Imagery
Imagery techniques involves the activities a therapist does with the goal of assisting the clients to achieve a more realistic perspective of the situation, through repeated process of visualization, they are at times projected into the future and brought back on the present situation by the therapist. This technique have been used by psychotherapist in various therapeutic condition. Several therapies like CBT, Psychodrama, CFT, Biofeedback, etc employ this particular technique.
Guided imagery is a way of employing psychodrama where the aim is to guide the client achieves a relaxed state and this is done by slowly suggesting pictures scenarios by the therapist. The gateway of the process is an intuition from which the client and therapist tries to uncover emotionally charged early memories that might be significant for intervention. Several forensic psychologists have agreed that guided imagery creates a state similar to that of hypnosis and is equally unreliable.