Belleruth Naparstek (born December 25, 1942) is an American social worker, author, teacher and the producer of a

guided imagery Guided imagery (also known as guided affective imagery, or katathym-imaginative psychotherapy) is a mind-body intervention by which a trained practitioner or teacher helps a participant or patient to evoke and generate mental images that simulat ...

library of self-administered audio programs. Naparstek was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She did her undergraduate and graduate work at

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

in social work, and then worked in hospitals and clinics, then taught at

Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a Private university, private research university in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was established in 1967 by a merger between Western Reserve University and the Case Institute of Technology. Case ...

. She eventually developed

tapes, which have been used in some hospitals and clinics that have adopted

alternative medicine Alternative medicine refers to practices that aim to achieve the healing effects of conventional medicine, but that typically lack biological plausibility, testability, repeatability, or supporting evidence of effectiveness. Such practices are ...

practices as adjuvant therapies. Naparstek teaches Guided Imagery on the faculty of the

University of Arizona The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it ...

Center for Integrative Medicine's post doctoral Fellowship Program.

Books

* * *

Books

References

Further reading