RESOURCES | Prof. Emily A. Holmes

Please find below downloadable resources for clinicians so they can utilise mental imagery:

Books

Hackmann, A., Bennett-Levy, J. & Holmes, E. A. (2011). Oxford Guide to Imagery in Cognitive Therapy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0-19-923402-8. https://doi.org/10.1093/med:psych/9780199234028.001.0001

Holmes, E. A., Hales, S.A., Young, K., Di Simplicio, M. (2019) Imagery-Based Cognitive Therapy for Bipolar Disorder and Mood Instability. New York: Guilford Press. ISBN 9781462539055

https://www.cms.guilford.com/books/Imagery-Based-Cognitive-Therapy-Bipolar-Disorder-Mood-Instability/Holmes-Hales-Young-Simplicio/9781462539055/summary Download worksheets (freely) here: https://www.cms.guilford.com/holmes-forms

Book Chapter

‘Imagery: The Language of Emotion’ in Padesky, Christine, and Helen Kennerley (eds), Dialogues for Discovery: Improving Psychotherapy’s Effectiveness (Oxford, 2023; online edn, Oxford Academic, 14 Dec. 2023) https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199586981.003.0005 

Pages 195–242 – Available for free here: https://academic.oup.com/book/55269/chapter/428656378

Review paper

Ji, J. L., Burnett Heyes, S., MacLeod, C., & Holmes, E. A. (2016). Emotional mental imagery as simulation of reality: fear and beyond – a tribute to Peter Lang. Behavior Therapy, 47(5), 702-719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2015.11.004 (Special 50th Anniversary Issue: Honoring the Past and Looking to the Future: Updates on Seminal Behavior Therapy Publications on Etiology and Mechanisms of Change)

RCT paper

Iyadurai, L., Highfield, J., Kanstrup, M., Markham, A., Ramineni, V., Guo, B., Jaki, T., Kingslake, J., Goodwin, G.M., Summers, C., Bonsall, M.B., & Holmes, E. A. 2023. Reducing intrusive memories after trauma via an imagery-competing task intervention in COVID-19 intensive care staff: a randomized controlled trial. Translational Psychiatry, 13(1), 290. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-023-02578-0