CONFESSIONS OF A PSYCHOTHERAPIST
How can working with imagery help clients who are in danger of burnout? In the penultimate part of her series about harnessing the power of imagination, psychotherapist, author and transformational imagery pioneer Dr. Dina Glouberman discusses her work with one young man who learned to listen to his heart by exploring the image of a tree overhanging a cliff edge – and shares the two questions she always begins with when addressing potential burnout.
What does ‘being present’ mean when applied to the imaginative sphere? And how might this help our clients in their everyday lives? In the fourth part of her series about harnessing the power of clients’ imaginations, psychotherapist, author and transformational imagery pioneer Dr. Dina Glouberman explains why practising mindfulness can also mean engaging consciously and creatively with the image world.
Joining a client in their image world is a powerful act with the potential to both honour and transform their subjective reality. In the third part of her series about harnessing the power of clients’ imaginations, psychotherapist, author and transformational imagery pioneer Dr. Dina Glouberman discusses her approach to group work, and recalls an experience with one cohort member who felt drawn to death by her late boyfriend’s spirit.
In these vulnerable times, how do we as therapists deal with the fear that seems to be all around us? In my experience, we need to distinguish here between moderate fears and extreme fears....
During the first coronavirus lockdown in Spring 2020, I was finding it hard to focus on anything, to make any plans for the future...
My ImageWork book is now launched into the world. What does it mean to a writer to launch a book? Let me reflect on how I feel about having launched…
The imagination is the pioneer of the soul. When all is said and done, the soul asks us to make everything new. To do this, we take one step at…
A sneak preview of my talk at the Mind Body Spirit Festival this morning: If transitions are the space between one identity and another, one picture of ourselves and another,…
I asked a young man on the streets of Hastings when and how he became homeless. He told me he had returned from some time in France, and discovered that…
When I told the late Sue Townsend that she must be Jewish, since her mother and mother's mother were Jewish, which is the clincher by Jewish law, she was pleased.…
