Positive Visual Reframing

Class [42]
Computer & Software Services & Scientific Services

A process of using drawn visual imagery to reframe negative experiences by drawing a negative experience in pencil, using a felt tip/pen to change the 'story' of drawing into a new, positive narrative/image, and physically erasing the pencil marks of the original drawing to leave only the positive drawn image/narrative behind. An emotional regulation strategy of using drawn visual imagery to positively reframe negative experiences. A technique of using drawn visual imagery to reframe negative experiences to enhance positive affect, perceived resolution and reduce the perceived negative intensity of the negative experience. A technique of using visual imagery to draw and positively reframe negative experiences to address approach-avoidance, distancing, exposure, self-compassion, detachment and labelling and encouraging metacognitive insight, decentering, mindfulness and reductions in cognitive rigidity (the use of default cognitive scripts). A process of using drawn visual imagery to positively reframe a moment of negative peak intensity and thereby shift perceptions of the negative experience's ending.