2011/03/01 by David Pincus, Anees A. Sheikh · 1 citation
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Archaeology #Child Therapy and Development #Computer science #Context (archaeology) #Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics #Epistemology #History #Linguistics #Mainstream #Metaphor #Pain Management and Placebo Effect #Philosophy #Psychology #Psychotherapist #Relation (database)
paper · doi:10.2190/ic.30.3.d
openalex publication_date 2011/03/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25
Within the ever-expanding list of approaches to psychotherapy, there is a tendency to overlook deep imagery approaches. The current article reports on one such metaphor-based therapy developed by David Grove (Grove & Panzer, 1989). The approach is analyzed within the context of mainstream contemporary psychotherapy in general, the state of empirical understanding of common processes to psychotherapy, and in relation to other deep imagery-based approaches to therapy. Next, a step-by-step description of the techniques used within metaphor therapy are presented, along with a case example demonstrating the use of these techniques on a case involving pain symptoms. Finally, it is argued that deep imagery approaches in general, and Grove's approach in particular, may provide a means for greater theoretical integration within integrative healthcare.