"Healing Images: The Role of Imagination in Health" details the function and capacity of imagination in health. This work consists of 22 chapters and discusses theory, research, and clinical applications. Presented is a brief history of the use of imagery for healing in both Eastern and Western traditions, a review of research that deals with the physiological consequences of imagery and related approaches, and an explanation of how images lead to such bodily changes. "Healing Images" covers the latest theory and research on the relationship between imagery, cerebral laterality, and healing. An attempt is also made to integrate modern systems theory with concepts of information and energy, which disclose the role of imagery and love in health. Imagery and music in health are also discussed.
THEORY AND RESEARCH
Chapter 1 Healing Images: Historical Perspective Anees A. Sheikh, Robert G. Kunzendorf, and Katharina S. Sheikh
Chapter 2 Physiological Consequences of Imagery and Related Approaches Anees A. Sheikh, Robert G. Kunzendorf, Katharina S. Sheikh, and Sheila M. Baer
Chapter 3 How Could Images Heal Anything? Max Velmans
Chapter 4 Imagery, Cerebral Laterality, and the Healing Process: A Cautionary Note Sven van de Wetering, Daniel M. Bernstein, and Robert G. Ley
Chapter 5 Imagery, Love, and Health: How Dynamical Energy Systems Theory Can Integrate Conventional and Complementary Medicine Gary E. Schwartz and Linda G. Russek
Chapter 6 Music, Imagery, and Healing Pat Moffitt Cook
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
Chapter 7 Healing Images: Connecting with Inner Wisdom Sheila M. Baer, Amy C. Hoffmann, and Anees A. Sheikh
Chapter 8 Transforming the Pain Terrain: Theory and Practice in the Use of Mental Imagery for the Treatment of Pain David Pincus, Tonya Wachsmuth-Schlaefer, Anees A. Sheikh, and Shirin Ezaz-Nikpay
Chapter 9 Imagery in Smoking Cessation and Weight Management Colleen Heinkel, Michelle Rosenfeld, and Anees A. Sheikh
Chapter 10 Mental Imagery in Sex Therapy Tulsi B. Saral
Chapter 11 A Guided-Imagery Treatment Approach for Eating Disorders Mary Jane Esplen
Chapter 12 Use of Imagery in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disorders Jeanne Achterberg, Barbara Dossey, Leslie Kolkmeier, and Anees A. Sheikh
Chapter 13 Imagery and the Treatment of Phobic Disorders Beverly H. Yahnke, Anees A. Sheikh, and Heidi T. Beckman
Chapter 14 The Use of Imagery in Alleviating Depression David Schultz
Chapter 15 Imagery: Its History and Use in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Jo M. Weis, Mervin R. Smucker, and Jane G. Dresser
Chapter 16 Imagery in the Treatment of Trauma Jan Taal and John Krop
Chapter 17 Imagery and Cancer Howard Hall
Chapter 18 How to Use Mental Imagery for Any Clinical Condition Gerald Epstein
Chapter 19 Guided Imagery and Intuition Belleruth Naparstek
Chapter 20 Transpersonal Images: Implications for Health William Braud
Chapter 21 Death Imagery: Confronting Death Brings Us to the Threshold of Life Anees A. Sheikh and Katharina S. Sheikh
Chapter 22 Imagery and Spiritual Development Bonney Gulino Schaub and Richard Schaub
Contributors
Index
Biography
Sheikh, Anees Ahmad
