Presenters: David Bresler, PhD, LAc, and Martin Rossman, MD
Objectives: Participants completing this presentation will be able to:xxx
- Explain why IGIsm is more powerful, effective, and efficient than other suggestive techniques.
- Utilize the most effective techniques for initiating Imagery Dialogue.
- Utilize Imagery Dialogue to explore the meaning of a symptom and to empower and enhance the body’s intrinsic healing systems.
Description: Interactive Guided
Imagerysm
(IGIsm)
is
an interactive, permissive, client-centered approach to
clinical guided
imagery aimed at evoking inner healing resources and
enabling the client
patient to develop greater self-awareness, increased
autonomy and an
enhanced sense of personal empowerment.
IGIsm
is eclectic,
holistic, humanistic and non-dogmatic,
incorporating skills and approaches from hypnosis, Jungian
psychology,
psychosynthesis, Gestalt therapy, self-actualization and
ego-state
psychology. IGIsm
is much more than
simply having a patient
listen to a predetermined script. It is a powerful modality
for connecting
with the deeper wellsprings of what is true for them at
cognitive, affective,
and somatic levels.
The guide’s role in this process is not to provide “better”
images for the
client, but to facilitate an enhanced awareness of the
unconscious imagery
the client/patient already has, and to help the client
learn to meaningfully
and effectively interact with this process. For example, a
patient can be
asked to close his eyes and allow an image to form that
represents the
experience of his problem. The patient may then have an
imaginary
dialogue with the image to explore its meaning and
relevance to the
problem or issue.
These images can provide information not only about the
problem or
illness, but also about the patient’s beliefs, attitudes,
hopes, expectations,
and fears, their ability to cope with the problem or heal
from the illness,
and the potential effectiveness of the recommended
treatment plan.
This pre-conference workshop, An Overview of Interactive
Guided
Imagerysm,
contains original lectures by Drs. David Bresler and
Marty Rossman, the creators and developers of
IGIsm,
excerpted from the Academy’s Professional Certification
Training Program.
It includes an overview of IGIsm,
how it works, how it differs
from other suggestive techniques, the most effective
strategies for
establishing imagery dialogue, how to maximize success, and
how
IGIsm
can be applied in
medicine, nursing, allied health care
fields, health psychology, psychotherapy, counseling, and
coaching.