The paper describes several processes of adaptation in work with both congenitally and adventitiously blind persons. The authors discuss imagery in terms of helping the client make psychosocial changes necessary to improve mental attitudes and to return to the mainstream. Two basic types of imagery are presented: 1) voluntary imagery—a conscious process, and 2) involuntary imagery, occurring spontaneously.
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