This is a report on a new type of imagery method whose therapeutic manipulation is chiefly to control the experiential distance between the self and visual imagery. My method, called $quot;Tsubo$quot; Imagery Therapy, consists of the following steps: ...
This is a report on a new type of imagery method whose therapeutic manipulation is chiefly to control the experiential distance between the self and visual imagery. My method, called $quot;Tsubo$quot; Imagery Therapy, consists of the following steps: (1) preparation; (2) passive visualization of several $quot;tsuboes$quot;; (3) minimal feeling in each $quot;tsubo$quot;; (4) rearrangement of the $quot;tsubos$quot;; (5) maximal feeling in each $quot;tsubo$quot;; (6) sealing the $quot;tsubo$quot;; (7) distancing; and (8) entering the next one, or finish. In addition to the control of experiential distance, other major characteristics of our method are: first, the imaged $quot;tsuboes$quot; have the function of a safety device of capsule which protects the patient from being directly exposed to his intense critical experiences; second, special attention is paid to somatic experiences while imaging the $quot;tsuboes$quot;; third, the therapy proceeds in small steps set by the patient's own preferences. My method, effective and with the least danger, is applicable to cases of neurosis and also to relatively serious problems such as borderline.