imagery rescripting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

imagery rescripting ImRs imagery rescripting & reprocessing therapy IRRT

Synonyms

imagery substitution active imagination

Related words

prolongated exposure cognitive processing therapy cognitive therapy for PTSD eye movement desensitization and reprocessing narrative exposure therapy dialectical behavioral therapy for complex posttraumatic stress disorders
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