The Power of Inner Pictures: How Imagination Can Maintain Physical and Mental Health / Edition 1

by Thomas Kretschmar, Martin Tzschaschel

Overview

This book is about inner pictures and how we can access and change these pictures through our imagination. It is written not only for specialists in the field of psychotherapy and coaching, but also for the general public. With the authors as specialists in the field, the authors have created a joint book that is both comprehensive and understan

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367328511
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/27/2019
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Thomas Kretschmar is the managing director of Mind Institute SE Berlin, where he uses inner pictures and the imagination to treat patients and coaching clients. He is also a researcher and trainer in the field of imaginative interventions. Prior to this, Thomas worked as a founder and CEO of the SDAX company Hypoport, a professor for organisational studies, and as business consultant with a psychological focus. He has training in several psychological intervention methods and is licensed for psychotherapy in Germany. Thomas studied business administration in Gottingen and psychology with a psychoanalytic focus in Berlin. Martin Tzschaschel is a journalist and has been the editor of 'P.M.', a popular German scientific journal, since 1981. In addition, he has written three books, and his book about a new version of knowledge we learn in school is now in its fifth run. Martin is devoted to making complicated scientific findings understandable for the public. Prior to this, he studied social pedagogy in Munich and worked as a journalist for several journals. Martin lives in Hamburg, Germany.

Table of Contents

Introduction: to whom is this book addressed? — The surprising power of representations — How internal images heal us — Catathym imaginative psychotherapy — Examples from therapy and practice: how catathym imaginative psychotherapy helps — Outlook: imagination can do even more