Imagination therapy is widely used in clinical practice as a powerful psychological technique.
Although it was not recognized by psychology of science for a while because of the subjective nature of
the mental imagery that it focuses on and the historical behaviorist opposition to the study of internal
causes that include mental imagery, However, due to the development of neuroimaging and other
technologies, and the realization of psychological practitioners that mental imagery runs through major
psychotherapies and daily psychological activities, imagination therapy is still exerting its powerful
force in clinical practice. This article summarizes the wide application of imagination therapy in clinical
practice, clarifies the clinical correlation between imagination therapy and psychological disorders, and
probes into its possible mechanism of action.