Personality Imagery Deconstruction: Theory and Application

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Personality imagery deconstruction is an innovative theory in personality psychology, grounded in Imagery Communication Psychology (ICP). This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the sources of personality imagery, as well as the significance and methods of deconstructing it for practical applications. Inspired by Chinese cultural philosophy, this approach views personality as a system rather than a collection of separate traits. Instead, personality is deconstructed into distinct, independent sub-personalities, each with its own motives, behaviours, and preferences. Through ICP, these sub-personalities emerge in the conscious mind, appearing as individual entities within a broader "community" of the self. By consciously engaging with each sub-personality, individuals can encourage communication and harmony among them. This process allows for the transformation of negative or stagnant sub-personalities, helping to restore vitality and clarity to the overall personality. In essence, personality imagery deconstruction enables personal growth by transforming the inner dynamics of one's mental life. Contents Foreword Preface About the Authors Part I Theory of Personality Imagery Deconstruction Unit 1 The New Method Brings Out the New Discovery Unit 2 Basic Operations of Personality Imagery Deconstruction 1. Step one: Introduction 2. Step two: Presenting 3. Step three: Recording 3.1 Name: How does the sub-personality identify itself? 3.2 Gender: Male, female, nonsexual, ambisexual (referring to the integration of both male and female characteristics, not to be confused with intersex), unknown 3.3 Age 3.4 Appearance 3.5 Characters 3.6 Likes and dislikes 3.7 Other information 4. Step four: Returning to reality Unit 3 Key Techniques 1. Maximizing relaxation in subjects 2. Consistent confirmation with subjects 3. Clarifying details for better identification 4. Rebroadcasting disappeared sub-personalities 5. Developing unreported sub-personalities 6. Distinguishing mixed sub-personalities 7. Tracking down by following clues 8. Reducing impure personalities by purifying each character Unit 4 Sub-personalities: Product of PID 1. Many sub-personalities appear in pairs 2. There are layers or groups of sub-personalities 3. There is a significant difference in sex ratio between male subjects and female subjects 4. There is a large-span among the ages among the sub-personalities of one subject 5. The state of the subject is dominated by the sub-personality that is “on duty” at that moment 6. The sub-personalities often reveal certain common clues 6.1 Name and appearance 6.2 Gender 6.3 Age 6.4 Appearance Unit 5 Representativeness of Sub-personalities in Personality 1. Do sub-personalities have enough representativeness of one’s personality? 2. Some general patterns from the clinical practice Unit 6 Relationship between Sub-personalities and Personality Unit 7 The Psychic Reality Unit 8 Quantitative Study of Personality with PID 1. Mental age 1.1 The average age method 1.2 The weighting method 1.2.1 The entirety weighting method 1.2.2 The front three weighting method 2. Mental gender 3. The inner harmony 4. The inner isolation and apathy 4.1 The inner isolation 4.2 The inner apathy Unit 9 Theoretic Illumination: Origin and Development of Sub-personalities 1. Inherent potentials of an individual and “archetypes” 2. The internalization of outside object images 3. Self-creation from acquired life 4. The transformation of inherent sub-personalities and acquired sub-personalities 4.1 When archetypes are transferred, divided (or split), or integrated by the influence of an acquired lifestyle, some sub-personalities are produced 4.2 When internalized object images are transformed by acquired influences, some sub-personalities are produced 4.3 When internalized object images are integrated with archetypes, some sub-personalities are produced 4.4 When trauma has been symbolized as an image, a “Complex Sub-personality” is produced Unit 10 Application of PID in Clinical Psychotherapy 1. PID can be an effective tool for psychological assessments 2. PID can accelerate the client’s emotional catharsis 3. PID can enhance the self-awareness of the client 4. PID can upgrade the function of the client’s Ego 5. PID can effectively improve the self-healing function of the client 5.1 Sub-personality transformation 5.2 Adjusting and improving the relations among the sub-personalities 5.3 Transform the life theme by re-discovering andre-reading the sub-personality topological diagram 5.3.1 Step 1: Intuitively sense the general atmosphere and the dominant tone of the emotions, then, primarily define the basic theme of this topological diagram 5.3.2 Step 2: Find out the dominant sub-personality 5.3.3 Step 3: Divide the groups of the sub-personalities and find the theme of each of the groups 5.3.4 Step 4: Analyze the concrete theme of each group and their relations in the whole sub-personality topological diagram 5.3.5 Step 5: Analyze the concrete relations among the sub-personalities 5.3.5.1 Group 1: The natural and the joy 5.3.5.2 Group 2: The unknown traumas 5.3.5.3 Group 3: Man-Woman relationship 5.3.5.4 Group 4: Parents and children 5.3.5.5 Group 5: Sacrifice and redemption 5.3.6 Step 6: Other information analysis 5.3.7 Step 7: Amend the analysis of the anterior steps 5.4 Psychotherapist’s summary of the diagram 6. The ending summary Part II Application of Personality Imagery Deconstruction Unit 11 Invocation of Sub-personalities 1. The principle of invocating sub-personalities 2. The significance of invocating sub-personalities 3. The specific method of invocating sub-personalities 3.1 Substitution of sub-personality 3.2 Making sub-personalities know each other 3.3 Relationship mediation of sub-personalities 3.4 Mutual complementarity of sub-personalities 3.5 Sub-personality orientated-psychotherapy 3.6 Poker analysis of sub-personality Unit 12 Healing and Growth of Problematic Sub-personalities 1. Hysterical sub-personality 1.1 “Actor” sub-personality 1.2 “Beauty and handsome man” sub-personality 1.3 “Seductive girl and prostitute” sub-personality 1.3.1 How to deal with the “seductive girl and prostitute” sub-personality? 1.4 “Child” sub-personality 1.4.1 How to deal with the “child” sub-personality? 1.5 “Ghost” sub-personality 1.5.1 How to deal with the “ghost” sub-personality? 1.6 “Ugly” sub-personality 1.6.1 How to deal with the “ugly” sub-personality? 2. Compulsive sub-personality 2.1 “Devil” sub-personality 2.1.1 How to deal with “the devil” sub-personality or archetype? 2.2 “Pursuing absolutes” sub-personality 2.2.1 How to deal with “the pursuing absolutes” sub-personality? 2.3 “Polemist” sub-personality 2.3.1 How to deal with “the polemist” sub-personality? 3. Dependent sub-personality 3.1 “The wailers” 3.1.1 How to deal with “the wailers”? 3.2 “The cuddly child or small animal” sub-personality 3.2.1 How to deal with “the cuddly child or small animal” sub-personality? 3.3 “The patient” sub-personality 3.3.1 How to deal with “the patient” sub-personality? 3.4 “The witch” sub-personality 3.4.1 How to deal with “the witch” or “the madman” sub-personality? 3.5 “The beggar” sub-personality 3.5.1 How to deal with “the beggar” sub-personality? 4. Mysterious sub-personality 4.1 How to deal with the mysterious sub-personalities? 5. “The robot” sub-personality 5.1 How to deal with “the robot” sub-personality? 6. “The saucer man” sub-personality 6.1 How to deal with “the saucer man” sub-personality? Unit 13 Adjusting Relational Units of Sub-personalities 1. Principle 2. Significance 3. Methods 3.1 Mutual recognition of sub-personalities 3.2 Mutual complement of sub-personalities 3.3 Reconciliation of sub-personalities 3.4 Identification of “predestined” sub-personalities 3.5 Analyzing “pairs” in the sub-personalities 3.6 Analyzing the sub-personalities used by two people in their interpersonal relationships in the real world 3.6.1 Attribution 3.6.2 Avoidance 3.6.3 Indifference Unit 14 Analysis of Sub-personality Chunks 1. The sub-personalities chunk and a complex 2. The organizational forms of sub-personalities chunks 2.1 Grade hierarchical structure 2.2 Circle structure 2.3 Double-peak structure 2.4 Net structure Unit 15 Relational Graph Analysis of Sub-personalities 1. How we draft a sub-personalities relational graph 2. How we analyze a sub-personalities relational graph 3. The “two nodes unit” 4. The “three nodes unit” 5. Analysis applications example 5.1 Step 1: Intuitively sense the general atmosphere and the dominant tone of the emotions, then, primarily define the basic theme of this relational graph 5.2 Step 2: Find out the dominant sub-personality 5.3 Step 3: Divide the groups of the sub-personalities, and find the theme of each of the groups 5.4 Step 4: Analyze the concrete theme of each group, and their relations in the whole sub-personality relational graph 5.5 Step 5: Analyze the concrete relations among the sub-personalities 5.6 Step 6: Other information analysis 5.7 Step 7: Amend the analysis of the anterior steps Unit 16 Energy Flow Analysis in Sub-personalities Relational Diagram 1. Basic principles of energy activity in the sub-personality diagram 2. Psychic energy sources in personality 3. Energy flow between sub-personalities 4. The change of psychic energy in the sub-personality 5. The continuous contributor and continuous devourer of psychic energy Unit 17 Methods of Imagery Construction Unit 18 Application of PID in Children 1. Understanding and empathy 2. Transition 3. Invitation 4. Observe the client’s reaction to the invitation 5. Tell a story 6. Notes 6.1 Stock up on all types of stories 6.2 The story should be about the child or his/her important sub-personality 6.3 No changing famous stories 6.4 Telling imagery communication stories has a sense of object 6.5 An imagery communication story should not be too long Unit 19 Application of Double People Imagery Communication 1. Empathy training 2. Acceptance training 3. Respect training 4. Partners psychotherapy Unit 20 Application of Multi-person Imagery Communication 1. Family psychotherapy 2. Group psychotherapy 3. EAP group dynamic regulation and conflict resolution 3.1 Group dynamic adjustment 3.2 Reduce stress at work 3.3 Talent evaluation References