imagery rescripting

noun

A psychotherapeutic intervention where traumatic experiences are reprocessed by the patient and rescripted and redescribed with the intention of the current self to gain control over them and hence be less overwhelmed with negative emotions in their relation.

Similar
imagery substitutionactive imagination

Meanings

nounimagery rescripting (uncountable)

alternative ImRs · alternative imagery rescripting & reprocessing therapy · alternative IRRT

  1. uncountableA psychotherapeutic intervention where traumatic experiences are reprocessed by the patient and rescripted and redescribed with the intention of the current self to gain control over them and hence be less overwhelmed with negative emotions in their relation.

    Synonyms: imagery substitution, active imagination

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA psychotherapeutic intervention where traumatic experiences are reprocessed by the patient and rescripted and redescribed with the intention of the current self to gain control over them and hence be less overwhelmed with negative emotions in their relation.

Similar
imagery substitutionactive imagination

Translations

Finnish korjaava mielikuvaharjoitus
  • korjaava mielikuvaharjoitusTranslations
German Imaginatives Überschreiben
  • Imaginatives ÜberschreibenTranslations
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