University of Malaga, Spain

Iconic therapy: clinical implementation

In this presentation, we will provide a general outlook on Iconic Therapy, fundamentally explaining its practicality, and the aspects it has an influence on (feeling of emptiness, insight, emotional control, thoughts that produce conflicts…). For the professional that applies this therapy, strategies to understand the user´s problems will be provided, in order to avoid the professional feeling lost when dealing with the user´s requests (frequently changeable). Furthermore, the particular representation of these strategies, facilitate their evocation in a matter of seconds. 

Soledad Santiago is Professor of the Psychology Faculty in Málaga and head of psychology in the Care Center San Juan de Dios. Iconic Therapy is a new kind of psychological treatment that uses symbol images (icons) to represent those therapeutic concepts that should be remembered in situations of emotional conflict and/or impulsivity. The icons benefit evocation and the memory´s rapidity facilitates the therapy´s use in daily life preventing impulsive behavior.