The imagination and psychological healing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4002474 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stanley W Jackson (Yale University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 345-358 |
| Publication date | 1990-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5061 • E-ISSN: 1520-6696 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/1520-6696(199010)26:4<345::aid-jhbs2300260404>3.0.co;2-8 |
| PMID | 2254640 |
| OpenAlex | W2052489113 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
As one of the internal senses or inward wits, the imagination was long thought to play a crucial role in the age-old struggle between the rational and the irrational, and it was conceived of as a faculty that might be damaged in some forms of psychopathology. During the Renaissance it emerged as a force or factor with a considerable potential for causing harm in the form of disease and for doing good in the form of curing disease. Its place in psychological healing has been significant for much of the time since then, including a lively attention to it in the work of Carl Jung and in the guided imagery techniques of recent decades.
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Cognitive psychology · Creativity · Harm · Irrational number · Psychoanalysis · Psychopathology · Psychotherapist · The Renaissance · Clinical Psychology · Empathy and Medical Education · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2012 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |