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Brief biography. I am postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Göttingen. I have a broad interest in the process of developing and testing evidence-based psychological interventions, and how we can make this process more efficient.
Feb 1, 2021 · S. Blackwell. Published in International Journal of… 1 February 2021. Psychology. Mental imagery has a long history in the science and practice of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), stemming from both behavioural and cognitive traditions.
Jan 22, 2018 · Simon E Blackwell Emily Holmes Objectives Mental imagery abnormalities occur across psychopathologies and are hypothesized to drive emotional difficulties in bipolar disorder (BD).
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- Mental Imagery Across the Science and Practice of CBT
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Mental imagery has a long history in the science and practice of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), stemming from both behavioural and cognitive traditions. The past decade or so has seen a marked increase in both scientific and clinical interest in mental imagery, from basic questions about the processes underpinning mental imagery and its roles i...
The next sections will consider four ways in which mental imagery is of relevance for the science and practice of CBT: use of mental imagery as an experimental tool; understanding the role of mental imagery in healthy everyday functioning; mental imagery dysfunctions in psychopathology; and the clinical application of mental imagery-based technique...
As outlined in this paper, the past decade or so has seen an explosion of interest in mental imagery across the whole CBT spectrum, from basic research to treatment innovation; this is manifested in an ever-increasing proliferation of new research papers and opens up many exciting future possibilities. Of course, within each specific line of resear...
Clinical innovation in the use of imagery in CBT may encounter a similar challenge to that facing research in this area: There is now simply so much published that it can be difficult to get a good grasp of what exactly has been done before and why it might have been effective or otherwise. Given the long-standing use of imagery in CBT and psycholo...
Mental imagery has a long and varied history in the science and practice of CBT, and the recognition of its powerful effects has led to ever-increasing inclusion of imagery into theories informing treatment and into treatment protocols themselves. This leads to a current situation that is both full of exciting potential but also potentially overwhe...
Conflict of Interest The author conducts and publishes research on mental imagery, and applies for grant funding for such research, but otherwise declares that he has no known conflicts of interest. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distributi...
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This has led to increasing calls for the development of novel, accessible, and cost-effective treatments for depression (Simon & Ludman, 2009). One efficacious, cost-effective, and pragmatic means of increasing patient access to evidence-based treatment is through the use of Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) programs ( Andrews ...
- Alishia D. Williams, Simon E. Blackwell, Anna Mackenzie, Emily A. Holmes, Gavin Andrews
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Considering mental imagery can contribute to clinical assessment and imagery-focussed psychological therapeutic techniques, and promote investigation of underlying mechanisms for treatment innovation. Research into mental imagery in depression is at an early stage.
This paper surveys the self-awareness literature by emphasizing definition issues, measurement techniques, effects and functions of self-attention, and antecedents of self-awareness. Key self-related concepts (e.g., minimal, reflective consciousness) are distinguished from the central notion of self-awareness.
