This person is talking to his subpersonality. The conversation is difficult.
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The concept of subpersonality is actively used in Psychosynthesis and sometimes in NLP, usually in combination with trance techniques.
For example, “Go into a trance. Ask your Wrecker in what way his actions are his concern for us? When your Wrecker answers you, give the signal in the prescribed manner. Thank the Wrecker and ask him to leave you, inviting an Activist to take his place.» See Psychosynthesis as a method of psychotherapy
Working with subpersonalities provides rich opportunities for obtaining information about the state of the client, his thoughts and feelings, in the mode of projective techniques. The texts in the vague template give room for the client’s imagination, and what the client sees and comes up with is valuable information about him. For example, see Introduction to Subpersonality.
Work with subpersonalities is, for the most part, a psychotherapist’s text for a client in a trance. This situation is actively used for indirect suggestions. As a rule, these are suggestions that:
- We love the customer,
- There is wisdom in the client
- The client knows how and loves to take care of.
- Someone needs us
- Every difficult personality has a healthy core.
- Do not suppress anything or anyone, but look for the good in everything.
- Everyone always needs to grow.
- It is best not to separate, but to reunite, to integrate.
- Integration is a natural process.
- And who is not integrated with someone, he needs to see a psychotherapist … See Acquaintance with a subpersonality
Exercises for working with subpersonalities
Specific exercises for working with subpersonalities are as follows:
Exercise 1: «Circle of subpersonalities»
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4. «Dialogue of subpersonalities»
Exercise 5. «Conflict of subpersonalities»
Exercise 6. Identify Your Critic
Exercise 7
Finally, we want to remind you that subpersonality is a convenient model that allows us to deal with the driving forces of personality, but we must not forget that this is just a model that does not claim to be the original. When they talk about subpersonality, they mean a certain set of attitudes, behavioral stereotypes, beliefs, drives, etc., which takes on a holistic, distinguishable form only in our minds.
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Exercise 10: Meet Our Inner Actors
Exercise 11
Exercise 12. «Dialogue with subpersonalities»
Exercise 13
Exercise 14
Exercise 15