Waking Dreams

Mark, David

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“…All participants reported on the facilitative nature of imagery phenomena and these findings were broadly consistent with the literature (Arizmendi, 2011;Birksted-Breen, 2012;Bucci, 2009;Mark, 2009;Ogden, 2002). As an outcome of this study, the facilitative and potentially transformative aspect of SMI was developed into a Model of Understanding and this is further discussed elsewhere (McGown, 2013).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…Fosshage, 2011;Mark, 2009;Ogden, 2002). However, although interviewees were able to deeply engage with their experiences, there was little suggestion, in contrast to the literature (e.g.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Ogden (2002) writes of the elusive nature of such imagery and how it can be experienced as intrusive by the analyst; others describe difficulties in successfully translating visualisations into language (Mark, 2009;Yalom, 1991). Risks in working with imagery, albeit with active imagination, are cited by Jung (1991) who argues for a cautionary stance in its use with certain patients.…”

Section: Ways Of Understanding Spontaneous Mental Imagery In Psychothmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…One contemporary author, Mark (2009), offers a number of case studies each distinguished by different ways of working with and understanding SMI. His observations include a view of imagery as a metaphor for the therapeutic relationship which, in illuminating the underlying dynamics in a way that makes them available for discussion, fosters connection and a deepening of the therapeutic relationship.…”

Section: Ways Of Understanding Spontaneous Mental Imagery In Psychothmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A qualitative study of the therapist's spontaneous mental imagery and its impact on therapeutic process

McGown

2014

Couns. Psychother. Res.

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Aim: This study explores the under-researched area of the therapist's experience of spontaneous mental imagery (SMI) and its impact on the therapeutic process. Method: Five psychotherapists were interviewed and transcripts were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Findings: Four overarching domains were identified. These concerned: (i) the multi-sensory ways in which participants experienced SMI; (ii) a possible tension between personal affinity with mental imagery and professional approbation; (iii) a complex matrix of ways of understanding SMI; and (iv) the identification of three principle functions of SMI. Conclusion/Implications: Overall, this study indicated the potency of SMI as experienced by the therapist and its role in informing and potentially transforming therapeutic process. The provision of wider training to foster a greater awareness and understanding of SMI within clinical practice is recommended.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…Fosshage, 2011;Mark, 2009;Ogden, 2002). However, although interviewees were able to deeply engage with their experiences, there was little suggestion, in contrast to the literature (e.g.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Ways Of Understanding Spontaneous Mental Imagery In Psychothmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Ways Of Understanding Spontaneous Mental Imagery In Psychothmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A qualitative study of the therapist's spontaneous mental imagery and its impact on therapeutic process

McGown

2014

Couns. Psychother. Res.

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“…All participants experienced SMI on a multi-sensory level consistent with some models of imagery phenomena in the literature (e.g. Fosshage, 2011;Mark, 2009;Ogden, 2002). However, although interviewees were able to deeply engage with their experiences, there was little suggestion, in contrast to the literature (e.g.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 57%

A qualitative study of the therapist's spontaneous mental imagery and its impact on therapeutic process

McGown

2014

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

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Aim This study explores the under‐researched area of the therapist's experience of spontaneous mental imagery (SMI) and its impact on the therapeutic process. Method Five psychotherapists were interviewed and transcripts were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Findings Four overarching domains were identified. These concerned: (i) the multi‐sensory ways in which participants experienced SMI; (ii) a possible tension between personal affinity with mental imagery and professional approbation; (iii) a complex matrix of ways of understanding SMI; and (iv) the identification of three principle functions of SMI. Conclusion/Implications Overall, this study indicated the potency of SMI as experienced by the therapist and its role in informing and potentially transforming therapeutic process. The provision of wider training to foster a greater awareness and understanding of SMI within clinical practice is recommended.

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The role of subjectivity and intersubjectivity in the reconstruction of dissociated schemas; converging perspectives from psychoanalysis, cognitive science and affective neuroscience.

Bucci¹

2011

Psychoanalytic Psychology

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Therapeutic change involves integration of emotion schemas that have been dissociated. Two types of avoidant dissociation are distinguished: primary dissociation dominated by fragmentary emotional memories; and secondary dissociation involving initial encoding of more organized memories whose meaning is avoided. Reconstruction of dissociated emotion schemas occurs through the referential process which includes three basic components: arousal of the subsymbolic affective core of a dissociated schema in the treatment relationship; connections of subsymbolic processes to symbolic representations in narratives and interactions in the session; and reflection leading to reorganization of the schema. The role of enactive perception and embodied communication as underlying intersubjectivity in the referential process is reviewed. Variations in states of awareness associated with each phase of the process, in both analyst and patient, and their effects on therapeutic change are examined. Current work in cognitive science and affective neuroscience supporting this process model is reviewed. This formulation is largely compatible with Freud's early theory of recollection and "associative working-over" with new emphasis on subjective state and the relational context. Studies of the referential process provide a potential interface between investigations of psychotherapy process and basic cognitive science and neuroscience research.

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Waking Dreams

Cited by 5 publications

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A qualitative study of the therapist's spontaneous mental imagery and its impact on therapeutic process

A qualitative study of the therapist's spontaneous mental imagery and its impact on therapeutic process

A qualitative study of the therapist's spontaneous mental imagery and its impact on therapeutic process

The role of subjectivity and intersubjectivity in the reconstruction of dissociated schemas; converging perspectives from psychoanalysis, cognitive science and affective neuroscience.

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