Self-Healing Through Imagination
Self-Healing Through Imagination
This book is dedicated to the role of imagination as a means of healing. The author a theoretical physicist, depth psychologist, psychotherapist and medical hypnotherapist has compiled and critically evaluated the scientific literature on psychogenic healing in mind-body medicine (MBM), expanding it with new data and insights based on decades of experience. The spectrum covered ranges from simple relaxation to psychoneuroimmunology and to self-healing through imagination. Since psychoneuroimmunology an evidence-based foundation for psychogenic responses of the human organism, such as relaxation, the placebo/nocebo effect, or medical hypnosis rarely makes explicit reference to imagination, the author introduces the concept of consciousness medicine as an umbrella term for mind-body medicine.
He explains the psychoneuroimmunological connections of imagination and develops a simple, generic six-dramatic-elements method for the practical application of medical hypnosis using metaphors for self-healing. His concept is illustrated through concrete examples from clinical practice. The guiding principle of his findings can be summarized as follows: All healing is ultimately self-healing, and imagination can optimize this process.
The Psychogenic
Pathogen Model of Disease vs. Resource Model of Health
Imagination: Psychoneuroimmunological Interconnections
Imagination and Immune Defense
Consciousness Medicine: Self-Healing through Imagination
Medical Hypnosis: The Tool of Consciousness Medicine
Gut-Centered Hypnotherapy
Case Studies
Outlook: All Healing Is Ultimately Self-Healing.
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Schmid, Gary Bruno
| ISBN | 978-3-662-74020-0 |
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| Media type | Book |
| Copyright year | 2026 |
| Publisher | Springer, Berlin |
| Illustrations | XXVIII, 476 p. 51 illus., 42 illus. in color. |
| Language | English |
