Reviews literature on hypnosis, imagery, and metaphor as applied to the treatment and integration of those with multiple personality disorder (MPD) and dissociative states. Considers diagnostic criteria of MPD; explores current theories of etiology and treatment; and suggests specific examples of various clinical methods of treatment using…

Provides an overview of the dynamics of loss and grief, including an expansion of the traditional perception of the grief reaction. Presents a specific therapeutic intervention for working with grief reactions. Suggests the mental health counselor must be aware of the rather pervasive problem of unresolved grief as a presenting problem by clients.…

Discusses use of imagery in career counseling and life planning. Cites several studies which indicate that the imagery components of daydreams and fantasies are useful tools for career exploration and life planning when they are accessible to clients and properly processed. Discusses techniques for this exploration and planning. (Author/ABL)

Describes Humorous Imagery Situation Technique, treatment technique incorporating imagery procedures. Discusses how this technique permits therapist to generate humor from imagery scenes. Explains how humor generated assists in resolution of personal conflicts and lessening of individual distress. (Author/NB)

Discusses potential benefits of humor when it is integrated with guided imagery to alleviate stress. Indroduces the Humorous Imagery Situation Technique, a therapeutic method of systematically using humor for stress management which produces a method for the client to use humor to reflect on major problem areas. Includes a case example which…

This essay considers the ways that iconoclasm, or the will to control images and vision, appears in canonical and contemporary public sphere theory. John Dewey and Jurgen Habermas enact a paradoxical relation to visuality by repudiating a mass culture of images while preferring "good" images and vision. Yet even when advocating for good vision,…

The capacity to produce imagery has been regarded as a powerful agent in the healing process and the use of mental imagery as a healing technique is well established. Freud developed the technique of free association and Jung developed several innovative imagery techniques designed to explore the unconscious. Others have used imagery and…

Explores use of metaphoric and symbolic imagery to clarify and work through group dynamics. With an eye toward tying imagery interventions to a therapeutic rationale, various levels of group intervention (individual, interpersonal, and group-as-a-whole) are discussed and therapeutic goals at each level specified. Clinical vignettes explicate how…

Reflects on contributions of Milton H. Erickson from which modern mind-body counseling interventions originate using Beatrice Wright's principles of attention to individual needs, respect for situational complexities, and flexibility. Includes strategies to develop rapport, therapeutic use of imagery, reframing, and other paradoxical techniques…

Describes procedure whereby counselors, as part of their conceptualization for case conferences or supervision, develop metaphors and then make them concrete by constructing drawings or collages which are used as the basis for case discussions with other counselors. (Author/NB)

Draws examples of creative problem solving from the negotiations by delegations from Egypt, Israel, and the United States at Camp David in 1978. Uses Bales's "Field Diagrams" to show the relationships of the participants. Uses Taylor's five levels of creativity to rate decisions. (BH)

Performance in 2 versions of a computer-animated task was compared. Participants either indicated the time of arrival of a target that rolled off a horizontal surface and fell--hidden from view--onto a landing point (production task) or judged flight time on a rating scale (judgment task). As predicted, performance was significantly better in the…

Explores the influence of deity images upon the individuation of 27 women taking a university course, "Women and Mythology." Discusses the concept of individuation and three teaching strategies that appear to foster individuation. Presents case studies of three women in a higher education setting to illustrate the conceptualization of…

Provides detailed information on systematic desensitization, describing in detail the procedures of imaginal desensitization. Briefly describes variants of group, in vivo, massed, and self-administered desensitization. Outlines guidelines for appropriate selection and use of desensitization and presents sampling of research findings with diversity…

Describes the use of art counseling in elementary schools, illustrated with a case study. The sessions involved serial drawing, in which the counselor asks the child to draw a house, tree, and person, as well as free drawings. (JAC)