imagery rescripting

• ImRs, imagery rescripting & reprocessing therapy, IRRT

imagery rescripting (uncountable)

1. A psychotherapeutic intervention where traumatic experiences are reprocessed by the patient and rescripted and redescribed with the intention of the current self to gain control over them and hence be less overwhelmed with negative emotions in their relation.

   Near-synonyms: imagery substitution, active imagination

(other current psychotherapeutic interventions in PTSD)

• prolongated exposure
• cognitive processing therapy
• cognitive therapy for PTSD
• eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
• narrative exposure therapy
• dialectical behavioral therapy for complex posttraumatic stress disorders