Trend of Research on Intervention in Cognitive Therapy Using Mental Image

Abstract

Recently, in the research field of cognitive therapy, there is a movement to apply the theory obtainedfrom empirical research on the relationship between mental image and emotion to the theoreticalinterpretation of mental disorders or intervention in psychotherapy. Dr. Emily, A. Holmes of KarolinskaInstitutet is the leading researcher of this movement. She has been focusing on the relationship betweenmental image and emotion and has been studying the influence of mental image on mental disorder. Inaddition, she has been studying intervention techniques using positive images as a treatment for mentaldisorders. In this report, we introduce research by Dr. Holmes on image intervention method. We thenreport a study on the effect of image training method using positive scenario.