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Contains 22 chapters that discuss theory, research, and clinical applications. This work presents 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 bodily changes.

One cause of the behavioral, emotional and mental torment in a person's life is the psychological trauma that results from the actions and words of parents and others. This volume examines the effect of such trauma on a child's development and how the resulting torment eventually brings this child as an adult to psychotherapy.

Sages of various traditions and ages have reiterated that we must incorporate the inevitability of death into the fabric of life to experience life's breadth and beauty. Imagery is an important tool in dealing with death. This book offers an overview of ancient and modern approaches to the use of death imagery for therapeutic purposes.

Discuses that three different factors turn imagination into hypnosis. This book explores the hypnotic and the clinical significance of absorption in imagination. It examines the role of compliance and imagination in various hypnotic phenomena. It focuses on negative hallucinating, which reportedly "blocks out" perceptual reality.

Providing a historical perspective of the importance accorded to imagination in the disease and healing processes, this book offers theoretical, empirical, and clinical evidence of the efficacy of imagery in the healing of a variety of health problems including stress, pain, cancer, depression, phobias, skin disorders, and sexual dysfunctions.