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Breath psychotherapy

open access: yesInkanyiso, 2011
Breath psychotherapy is an approach that makes direct use of the breath in healing. There are many forms of breath based healing: basic breathing and relaxation methods, with or without the practice of psychological skills such as imagery, centring and ...
Stephen D. Edwards
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Early-stage psychotherapy produces elevated frontal white matter integrity in adult major depressive disorder.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
BackgroundPsychotherapy has demonstrated comparable efficacy to antidepressant medication in the treatment of major depressive disorder. Metabolic alterations in the MDD state and in response to treatment have been detected by functional imaging methods,
Tao Wang   +8 more
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The Bonny Method: Training Innovations at Anna Maria College

open access: yesVoices, 2010
In the 1970s, Helen Bonny developed the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music for use as a primary process of receptive music psychotherapy in long-term therapy. Training programs in the method traditionally taught it for use in this manner.
Elaine Anne Abbott
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Use of Mental Imagery in Psychotherapy: A Critical Review

open access: yesPerceptual and Motor Skills, 1975
The paper presents arguments in favor of the use of mental imagery for therapeutic purposes. Several existing imagery approaches to psychotherapy are critically examined and suggestions for future inquiry are offered. The intimate relation between imagery and the affective-somatic processes is stressed.
Sheikh, Anees A, Panagiotou, Nancy C.
openaire   +3 more sources

Exploring the Language of Body Boundaries in Person-Centred Psychotherapy

open access: yesLanguage and Psychoanalysis, 2017
This study is based on the assumption that verbal expression of the body boundary personality is a dynamic personality state depending on immediate social demands rather than a stable personality trait.
Laura A. Cariola
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Shared Visibilities: An exploration of the client’s use of imagery on the road to UPSR

open access: yesEuropean Journal for Qualitative Research in Psychotherapy, 2023
This article presents findings from research on the interaction between client imagery and Unconditional Personal Self-Regard (UPSR). Through posing the question “What impact does imagery shared within the therapeutic relationship have on UPSR?”, the ...
Tatiana Davis
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An Anterior Cingulate Cortex‐Anterior Insular Cortex Glutamatergic Circuit Gates Stress‐Induced Visceral Hypersensitivity and Anxiety via Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors Trafficking

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This study identifies an anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) to anterior insular cortex (AIC) glutamatergic (Glu) circuit that gates stress induced visceral hypersensitivity and anxiety. Circuit activation induces both phenotypes, whereas inhibition relieves them.
Junwen Wang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oneirotherapy in Overweight and Obesity

open access: yesJournal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Oneirotherapy is a form of psychotherapy that is based on visual imagery and symbolism. In this communication. We discuss the role of oneirotherapy, or using vivid imagery, as adjuvant therapy in obesity care.
Sanjay Kalra   +2 more
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“It's Not Deterministic and It Will Never Be Deterministic”: A Qualitative Study on Stakeholder Perspectives of Polygenic Risk Score Testing for Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes significant mental and physical distress, yet only a small subset of individuals exposed to trauma develop the disorder. Scientists and clinicians are still unable to predict who will get the disorder or how it will manifest.
Brandy M. Fox
wiley   +1 more source

Schema therapy for Dissociative Identity Disorder: a case report

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
Treatment for Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) often follows a practice-based psychodynamic psychotherapy approach that is conducted in three phases: symptom stabilization, trauma processing, and identity integration and rehabilitation.
Nathan Bachrach   +5 more
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