my own work in imagery. Only in the last decade has there been,a blossoming of imagery theories and imagery techniques for therapy in America. Emphasis on the clinical use of imagery has shown a steady increase from its former insignificance. Thus, it is not strange that an American society for the study of mental imagery was not organized until 1976, after I had returned from the International Congress of Mental Imagery in Paris. At that time I was the only American on the pro gram, and I found it difficult to explain to Dr. Andre Virel, the French leader, why America did not have its own group dedicated to the study of imagery. But there have been recent increases in v PREFACE interest. Witness the 350 members of AASMI. Witness the 50 pre senters at the first convention of the Study of Mental Imagery. This volume of ~he proceedings of the convention held in Los Angeles in June of 1979 contains emphasis on the theoretical dimen sions of imagery and its many applications. The book is organized into several sections. The first sec tion contains papers related to the theoretical understanding of the nature of imagery. The second section is devoted to studies and explorations in Psycho-Imagination Therapy. The third section relates to studies of the use of imagery in movement and art therapy, and the fourth section deals with studies of guided imagery and fantasy. The last section deals with the applications of imag ery to various aspects of psychological life. I wish to thank my co-editors, Gail Sobel, Pennee Robin, and Jack Connella, for their diligent and tireless work in preparing this volume. I wish to offer my gratitude to Jane Stewart for her valuable work in editing, and especially to Anita Matthews for her major effort in secretarial preparation of this volume. Most of all I wish to thank the staff of the Institute for Psycho-Imagination Therapy, who sponsored the meeting, and all those persons who helped plan and develop into fruition a fine convention that brought with it excitement, erudition, novelty, and finally this book of imagery and its many dimensions and applications. Joseph E. Shorr, Ph.n., President American Association for the Study of Mental Imagery Spring, 1980 CONTENTS I : THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF IMAGERY Therapy and the Flow of Thought 3 Eric Klinger The Imagination as a Means of Growth 21 Edward Joseph Shoben, Jr. Imagery, Raw and Cooked: A Hemispheric Recipe . . • . 35 Paul Bakan Discoveries About the Mind's Ability to Organize and Find Meaning in Imagery . • • • • . 55 Joseph E. Shorr Imagery Is More Powerful with Focusing: Theory and Practice •.••• 65 Eugene T. Gendlin Treatment Outcome in Relation to Visual Imagery, Suggestibility, Transference, and Creativity • . • • • • • . • . • • 75 Joseph Reyher Visual Imagery: The Language of the Right Brain • • • • • • • • • 107 Evelyn Virshup and Bernard Virshup Images of Individuation: A Jungian Approach to the Psychology of Imagery 113 John R. Battista Symbolic Aspects of Hypnagogic Imagery Associated with Theta EEG Feedback 131 George W. Oliver, Louis Breger, and Robert Zanger vii viii CONTENTS Functional Attributes of Mediational Imagery: A Developmental View toward Habilitation of Retarded Adults • • • • • • • • ••• 145 Dan Tomasulo II: PSYCHO-IMAGINATION THERAPY A Group Study Using the Group Shorr Imagery Test as the Tool of Outcome Therapy 159 Gail E. Sobel Use of the Shorr Imagery Test with a Population of Violent Offenders 167 David Tansey Imagery Experiences of Disabled Persons 181 Clifford 0. Morgan Theory and Application of Psycho Imagination Therapy • . 191 Pennee Robin Managing Anxiety and Stress Through Psycho-Imagery and Behavior Therapy Techniques • • . • 213 Norma Lee K. Mittenthal III: MOVEMENT THERAPY AND ART THERAPY Contacting Bodily-Felt Experiencing in Psychotherapy • • • • 223 Erma Dosamantes-Alperson Imagination and Movement Therapy 237 Rose A. Dendinger Centering Movement and the Visualization of Transformational Imagery • • 243 Elisabeth z. Danehy IV: GUIDED IMAGERY AND FANTASY Guided Imagery: Healing Through the Mind's Eye • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 253 Dennis T. Jaffe and David E. Bressler CONTENTS ix Guided Fantasy as a Psychotherapeutic Intervention: An Experimental Study • • • • • • • • • • • • • 267 Steven M. Blankman Guided Fantasies in Elementary Classrooms • • • . • • • • • • 281 Robert Rose Eye and Image: Eye Contact and Guided Imagery in Psychotherapy 291 Patricia G. Webbink V: CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES AND REPORTS The Effect of Role Playing upon Imagery ••.•••• 305 Milton Wolpin Emotive-Reconstructive Therapy: A Short-Term, Psychotherapeutic Use of Mental Imagery 313 James K. Morrison The Inner Source and Meditative Therapy • • • • • • • • • • • 321 Michael L. Emmons Imagery: A Metaphor for Health in Three Cancer Patients 343 Patricia L. Musick The Sandtray: Group Techniques 349 Russell Bader and Revel Miller Experiential Recall of Coma Imagery 357 Virginia Johnson "Jane": Case Study of a Rape Victim Rehabilitated by Art Therapy 37 5 Dee Spring Contributors 391 Index • • • • • 393 1: THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF IMAGERY
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