The transformative power of imagery:

Imagining the future reduces impulsivity Daniel, Stanton & Epstein (2013)- food court study

Imagery turns plans into behaviour Knäuper et al., (2009)

Imaginal rehearsal improves performance, motivation and grit in sport e.g., Paivio (1985), Jacobi (2005), Rhodes (2018)

Imagery increases confidence that something happened/can happen e.g., Garry et al (1996) Imagination inflation.

FIT boosts engagement in healthy activities in depression and increases PA in depression. (Renner et al., 2019; 2018)

FIT reduces alcohol consumption, snacking on high sugar drinks and foods (Robinson, Kavanagh, Connor, May & Andrade, 2016)

Imaginator’ (FIT) reduces self-harm (Di Simplicio et al.,2020)

FIT increases weight-loss five-fold, compared to MI (Solbrig et al., 2019)

FIT boosts diabetes self-management (Parham et al., 2016)

FIT boosts grit and resilience in elite athletes (Rhodes,2018)

FIT boosts development of growth mind-sets in secondary pupils (Rhodes, May poster)

FIT boosts motivation, self-efficacy significantly more than MI (Solbrig et al., 2018) FIT boosts resilience in British Army new recruits and increases pass rate (Djama and Rhodes, 2021