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Metaphoric Dialogue
Imaginews (2010)
  • Robin G. Gayle, Department of Counseling Psychology, Dominican University of California
Abstract
Metaphoric dialogue is an illuminating method that helps individuals identify, describe, externalize, integrate, and heal affects, behaviors, physical symptoms, and interpersonal dynamics. It begins with a description of the problem or struggle, moves to a feeling sense of the blocked emotional energy, then evolves into a visual and symbolic representation with which one can dialogue, apply insight, antidote, and release. Multimodal in nature, it integrates elements of Gestalt, Narrative, and Somatic psychotherapies. The following is a brief overview of the metaphoric dialogue model as used in my psychotherapy practice and is not intended as a practice guide or for use in all settings without in-depth study and training. 
Keywords
  • imagery,
  • visualizations,
  • guided imagery
Publication Date
2010
Citation Information
Robin G. Gayle. "Metaphoric Dialogue" Imaginews Vol. 14 Iss. 4 (2010) p. 15 - 16 ISSN: 1545-4819
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robin_gayle/28/