Abstract
Visual imagery techniques were applied to a randomly selected group of 30 patients in therapy to determine individual differences in response to such techniques and to examine several diagnostic and therapeutic correlates of these differences. Analysis showed that, when patients were classified as Imagery Reactors or Nonreactors, there were corresponding differences associated with this classification with respect to (1) general diagnostic categories, (2) degree and quality of Rorschach responses including a conflict material score, and (3) success in insight-oriented therapy utilizing imagery. It was concluded that determination of a patient's level of imagery reactivity provides a valuable ancillary tool in selected diagnostic and therapeutic situations.
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