1st Edition

The Power of Inner Pictures How Imagination Can Maintain Physical and Mental Health

172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

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. Thomas Kretschmar, a specialist in the field, and Martin Tzschaschel, a journalist, have together created a book that is both comprehensive and understandable for everybody. The... Read more
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

Biography

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.