Integration Of Parts Of The Personality. Healing Conditions. A Useful Technique Based On The Experience Of One Session

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“I will try … Dear Yesenia, if you associate your state with any image, what does it look like? Think …"

"On Vasnetsov's painting" Alyonushka "- a black pond, autumn coolness, a mournful figure near the water - a feeling of abandonment and sadness … This picture personifies my spiritual mood."

“So.. And in order to go a little deeper and more clearly present a picture of your state, let's select several free associations for the resulting metaphor, they will expand the understanding of the image. Try to continue disclosing a specific image with a number of synonymous definitions. Do not hurry! Think …"

"Well … So," Alyonushka "by Viktor Vasnetsov, sadness, longing, loneliness, hopelessness …"

“Thank you, Yesenia! Tell me, if I ask you to personify in pictures the image of the directly opposite state (with a "+" sign), how would it look, what would it look like?"

"NS! This picture would be completely different! Here I am the Queen of a large, socialite dinner or the Queen of a stunningly luxurious ball. Guests are all around. Cheerful music sounds. Everyone is having fun. I am the Head of the event. They treat me with reverence. And I glow … And, you know, I could narrow the picture of this huge image to the next symbol - the Sun. When I am a Star demanded by everyone, I am truly happy. When there is no one to shine, I am unhappy, like the fabulous Alyonushka."

“Very interesting, Yesenia! Thanks for your looks! Look: we have a dynamic, fairy-tale metaphor. Try, by analogy with the first task, to select for the second image several free associations that define the given image."

"Yes, I will try. So … Sun, holiday, glow, warmth, happiness …"

Amazing! Thanks a lot! Now are we going to fulfill our first conclusions?

1. When your family and friends are nearby, you are in the epicenter of everyone's attention and you are happy.
2. When you are alone and you have no one to "shine" for, you "go out" like Alyonushka Vasnetsova.
3. Think about what these metaphors tell us? Let me tell you something …
4. The sun is the personified symbol of manifested, ardent Love. Your Sun knows how to love others, but dies when it stays with you.
5. You turn on the spiritual glow only when others appear and exist nearby - a team that allows you not much, not a little - to BE! That is, to turn on, live, shine and experience ardent happiness. In this case, you are alive, you are and you shine. Otherwise, you turn off, not being able to shine on yourself, your life. Your Sun is able to warm you too, you just have to learn it …"

"Yes, I agree! I don't love myself too much! To say the least … We talked about this before … But how can you learn to love yourself and endure periods of loneliness?"

"To begin with, we will perform one easy, but important exercise, combining into one whole the subpersonalities manifested by the meeting, determined by the received metaphors?"

"Let's. What do we have to do?"

The following is an integration exercise that healed a particular client's condition

1. “Try to accept both one and the other with warmth and confidence in each individual image. Make them equal parts of your single “I”. Balancing each other.

2. "Now, one by one we will visit each of your subpersonalities with the resource influence of the other (opposite to it) halves."

3. “First, from the role of a hot, happy Sun, we will visit Vasnetsov's Alyonushka. Tell us what is going on with us?

“The sun brought her Spring, and then a warm summer. It warmed her up. Alyonushka is neither cold nor chilly. She looks at the green grass, sees butterflies, dragonflies - she is not bored. She bends over to the beautiful summer flowers, breathes in their wonderful aromas and smiles happily … She listens to the magical singing of forest birds - this music inspires her. Alyonushka rises, moves away from the pond. She's not lonely anymore. Love awaits her ahead."

“Oh, how wonderful! Thanks to our Sun! He warmed and protected Alyonushka, that is, some part of you."

4. "And if from the role of Vasnetsovskaya Alyonushka we appear at the ball to the Sun, what could a specific subpersonality bestow on the first - a blessed and well-fed Sun?"

“You know, Alyonushka is very, very deep. How much she, poor, changed her mind, sitting on the shore. How many knows, how many knows - she has something to share and something to tell. I believe that the Sun, satiated with an eternal, frivolous holiday, will be glad to Alyonushka. They will talk, then hug and become friends. This will enrich both of them. The Sun has never had such a deep, soulful friend. It thanks its Alyonushka. Many thanks to her!"

“Oh, what allegories! It's just a miracle! See how your images are resourceful for each other!"

5. Let's consolidate their unification by regular psychological "dating" of two opposite subpersonalities. For some time, plunging into your night's sleep, alternately "take" these images to each other. Imagining how the Sun warms Alyonushka, and she tells her new Friend her deep, magical tales. Continue their friendship with deliberate pursuits until your state of mind evens out and becomes completely harmonious."

"Yes, sure! I understood you! Thanks!"

“Tell me, what is your mood now? Are you still sad?"

“Well, what are you! Not at all! At the very least, it's surprisingly interesting to me! Today I learned about how versatile I am, how talented, how resourceful!"

There you go … Through one psychological exercise, a strengthening, integrative quality, serious sadness, dissatisfaction and loneliness can be healed with ease.

Take on arms! Light up your sadness

/ The author of this publication is a certified, professional psychologist Alena Viktorovna Blishchenko. /