When It Is Used
Use this tool when a CBT-I client needs a relaxation practice that redirects attention from worry, sleep effort, or threat-focused imagery toward a calming sensory focus.
Guided Imagery for CBT-I
Guided Imagery is a CBT-I relaxation practice for clinicians working with clients whose attention is captured by sleep effort, worry, or threat-focused imagery. It helps the client follow a spoken or written prompt, focus on a personally calming scene, and report descriptive practice completion or response when collected.
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Tool guide
Learn more about this tool
Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
What It Captures
The tool can capture the assigned prompt or recording, delivery mode, optional duration, optional client-selected scene, completion state, and optional descriptive response.
Important Boundary
Guided Imagery is not a nightmare-focused imagery rehearsal tool, meditation library, assessment, score, or interpretation engine.
Does Guided Imagery produce a score?
No. Guided Imagery produces descriptive practice information such as completion state, selected scene if captured, duration if used, and optional client-reported response.
Can the practitioner use a recording?
Yes. Delivery mode can be therapist-guided, recording, or written handout, and the result can reference the delivered format.
Does the client need to enter detailed intrusive thoughts?
No. The tool deliberately avoids detailed intrusive content and focuses on a calming scene or sensory experience.
What happens if the scene is not calming?
The result can mark the practice as not useful or needing adjustment without interpreting why it was not calming.