Healing With Death Imagery

by Sheikh, Anees A.; Sheikh, Katharina S.

• ISBN13: 9780895033178
• ISBN10: 0895033178
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-02
• Publisher: Baywood Pub Co

Summary

Sages of various traditions and ages have reiterated that we must incorporate the inevitability of death into the fabric of life to experience life's breadth and beauty. Imagery is an important tool in dealing with death, and this book is devoted to exploring many facets of this fascinating issue. It begins with an overview of ancient and modern approaches to the use of death imagery for therapeutic purposes, including a discussion of its possible benefits.

Author Biography

Anees A. Sheikh, Ph.D., is Professor and former Chairman of the Department of Psychology at Marquette University and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is internationally recognized for his contributions to the field of imagery. A former editor of the Journal of Mental Imagery, he now edits the Imagery and Human Development Series. Sheikh has published fourteen books on imagery and related topics and has trained thousands of health professionals around the world through his imagery workshops. Katharina S. Sheikh, M.A., was formerly on the faculty of Clara Schumann Schule in Bonn, Germany, Cardinal Stritch University, and St. Francis de Sales College in Milwaukee. She is president of the Institute for Human Enhancement. Educated in Germany, France, Canada, and the United States, Sheikh holds graduate degrees from the University of Toronto and Marquette University. She is coeditor of Imagery in Education and Eastern and Western Approaches to Healing.

Table of Contents

Is there life before death? : healing potential of death imagery	p. 1
Opening to loss : connecting with life through the meditations of Stephen Levine	p. 27
Confronting death through mental and artistic imagery	p. 47
Near-death experiences : heading toward omega?	p. 67
Death imagery in the Buddhist tradition	p. 109
The dynamic, clinical use of imagery to promote psychotherapeutic grieving	p. 139
Hypnotic death and suicide rehearsal	p. 165
Death imagery and death anxiety	p. 179
The use of guided imagery in death education	p. 203
Confronting death : an experiential imagery exercise	p. 223
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