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A hypnotically mediated guided imagery intervention for intrusive imagery: creating ground for figure
1National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
|November 11, 1999
Summary
Intrusive imagery is a cognitive dysfunction where images lack context. Hypnotically guided imagery can create context for these images, enabling new cognitive understanding and integration.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Cognitive Science
Background:
- Intrusive imagery is conceptualized as a cognitive dysfunction.
- It involves difficulties in assimilating and accommodating psychological material.
- Gestalt psychology views intrusive images as figures lacking a meaningful ground.
Observation:
- Intrusive images lack context and meaning.
- These images are metaphorically unassimilated figures.
- A gap exists in cognitive schemes for processing these images.
Findings:
- Hypnotically mediated guided imagery can establish a ground for intrusive images.
- This intervention facilitates the integration of the 'figure without a ground'.
- A new cognitive scheme can be created to accommodate the imagery.
Implications:
- Guided imagery offers a therapeutic approach for intrusive imagery.
- This method aids in resolving cognitive dysfunction related to unwanted mental images.
- The findings support a model for intervention using guided imagery in clinical settings.
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