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Summary: Visioning: Its Therapeutic Value
Review: As a psychotherapist in New York City the search for creative "homework" assignments to give my clients is an ongoing process. I first discovered Dr. Capacchione's techniques of collage and journaling with the non-dominant hand in her earlier book, "Putting Your Talent To Work". After following her simple guidance, obstacles started to dissolve and results began manifesting, both in in my own life and in my clients' lives. I feel very grateful there's now a whole book devoted to the process of visioning and realizing one's dreams. Many people come to therapy without a clue about what they want in life. Here's a book I can recommend for homework that will give them permission to identify what they truly want. Further, there is therapeutic value in using the tools Dr. Capacchione lays out for working through one's inner obstacles: confusion, self-criticism, lack of confidence and self doubt. The sequence and quality of these collage and journal writing exercises comes from an author whose work is refined by a lifetime of experience in the creative and personal growth field. This book is for everyone who has a dream or wants to find one. It's comprehensive and deep. Best of all, it's simply easy to use!
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: Finding Lucia's "Visioning" book in paperback this soon is a wonderful testimony to how popular this book has been. The author outlines the principles of design and tells you how to apply them to your life's dreams in clear and easy to follow exercises. I have used the process personally and recommend it to my therapy clients and my friends. It really works!
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: Finding Lucia's "Visioning" book in paperback this soon is a wonderful testimony to how popular this book has been. The author outlines the principles of design and tells you how to apply them to your life's dreams in clear and easy to follow exercises. I have used the process personally and recommend it to my therapy clients and my friends. It really works!
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Summary: Extraordinary
Review: Francis Bacon said that some books are to be tasted, some chewed, and others swallowed and digested. This book is not a taster. It is a digester.....assimilate the lifeblood of the author's methodology for seeing in your mind's eye that which you want your life to be all about. I am no artist, but I am creative in other ways. The author is an art therapist. I could have been put off by the artsy approach since I did poorly in art in school as a child. Putting all that aside and starting to assemble the collage of my life and weave the patches of the quilt of my life is what this book is about. I was so impressed that I got my hands on some of the authors other books too. My collage is not finished yet, but then, neither is my life :-)
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Summary: The book that launch 10,000 dreams
Review: I am a big fan of collages and the power (for lack of a better word) they bring to ones life. And this book is a gem because the author also understands their value. As the author notes in Chapter 8 (page 129)
"Since Vision collages come from the heart they contain many levels of meaning. This may not be apparent while you're in the flow of finding and arranging the pieces, cutting, pasting, and adding embellishments. Only upon further contemplation do the layers of meaning reveal themselves. ......"This is a book by the way that men as well as women will gain power from. I began to make collages about six years ago and like keeping a journal a collage can evolve and change and in the end be a focusing tool for what we really want to get out of life. It is a book that would make a great gift for the graduate, someone unhappy in a job, marriage or simply on a dead end street of life.
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Summary: Visioning-An Essential Wellness process for any need
Review: I am a Registered Nurse and I have all of Dr. Cappachione's books. I believe that Visioning: Ten Steps to Designing the Life of Your Dreams has broad application in many areas of the wellness/illness continuum. This book includes many techniques and examples of how powerful the process of Visioning can be in a person's life. The introduction and chapters clearly and easily describe the method and rationale in a way that is easy to understand while remaining compelling. I like the day to day applications that Dr. Capacchione describes and I was impressed by the anecdotal evidence that she provides to support efficacy. Visioning can be a powerful process for health professionals to include in their goal planning with clients. Dr. Capacchione creates instructional chapters that include all of the "what you will need" lists. I like the flow of the chapters and sections from The Process, Seeing Results to Visioning in action. As a health professional I would endorse this book as a wonderfully creative and empowering tool for clients with any complexity of needs. It seems clear to me that Dr. Capacchione has done her research and her "clincal trials", well-a must in this age of abundant diversified helping modalities. B. Kasza R.N.
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Summary: Unique
Review: It's simply the best book of this kind I've ever read.
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Summary: Inspiring Deeper Creativity
Review: Lucia has created a wonderful catalyst for creative expression and goal attainment. By using visual images, Lucia teaches you an amazingly effective method for unlocking your unconscious longings and bringing them into full view. I have long used the collage method myself and with coaching clients, but Lucia's book offers new techniques and wonderful success stories to further inspire all of us to delve deeper into our fantasies and learn their meaning. Bravo Lucia! I am recommending this book to all of my clients and friends. This book is destined to become a classic in the field of creativity.
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Summary: Inspiring Deeper Creativity
Review: Lucia has created a wonderful catalyst for creative expression and goal attainment. By using visual images, Lucia teaches you an amazingly effective method for unlocking your unconscious longings and bringing them into full view. I have long used the collage method myself and with coaching clients, but Lucia's book offers new techniques and wonderful success stories to further inspire all of us to delve deeper into our fantasies and learn their meaning. Bravo Lucia! I am recommending this book to all of my clients and friends. This book is destined to become a classic in the field of creativity.
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Summary: Clarify Your Vision
Review: There are many books on the market about getting what you want. But what do you do if you don't know what you want? You read Visioning, that's what. About 25 years ago, I read about a woman who collaged her dream home and then got it--ten years later. Hoping for quicker results, I decided to try Visioning. The advantage of this method is that you don't have to worry about the artistic (or even aesthetic) appearance of your project. A collage is a good way to find out what you want. I wish I could say that within weeks I got my dream job or my dream home, but that hasn't happened. My collage was for healthy improvements to my life in general, so I don't really have a precise way of measuring or clocking the results of my Visioning collage. Instead, I'm clarifying my vision so I can create a collage for something measurable that I truly want. I think that's called "creating order out of chaos."
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