Eidetic Therapy
Eidetic Image Therapy is an innovative approach to psychotherapy that uses a special type of mental image called eidetic to get problem areas quickly and generate insight and growth. The eidetic is a powerful personal image that’s seen in the mind like a movie or film strip. According to Dr. Ahsan Akhtar we all have the ability of eidetic imagery. Every image has some bodily energy linked. It contains a detailed record of all important life experiences and is neurologically stored in the brain for future reference. When recalled, the eidetic recreates a vivid experience of events and conflicts with all of the basic elements intact: the visual picture of the event, the physical and emotional feelings associated with it and the meaning or significance it contains.
Through a step by step process, Eidetic Therapy enables you to see significant life experiences from different points of view, examine them from an enhanced perspective, and allow the solutions that resolve longstanding problems to become clear. Imagery is an important tool in the Dr. Akhtar Ahsan’s rapportire of eidetic therapy. So how do we come to know that which image is causing the problem. This problem is solved by the use of eidetic parent test, as most of childhood traumas create problems for us. But when we use this therapy for victim support, revisit of the traumatic event that is bothering the client is not a difficult at all. But to revisit the trauma is not appropriate in first few sessions so most of the time in victim support this is avoided rather than client is asked to revisit the positive events from childhood.
Kinesthetic imagery
Kinesthetic imagery is another important dimension of eidetic therapy, imagery of touch and feeling in terms of temperature (chill or hot imagery). This is highly effective in forensic settings as victim is not required to visualize the trauma rather has to focus on the physical sensations in terms of temperature during that traumatic experience ( were you feeling hot or cold?). and Dr. Akkhtar Ahsan reports that people report in very deep surface. So now the question is what intervention technique is adopted? Therapist helps in changing the temperature of that kinesthetic image. Like therapist would ask client to close eyes and focus on the temperature and then try to reverse the polarity. If a client reports he was feeling very cold almost fozen while robber placed his gun on my forehead. Therapist might ask him imagine that you are sitting in front of heater and room is becoming warm and comfortable. Eidetic therapy is found to be very effective and creative therapy.
Eidetic Image Therapy is an innovative approach to psychotherapy that uses a special type of mental image called eidetic to get problem areas quickly and generate insight and growth. The eidetic is a powerful personal image that’s seen in the mind like a movie or film strip. According to Dr. Ahsan Akhtar we all have the ability of eidetic imagery. Every image has some bodily energy linked. It contains a detailed record of all important life experiences and is neurologically stored in the brain for future reference. When recalled, the eidetic recreates a vivid experience of events and conflicts with all of the basic elements intact: the visual picture of the event, the physical and emotional feelings associated with it and the meaning or significance it contains.
Through a step by step process, Eidetic Therapy enables you to see significant life experiences from different points of view, examine them from an enhanced perspective, and allow the solutions that resolve longstanding problems to become clear. Imagery is an important tool in the Dr. Akhtar Ahsan’s rapportire of eidetic therapy. So how do we come to know that which image is causing the problem. This problem is solved by the use of eidetic parent test, as most of childhood traumas create problems for us. But when we use this therapy for victim support, revisit of the traumatic event that is bothering the client is not a difficult at all. But to revisit the trauma is not appropriate in first few sessions so most of the time in victim support this is avoided rather than client is asked to revisit the positive events from childhood.
Kinesthetic imagery
Kinesthetic imagery is another important dimension of eidetic therapy, imagery of touch and feeling in terms of temperature (chill or hot imagery). This is highly effective in forensic settings as victim is not required to visualize the trauma rather has to focus on the physical sensations in terms of temperature during that traumatic experience ( were you feeling hot or cold?). and Dr. Akkhtar Ahsan reports that people report in very deep surface. So now the question is what intervention technique is adopted? Therapist helps in changing the temperature of that kinesthetic image. Like therapist would ask client to close eyes and focus on the temperature and then try to reverse the polarity. If a client reports he was feeling very cold almost fozen while robber placed his gun on my forehead. Therapist might ask him imagine that you are sitting in front of heater and room is becoming warm and comfortable. Eidetic therapy is found to be very effective and creative therapy.
