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Visualization

14 techniques · 12 approaches
ACT
Leaves on a Stream
Leaves on a Stream
A classic ACT visualization meditation. The client imagines a calm stream and places each arriving thought, emotion or sensation on a leaf, …
Adlerian
Lifestyle Metaphor
Lifestyle Metaphor
Therapist and client together create a metaphor that captures the essence of the style of life. "You are like a driver who always brakes at …
BRIEF
Miracle Question
Miracle Question
The classic SFBT question: suppose a miracle happens overnight and the problem is solved, but the client does not know because they are asle…
Bruges
Preferred Future Question / Miracle Question
Preferred Future Question / Miracle Question
The client is invited to describe in detail life without the problem or with the problem solved. In the Bruges adaptation the emphasis is no…
Focusing
Dream Focusing
Dream Focusing
A method of dream interpretation through bodily sensing rather than symbolic analysis. The dream already brings with it a formed felt sense …
Focusing
Handle / Symbol
Handle / Symbol
Finding the precise word, phrase, or image that grasps the quality of the felt sense. The handle is not analysis or interpretation but a sym…
IBCT
Hard and Soft Emotions Mapping
Hard and Soft Emotions Mapping
A visualization of the link between the surface (hard) and deep (soft) emotions of each partner. Helps the move from blame to understanding.
IFS
Parts Mapping
Parts Mapping
A visual technique for creating a "map" of the client's inner system. The client draws or writes down the parts, their relationships, polari…
MBSR
Lake Meditation
Lake Meditation
A guided meditation: the participant pictures themselves as a lake — the water on the surface may be turbulent, but in the depths it is alwa…
MBSR
Mountain Meditation
Mountain Meditation
A guided meditation: the participant pictures themselves as a mountain — mighty, rooted, still — while around them seasons, weather, day and…
MCT
Tiger Task
Tiger Task
A short imaginal exercise to demonstrate detached mindfulness. The client closes their eyes, creates an image of a tiger and observes it wit…
PST
Visualization of Successful Coping
Visualization of Successful Coping
A Problem-Solving Therapy technique focused on visualization of successful coping. It helps the therapist and client turn an emotionally loa…
SFBT
Three Houses
Three Houses
A visual technique that helps a child and a family talk about themselves through the metaphor of houses: "The house I live in", "The house o…
Schema
Mode Mapping
Mode Mapping
A visual diagram on which each of the client's modes is drawn as a circle; arrows show the transitions between modes; the size of the circle…
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