When fear is rooted in memories of helplessness, working only in the present may not be enough. The memory rescripting ...

Rehearsing alternative outcomes of discarding through imagery rescripting shows promise as a treatment strategy for people who hoard, a study by UNSW psychology researchers has shown. Hoarding ...

People who hoard often face frequent, intrusive, and distressing mental images, making daily life more overwhelming and challenging to manage. A new study suggests that rehearsing alternative outcomes ...

What is imagery rescripting? A therapist helps their client imagine a scene from memory or the scary image of a phobia and change the scene by rewriting it. This has a transformative effect on the ...

The researchers say rescripting has great potential as a treatment for hoarding disorder because it can address both the past traumas that inform future-focused narratives and the distressing mental ...