Healing and Transformation Through Self Guided Imagery is a guide to healing from trauma and crisis though the transformative potential of imagery techniques. Tapping into the heart's wisdom through guided imagery is an ancient practice, but today imagery is enjoying a renaissance in a variety of contemporary settings. Imagery is used as an adjunct to conventional medical therapies for health issues ranging from cancer and heart disease to post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction. This inspiring guide provides contemporary techniques for using it to transform moments of pain, emotional turmoil, and interpersonal conflict into opportunities for growth and self-realization. The book includes a self-facilitation worksheet with step-by-step instructions.
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Healing and Transformation Through Self Guided Imagery is a guide to healing from trauma and crisis though the transformative potential of imagery techniques. Tapping into the heart's wisdom through guided imagery is an ancient practice, but today imagery is enjoying a renaissance in a variety of contemporary settings. Imagery is used as an adjunct to conventional medical therapies for health issues ranging from cancer and heart disease to post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction. This inspiring guide provides contemporary techniques for using it to transform moments of pain, emotional turmoil, and interpersonal conflict into opportunities for growth and self-realization. The book includes a self-facilitation worksheet with step-by-step instructions.
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Using imagery as a self-help tool when facing a major life stressor is only the beginning of tapping into the potential of this powerful practice. Imagery is far more than self-help; it can be a way to self-realization. By regularly traveling into our heart's domain, we not only get in touch with, but become at home in, a source of wisdom greater than we know. Using imagery this way can uproot underlying beliefs that promote distress in our lives. Often, intuition naturally emerges in day-to-day awareness as we cultivate receptivity to our inner guidance. Over time, you may find that situations that previsouly would have been upsetting to you are now no longer disturbing.
About Leslie
Leslie is a pioneer in the role of guided imagery in psychotherapy and integrative medicine, and is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with Master's Degrees in both the arts and psychology. Leslie is also an ordained minister in an interfaith tradition. Her unique...
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Nov.18.2011
Davenport's work is insightful, original and eminently useful for people of all ages and professions.
Nov.18.2011
Leslie Davenport has trained many health professionals to be able to offer guided imagery to hospitalized patients. Through this groundbreaking leadership, she has inspired and witnessed many deeply moving...
I invite you on a journey to the generous gifts found within your own heart. Whether facing a crisis, reflecting on a major life transition, or deepening gratitude in simple day-to-day moments, imagery can guide you to a tranquil mind and compassionate awareness.