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Edited by Leslie Davenport
Dr. Charlotte was invited to write the one chapter on working with young people, Imagery As a Therapeutic Tool for Children. We hope you will enjoy and find the entire book filled with valuable insights.
From the back cover:
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 to share its theory, practice, and history.
The extensive uses of imagery are demonstrated, from medical applications for cancer care and physical and mental healing to its contributions to the arts. Including a never before published guide to the internal alchemy of Taoist imagery, Transformative Imagery will enable professionals to tailor guided imagery to their individual practice.
Description
Adapted from the Editor, Leslie Davenport:
We are thrilled to announce the release of Transformative Imagery, edited by Leslie Davenport. You may recognize the names of leading pioneers in the field who have contributed their expertise including Martin Rossman, Emmett Miller, Gerald Epstein, Mike Samuels, Rachel Remen and more. I’m honored to be included and write the chapter “Imagery as a Therapeutic Tool with Children.” There are also bright new stars in the field – a total of twenty-four authors!
This comprehensive anthology includes imagery’s influence in the medical field, depth psychology, the arts, wisdom traditions, education, and as an instrument for social change. It covers imagery’s theory, practice and history, and includes thirty imagery scripts that will enable professionals to adapt imagery in their work and parents to include in their family support toolbox. I am grateful for the inspired essays that offer the breadth and depth, power and grace, of imagery practice, all in one book.
Professional Praise
“We humans are endowed with an incredible capacity for health, healing, balance, and transformation: the gift of mental imagery. It is not possible for us to live without imagery; only computers and robots can do that. Transformative Imagery is accessible to both professionals and laypersons. It reveals how this universal ability can be enlisted in increasing anyone’s level of joy, meaning, and fulfillment.”
Larry Dossey, MD, author of One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why It Matters
“It’s often assumed that imagination is a fantasy flight away from reality. But paradoxically, Transformative Imagery is just the opposite. The practice ushers us into deep inner spaciousness where we experience the immediacy of the Present, bringing into focus the Real which dwells within. It is a guide in how to see beyond our limiting, preconceived notions and connect with the Mystery that infuses our daily life.”
Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM, author of What the Mystics Know: Seven Pathways to Your Deeper Self
“Transformative Imagery provides a template for significant change on both personal and professional levels. Imagery is a valuable gateway for inner-outer alignment, resulting in greater fulfillment while leading to peak performance whether in organizational leadership, business, healing, the arts or sports. The contributions from experts in a range of fields are insightful and eminently practical, providing both theory and practice. It is a highly recommended read for anyone ready to embark and succeed with transformational change.”
Behnam Tabrizi, Ph.D., bestselling author of The Inside Out Effect, and consulting professor at Stanford University’s Department of Management Sciences and Engineering
“Transformative Imagery is essential reading for serious students of the imaginal world. The heart of healing is imaginal. The soul of being is imaginal. Love, wisdom and will are sourced in the fountain of the imaginal. Some make do with superficial practices not grounded in the infinite richness of the imaginal. Superficial practices are a disservice to clinician and patient alike. Read this book. You will benefit. So will all those whose lives you touch.”
Michael Lerner, Ph.D., president and co-founder, Commonweal
“At the heart of dance is the transformation of images into a physical language – bodies that express poetry through movement. Dancers expand possibility by moving inward, as a dancer’s process arises from the inside first before it is outwardly expressed. The insightful compilation Transformative Imagery (edited) by Leslie Davenport, is the truth of how we create our life’s dance in a similar way, expanding our own individual human potential from the inside out. It embodies the past while pointing to the future, making the present vibrant and full of possibilities.”
Ann Marie DeAngelo, artistic director, DeAngelo Productions, and former ballerina and associate director, Joffrey Ballet
“There are many forms of seeing and blindness. Most do not involve the eyes and the visual pathways from eyes to brain. Leslie Davenport and her expert co-contributors have created a comprehensive resource which opens multiple pathways to the seen and unseen realms of our existence. Transformative Imagery is a way of seeing ourselves and engaging the wisdom and medicine of our ‘inner healer’.”
William B. Stewart, M.D., medical director and co-founder, emeritus, Institute for Health & Healing, and author of Deep Medicine: Harnessing the Source of Your Healing Power
“Mind body skills, contemplative practices and positive psychology are increasingly validated components of an emerging integrative paradigm of mental health and medicine. The breadth and depth of the spectrum of imagery make it an important implicit or explicit component of most, if not all, of these practices. Transformative Imagery provides a unique and valuable historical and contemporary review of imagery’s clinical and popular applications and will be extremely valuable to academics, clinicians and the general public.”
John A. Patterson, MD, MSPH, FAAFP, senior faculty, Center for Mind Body Medicine
“Thanks so much for your beautiful offering to bring healing into the world….”
Bob Stahl, Ph.D., author of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook
“Leslie Davenport (Editor) has assembled a broad array of excellent contributors to her fine volume, Transformative Imagery. Individually and collectively, they reinforce the vitally important message that our inner worlds contain a richness of personal resources that can first be discovered and then utilized to improve well-being on many levels. What a gift from Davenport to give readers the chance to be able learn and use these experiential approaches in so many beneficial ways!”
Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D., clinical psychologist, and author of Mindfulness and Hypnosis and Essentials of Hypnosis
“Imagery may be our most profound resource for change and transformation. In this book, (Editor) Leslie Davenport brings together a wealth of cutting edge experts to explore this notion. She covers it all; from science to spiritual traditions. This book is a must read for us in clinical practice as well as all who want to learn more about the power of imagery.”
Susan Ezra, RN, HN-BC and Terry Reed, MS, RN, HN-BC, co-founders of Beyond Ordinary Nursing and past presidents of Imagery International
“If there were a Hall of Fame for “Consciousness Technologies,” this prolific collection of essays on guided imagery for self-healing and transformation would be inducted into it. Within this compilation is a compelling depth and breadth of essays, including evidence-based research, on the curative and creative powers of an age-old spiritual practice-using our inner minds to support physical, mental, and emotional health. Enhanced with excellent guided imagery scripts for using the body’s language of imagery as a therapeutic tool, Transformational Imagery sets a high standard and establishes guided imagery in its rightful place-as a leading edge technology in this era of emergent conscious self-realization.”
Julie Clayton, author and editor of award-winning books: www.sacredwriting.com
“Leslie Davenport has done a masterful job of weaving this collection of essays on Transformative Guided Imagery into a beautiful journey of its own. As this book guides you down the path of body, mind and spirit, you first visit the historic and scientific story of Guided Imagery and its uses within the medical world. Here you can review the research surrounding Guided Imagery and get an appreciation for those who have contributed to the evolution of this field. As you delve deeper into the book, the discussion gets more personal, giving you guidelines on how to use imagery for your own health and well-being and offering some starting points for your journey with this healing modality. This path into the personal then opens the door to exploring the spiritual realms for a more collective and transpersonal experience. I highly recommend this engaging, informative and surprisingly touching look at Transformative Imagery in all its manifestations and encourage you to step on the path with this book as your guide.”
Molly Roberts, MD, integrative physician, LightHearted Medicine, San Francisco, and past president, American Holistic Medical Association
“This well-written book offers a comprehensive look at the power of imagery to transform our lives. Leslie Davenport (Editor) has assembled an impressive array of leading experts in their fields to guide us in a practical and inspiring way to grow, heal, and live a more satisfying life. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to explore this powerful path toward opening our heart and connecting with life in a deeper and richer way.”
Molly Roberts, MD, integrative physician, LightHearted Medicine, San Francisco, and John Amodeo, PhD, author of Dancing with Fire: A Mindful Way to Loving Relationships