Guided Affective Imagery
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Guided Affective Imagery (GAI) is a legally recognised psychotherapy method. In this method, the imagination plays an important role together with discussions with the client. It was developed by German psychiatrist Hanscarl Leuner, based on his research in guided mental imagery, "catathymic influences" (the interaction of mental contents and emotional processes), dreams and daydreams.
Guided Affective Imagery is also known as Katathym Imaginative Psychotherapy, or KIP.
Guided Imagery is no longer a commonly used technique because it interferes with source monitoring and can lead to false memories. This has been particularly damaging in the the case of creating false memories of sexual abuse and is thought to have contributed to the satanic panic of the 1980s and 1990s.
[edit] References
- Leuner, H. (1969): Guided Affective Imagery (GAI). A Method of Intensive Psychotherapy. American Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 23, No. 1, p 4-22. pdf
- Utay, J.; Miller, M. (2006): Guided imagery as an effective therapeutic technique: a brief review of its history and efficacy research. Journal of Instructional Psychology, March 2006
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- Repressed memory
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