Martijn van Teffelen

Imagery-enhanced cognitive restructuring: Protocol 117 5 APPENDIX A Intervention protocol Phase 1: Rationale THERAPIST: “We start by explaining the technique that we are going to use. The technique we are about to apply uses mental images we can generate in our mind. To explain this, I would like you to do the following exercise. Please close your eyes. Imagine the following. You are in your bed at night…. Feel the bed you are lying on…. Feel your head on the pillow…. Feel the blanket on top of you…. Feel the matrass…. Hear the nightly sounds in your room…. 2 Suddenly, a loud noise wakes you up in the middle of the night. The thought that flashes through your mind is “it’s a burglar”. Can you see the burglar entering your house? If what you see is a picture, can you describe what you see? What does the burglar look like? What does the burglar do? What expression does the burglar have? What posture does the burglar have?” What do you feel (in your body)? Wat do you do in the image? Now could you imagine that something more harmless generated the sound? Yes? Like what? how does this look like in an image? What does the cat do? How does it look like? What expression does the cat have? What posture?” Now I want to ask you to rewind ‘the tape’ and go back to the moment you are sleeping in bed. When you wake up, I want you to clearly imagine seeing the image of [REPEAT THE HELPFUL IMAGE OF THE PARTICIPANT]. Okay? Now, you are in your bed at night…. Feel the bed you are lying on…. Feel your head on the pillow…. Feel the blanket around you…. Feel the matrass…. Hear the nightly sounds in your room…. 2 Tip . Allow some time to let people generate the image.