Imagery Rescripting
Theory and Practice
Published on 30. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-1-914010-57-6 (ISBN)
Description
Imagery rescripting (IR) is a therapeutic technique that allows problematic events to be retrieved from memory and modified in positive directions. This complete manual for practitioners offers a clear and well-organized introduction to how IR can be applied in the treatment of personality disorders and other problems. It explores the various ways in which the technique can be utilised - how imagery exercises can provide insight into present problems via events of the past, how the therapist can rescript images in the early stages of treatment, and how clients can learn to rescript images themselves as the therapy progresses. The use of IR to prepare clients for future trigger situations is also discussed. Each step is illustrated with examples from practice, and a number of clinical pitfalls are considered - including clients who cannot create images, clients with a critical attitude, and clients who struggle with feelings of guilt during the rescripting process.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hove
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
428 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-914010-57-6 (9781914010576)
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REMCO VAN DER WIJNGAART is a health psychologist and psychotherapist. He worked for twenty years in an academic department of an outpatient mental health institution, where he participated in numerous treatment studies for anxiety, personality disorders, somatoform disorders, and eating disorders. In a pioneering study into the effectiveness of schema therapy for borderline personality disorder, he was trained and supervised in imagery rescripting by Jeffrey Young, the founder of schema therapy. He has also been trained by Aaron Beck, Joan Farrell, and Ida Shaw.
Remco is currently a psychotherapist, trainer, and supervisor in cognitive behavioural therapy and schema therapy at a private practice in Maastricht. He has taught schema therapy for forensic settings together with David Bernstein and gives regular presentations, workshops, and supervision on schema therapy both within the Netherlands and internationally.
Remco is currently a psychotherapist, trainer, and supervisor in cognitive behavioural therapy and schema therapy at a private practice in Maastricht. He has taught schema therapy for forensic settings together with David Bernstein and gives regular presentations, workshops, and supervision on schema therapy both within the Netherlands and internationally.
Content
Foreword by Professor Arnoud Arntz
1. Introduction
2. Diagnostic imagery
3. Imagery rescripting - the therapist rewrites
4. Advanced imagery rescripting - the client rewrites
5. Future-oriented imagery rescripting to break negative patterns
6. Specialised fields of application and forms of imagery rescripting
7. Pitfalls for therapists
Appendices
1. Introduction
2. Diagnostic imagery
3. Imagery rescripting - the therapist rewrites
4. Advanced imagery rescripting - the client rewrites
5. Future-oriented imagery rescripting to break negative patterns
6. Specialised fields of application and forms of imagery rescripting
7. Pitfalls for therapists
Appendices