Dr. Sheikh teaches the Psychology of Imagination, Death and Dying, Psychology of Happiness, an undergraduate course in psychotherapy methods, and the graduate course in clinical uses of mental imagery.
Education
Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, Canada
Teaching Interests
Dr. Sheikh teaches the Psychology of Imagination, Death and Dying, Psychology of Happiness, an undergraduate course in psychotherapy methods, and the graduate course in clinical uses of mental imagery.
Research Interests
Currently, I am mainly interested in the clinical and educational uses of mental imagery. Also, transpersonal issues, where the boundaries of psychology and spirituality meet, are of interest to me. I plan to pursue my inquiries into these areas.
Other Professional Activities
- President, American Association for the Study of Mental imagery (1985-1986).
- Founding editor, Journal of Mental Imagery, Brandon House, Inc. New York, NY (1977-1981).
- Editor, Imagery and Human Development Series. Baywood Publishing Company, New York.
- Member, Advisory Board, Alternative Therapies in Medicine and Health.
- Program Director, The Sixth World Conference on Imagery, held in Cleveland, OH, June 22-26, 1995.
- Member, Advisory Board, School Voor Imaginatie, Amsterdam, Holland
Selected Publications
Kunzendorf, R., and Sheikh, A.A. (2010) Mental Imagery. In I.B. Weiner, W.E. Craighead. (Eds.), Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology. New York: Wiley.
Pincus, D., and Sheikh, A.A. (2009). Imagery for Pain Relief: A Scientifically Grounded Guidebook for Clinicians. New York: Routledge.
Sheikh, A.A. (Eds.) (2003). Healing Images: The Role of Imagination in Health. Amityville, New York: Baywood.
Sheik, A.A. (Eds.) (2002). Handbook of Therapeutic Imagery Techniques. Amityville, New York: Baywood.
Sheikh, A.A., and Jordan, C.S. Eidetic psychotherapy. In R.J. Corsini (Ed.), Handbook of Innovative Therapy. New York: Wiley, 2001.
Sheikh, A.A., and Sheikh, K.S. (Eds.). (1996). Healing East and West. New York: Wiley.
Sheikh, A.A. and K.S. Sheikh (Eds.), Death Imagery: Confronting Death Brings Us To The Threshold of Life. American Imagery Institute, 1991.
Sheikh, A.A., and Sheikh, K.S. Death before life: Therapeutic potential of death imagery. In A.A. Sheikh and K.S. Sheikh (Eds.). Death Imagery. American Imagery Institute, 1991.
Ramaswami, S. and Sheikh, A.A. Meditation: East and West. In A.A. Sheikh and K.S. Sheikh (Eds.), Eastern and Western Approaches to Healing. New York: Wiley, 1989.
Sheikh, A.A., Kunzendorf, R.G., and Sheikh, K.S. Healing images: From ancient wisdom to modern science. In A.A. Sheikh and K.S. Sheikh (Eds.), Eastern and Western Approaches to Healing. New York: Wiley, 1989.
Sheikh, A.A., Sheikh, K.S., and Moleski, L. Enhancement in imaging ability. Chapter in A.A. Sheikh and K.S. Sheikh (Eds.), Imagery in Education. New York: Baywood, 1985.
Sheikh, A.A., and Kunzendorf, R. Imagery, physiology, and psychosomatic illness. Chapter in A.A. Sheikh (Ed.), International Review of Mental Imagery. New York: Human Sciences Press, 1984.
McMahon, C., and Sheikh, A.A. Imagination in disease and healing processes. Chapter in A.A. Sheikh (Ed.), Imagination and Healing. Amityville, New York: Baywood, 1984.
Sheikh, A.A. (Ed.), Imagery: Current Theory, Research and Application. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1983.
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