Imagination is a person’s ability to consciously imagine, create various images and scenarios in his mind. As a unique feature, it is unique to man and is the basis of his creative activity in various fields, such as fine arts, literature, theater and music. Scientific hypotheses are also the result of human imagination, which stimulates scientists to search for, prove and implement new ideas that have arisen in their minds. Psychotherapy also actively uses imagination as a method of work that helps people cope with dysfunctional feelings of anxiety, depression, guilt, resentment, anger, etc. While reinforcing healthy functional feelings that contribute to achieving goals. Imagination: Remember the problematic situation in connection with which you have a neurotic painful feeling “C”. Imagine the activating event “A” (threat, danger, loss, etc.) as realistically as possible. Allow yourself to experience the dysfunctional feeling “C” without avoiding it or improving scenario “A”. Speak out the new rational belief (RB) that you formed in the session. Strive to feel at least a little healthy emotion in response to an imaginary problem situation. It is important to experience the new B-C connection experientially. Repeat the imagination every day (5-10 minutes) until you achieve an automatic reaction when functional feelings are experienced almost immediately, without much effort. Secure and verify the result (of the new B-C connection) on practice, testing a new emotional reaction in real situations. It is important to carry out the imagination until its successful completion, to a functional result. Otherwise, what is the point of this practice if you apply it incorrectly or mentally immerse yourself in a situation, but then quickly run out of it? In this case, it will be an exercise similar to “do it and forget quickly,” and the conclusions from it will most likely scare away from further attempts, and will only reinforce old irrational thoughts and feelings. You should not change what is happening in your imagination to the “best scenario” bypassing the RU (paragraphs 3, 4). The effectiveness of the above approach lies in the fact that if we successfully cope with the most negative scenario in our imagination, then all other, less “bad” scenarios will also be worked out due to inclusion in this exercise. A positive result can be considered emotional reinforcement of a new assessment system (rational beliefs - RU). We perform the exercise in imagination and then in practice because it makes therapy more effective, gives new experience and thereby contributes to the assimilation and consolidation of new ways of responding. Contact You can get psychological advice from me in a way convenient for you: WhatsApp, Skype, Telegram, Tel. +7 968 ​​555 1228 Subscribe to my Telegram channel, there is a lot of useful information: https://t.me/gennadiy_eliseev_psy