Using Mental Imagery to Enhance Creative and Work-Related Processes

ISBN-13: 9781138731325 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 178 str.

Valerie Thomas

Opis

Valerie Thomas explores the productive use of mental imagery skills to engage with the processes of creativity. Practical and original, the book offers detailed guidance for a highly-effective method that can provide rich insights into the development of a range of creative enterprises, including artistic and work-related projects.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments;  Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction;  Chapter 2:  How the method was developed; Chapter 3: Creativity: The broader context; Chapter 4: Understanding creativity as a dialogical process;  Chapter 5: Mental imagery and creativity;  Chapter 6: Viewing the mental imagery method from broader theoretical perspectives;  Chapter 7: Applying the mental imagery method to practice;  Chapter 8: Using mental imagery to represent and work with the creative capabilities of the self;  Chapter 9:  Using the mental imagery method for the process of developing creative and work-related projects;  Chapter 10: Using the mental imagery method in a research practice context;  Chapter 11: Further thoughts on the mental imagery method as a stand-alone practice;  Chapter 12: Conclusion;  Appendix 1;  Index 

O autorze

Dr Valerie Thomas is a psychotherapist, supervisor, trainer and author of Using Mental Imagery in Counselling and Psychotherapy: A Guide to More Inclusive Theory and Practice (2016, Routledge).