Transformative Imagery: Cultivating the Imagination for Healing, Change, and Growth

by Leslie Davenport (Editor), Martin L. Rossman (Foreword), Michael F. Cantwell (Contributor)

Guided imagery is a transformative practice for reducing stress, healing mind and body, and improving performance. This definitive collection brings together leading pioneers in the field of guided imagery to share its theory, practice and history. Readers are introduced to the extensive uses of imagery, from its medical application for pain relief, cancer care and other physical healing, through its significant contribution to mental health and depth psychology, to its application within the arts and as a vehicle for social change. An exploration of the place of imagery within spiritual and religious traditions includes a never before published guide to the internal alchemy of Daoist imagery.Transformative Imagery will enable professionals to tailor guided imagery to their individual practice, demonstrating how to use it with people of all ages, from chronic pain patients to athletes to combat veterans and for both mental and physical health.

354 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 21, 2016

About the author

Leslie Davenport is a climate psychology educator and consultant with offices in Tacoma, WA and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Climate psychology trainings and consultations bring a relevant understanding of complex human behavior to the environmental sustainability efforts of organizations exploring the intersectionality of climate, economics, education, social justice, and policy. Personalized approaches include effective tools for building resiliency and leveraging the full range of our human capacities toward the resolving the deep challenges of our times.