Methodological development "metaphor of life's path or the path to oneself." Metaphor as a way of internal representation of a person’s life path bochaver Alexandra Alekseevna

Any path is just one of a million possible paths. Therefore, a warrior must always remember that the path is only a path; if he feels that it is not to his liking, he must leave it at any cost. Any path must be looked at directly and without hesitation. (Carlos Castaneda)

The road resembles our life, life is a constant movement and everyone has their own, just like the road.

Bridge. Sergey, 35 years old. He chooses a picture with a road that reminds him of his own life at the moment.

Beautiful forged fences remind of restrictions, rules, unshakable dogmas - cold, hard, clear. But at the same time they are beautiful! It attracts and gives you a feeling of the correctness of what is happening to you. It also resembles parental attitudes. “Be the best, be the first! Strive to take your place, because there are competitors around who are just waiting for your mistake.” Only straight forward movement according to the rules, no prospects ahead. There is a feeling of looming problems. And somewhere beyond the limitations there is another unfamiliar but beautiful life, disordered but attractive.

I am used to always being the first - I drew best and performed at festivals in kindergarten, took first place in competitions at a sports school, passed final exams best of all in the class... Now I work in a very prestigious company and am already approaching the highest level career ladder. My parents are proud of me. My father always emphasized that I have excellent heredity and excellent abilities, that I have no right to vegetate and be dull. Now I doubt the correctness of his words. I'm actually fed up with my job, I'm tired and I want to be just an ordinary person - allow myself to give up what I don't want to do, make mistakes, sometimes relax and just do nothing. I'm tired of pretending that I'm the best.

And if you could choose your path, what would it look like?

Winding, uneven, there are many obstacles on the way, high and frightening from afar. But she deftly goes around them, stripes of bright light and shadow fall on the road. The road winds and tends upward and it is noticeable that behind the forest something new, bright, and interesting awaits. Yes, I would like to live as if no one expects me to become successful, influential... (thinks). Maybe then I would like it myself?

Break. Daniil is 18 years old. Selects a picture in response to the request "Show me what your life is like today?"

My life now is moving along a cliff - you stumble and that’s it. And there is no other way, nothing depends on me. I’m walking, carrying my luggage like a donkey. And I feel danger all the time - life is dangerous, people are evil, I’m afraid that if I get close to my fellow travelers, they will push me over. Simply because it's easy to do. Ahead I see that the road goes down, and this is logical! Going up is scary, but falling down is not so painful. As a child, it was always instilled in me: “If you stumble once, choose the wrong decision, and that’s it, life will go downhill, you won’t get out.” Take care of your honor from a young age. The word is not a sparrow - you won’t catch it if it flies out.” And a meaningful look that says, “If you do it your own way, you’ll probably be wrong!”

How would you like it? Choose the one you like. Which road would be comfortable to take?

I like this picture.
The snow is so sparkling and clean. It’s difficult to move my legs, but at least I can choose where to make my own path, it’s only mine! There is no one nearby, and I feel calm, because no one evaluates, no one points out and (pause) no one betrays me.

Cool choice. Tatyana is 53 years old.

I hate my job. This picture is probably closer to me than others. It is black and white, joyless, summer is long behind us, and ahead there is only cold and slush. And I, just as lonely, stand and don’t know what to choose. Should I leave my old job, where I feel like a small cog in a huge, ruthless machine? I feel like I can't cope, I forget to do things that are important, I miss details, I get scolded... I hate everything. And in the morning I go to work again. Or should I choose another? Just recently I was offered a position in a related field, but there I will have to lead and take responsibility for others. They think that I can handle it, but I don’t feel strong enough, and the management has never seduced me. It's hard for me to choose. The very need to make a decision oppresses me.

What road inspires you, where would you like to be?

This is where I really want to be. This is such a fruitful time, there are so many opportunities! You can collect beautiful bouquets of colorful leaves, you can walk holding hands. It is impossible to walk along such a road and not meet anyone, someone close, dear, someone with whom you can pick mushrooms together, drink tea with viburnum jam. Do you know that viburnum has heart-shaped seeds? The children grew up and went into independent life. My husband and I are divorced. I miss warmth, a person who would be nearby, with whom I could share my life. Now I understand that there is no importance in choosing a job, I feel bad that I am alone. But if I decide to change jobs, then I will let changes into my life, a new team, new people...

The beginning of therapy is an opportunity to change your beaten path, choose a new direction, and this requires a pause, time to comprehend, to talk through what is happening, what you would like to bring into your life. Metaphor can be different, but it always helps to start a dialogue.

Any path is just one of a million possible paths. Therefore, a warrior must always remember that the path is only a path; if he feels that it is not to his liking, he must leave it at any cost. Any path must be looked at directly and without hesitation. (Carlos Castaneda)

The road resembles our life, life is a constant movement and everyone has their own, just like the road.

Bridge. Sergey, 35 years old. He chooses a picture with a road that reminds him of his own life at the moment.

And if you could choose your path, what would it look like?


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Break. Daniil is 18 years old. Selects a picture in response to the request "Show me what your life is like today?"

How would you like it? Choose the one you like. Which road would be comfortable to take?

Cool choice. Tatyana is 53 years old.

What road inspires you, where would you like to be?

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32 word cards
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Throughout life, people accumulate many visual images in their memory. When these images come to life, they give rise to a variety of feelings; meeting them is a meeting with oneself in various life...

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The set includes:
80 cards with images (photos)
32 word cards
instructions
The set includes photographs depicting highways, highways, roads, paths and completely off-road terrain. In addition, it contains small cards with words and phrases. All this is a tool for the work of a practical psychologist, called metaphorical maps. Cards can be used in counseling, psychotherapy, coaching, in group and individual work with children and adults.
Details about the rules, strategies and techniques for using metaphorical cards in the work of a psychologist are written in the book by G. Katz, E. Mukhamatulina “Metaphorical cards. A guide for a psychologist”, here we will briefly describe the possibilities and basic rules of work. How do metaphorical cards work? Why do we love them?
Throughout life, people accumulate many visual images in their memory. When these images come to life, they give rise to a variety of feelings; meeting them is a meeting with oneself in various life planes: temporal (in the past and present, in the imaginary future), emotional (happiness-love-sorrow), interpersonal. In an implicit form, metaphorical cards contain many messages that reflect the subconscious intentions and values of the person viewing them, and the same picture carries different meanings for different people. When a person does not talk about himself directly, but turns to visual images, he is less defensive; the cards open up a non-trivial perspective for him to analyze life.
“Roads and Roads” is a new original set of “dynamic” cards that makes it possible to work with images of movement, aspiration, speed, goal achievement, prohibitions and ideals. Its most productive use is in situations when the client is experiencing a crisis, faces the need to make a choice, begins some kind of activity, formulates new goals, etc. We are accustomed to think of life as a path, and pictures associated with the road resonate with experiences in each of us. There are many images associated with the road: braking, sudden stops, dangerous turns, meetings and partings, choosing a path, fellow travelers, separation from parents, growing up, gaining independence...
Despite their remarkable features, metaphorical cards are not a medicine, but a tool for research and psychotherapy. They don't provide answers on their own, but they help ask meaningful, relevant questions.
The psychological meaning of working with cards is that a person expresses his attitude to the image on the map, analyzes the associations that arise, and correlates them with actualizing experiences and memories. Cards can be selected either randomly (having the opportunity to look at the images) or blindly (pulling them out at random). You can also correlate images with verbal material: give the picture a name arbitrarily or find a suitable card with a word from those available in the set.

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The degree of your influence on another is always limited by his desires.
In order to meet you need to go through your half. Whether the other one will pass his half is his problem. One person can only walk half the way, the rest is done by the second. It is not necessary to influence him or go through with him, nor is it necessary to experience feelings of guilt and inferiority.
The purpose of the law is to avoid meaningless liability. If the obligation is feasible, the strength increases, if you take on the impossible, then it decreases.

2. Law of the meeting place.
A meeting is never in the middle. When both have a desire to meet, the stronger partner covers most of the distance. The stronger one is more free to choose the meeting place. The weaker knows how far he can go, and no more. It doesn't matter who walked how far. Both must make an effort to meet. An encounter is a state or goal. Or the goal of being in a state.

3. Law of the barrier.
A barrier is a surmountable, conditional obstacle. You can make an obstacle insurmountable. In order to see the possibilities, you need to take a step - cross the barrier. It depends only on you whether you raise the barrier (making the decision to move on), whether the obstacle is surmountable. And is it worth pumping energy into a conditional obstacle? Maybe this is not an obstacle? You need to go forward or go around. Opportunities from God are not given in advance. A step into the unknown is a test of our faith.

4. The law of deadlock.
The more you are in it, the less strength you have to return to the point of your last choice. Passively hanging around in the status of a victim drains strength. We have to go back. Save gasoline. Deadlock is not free. Often a deadlock occurs when opposing opinions on the same issue collide.

5. The law of traffic jams.
If you find yourself in a traffic jam, it is best to go upstairs. A traffic jam is a moving dead end. Up is an extraordinary solution, a way out of the flow.

Two in the car:

6. Taxi law.
The further you go, the more expensive it is. The passenger pays more the further he travels. If you don’t know where you need to go, the driver will go where it’s convenient for him. The degree of trust in specialists in a situation of your ignorance. There must always be some kind of order, otherwise it is completely unknown where they will take you. The less you know about the destination and route and the more you trust the specialist, the more you will pay for the situation. Also applies to waiting situations. Patience and waiting will solve problems, but at what cost? If you don't have intention, you become a target for others. The target is the “client situation” - the client does not own the “transport” and is not “sitting behind the wheel”, but can make an order and give instructions. The degree of trust in a specialist in conditions of ignorance is revealed.

7. Law of the fellow traveler.
If you were asked to drive differently, then you are responsible for the consequences, and you can no longer make excuses. If you were asked and you did it, then it is your decision. Paired interactions, with one holding the steering wheel. The person understands that he does not need this, but does not want to take responsibility into his own hands. The target is the inability to say “no” to a request, as well as the ability to shift responsibility onto the requester.

8. Law of the conductor
The guide accompanies you where you both need to go. When a guide becomes a travel companion. If the guide leaves you, then you need to be grateful for the path that you have walked together. For what you discovered in yourself and what remains with you forever. Target: experiences after parting, when the departure of the guide has already taken place, it is necessary to experience separation from him, gratitude for the joint part of the journey and switch attention.

9. Law of neutral position.
If you decide to change the direction of movement, then you need to be in a neutral position: you did it the old way - continue to do it, but watch it - do it in a new way. Neutral position – the ability to observe oneself and events from the outside. The movement continues, but you must stop trying. Behavior has inertia. For some time you will have to go in the same direction, but this time consciously. You can turn off the engine. The target is the feeling of guilt for repeating the behavior, for making a decision and not doing anything.

10. The law of turning to a new goal.
Having discovered a new target, it is better to turn later than never. It is better to be in the right place later than in the wrong place earlier. The point is, it's never too late. The target is a feeling of guilt for unfinished business, against a resource that has not been fully spent. There is no such thing as a meaninglessly wasted life.

11. Law of flow or green wave.
The sooner you find your flow, the less you will have to slow down and speed up. True is easy.

12. Perception of the goal of the path.
Either as a series of short distances, or the starting and ending points are known. Or as a journey, the goal of which is only constantly unfolding. The higher and further the goal, the more varied the routes and the more interesting the path.

Attitude to rules.

13. Law of traffic violations.
If one of the participants breaks the rules, then the other can temporarily forget about the rules and act intuitively to avoid the death of both. A person enjoys following the rules and does it intuitively. A good rule cannot be bad for itself.

14. It is necessary to distinguish between actual laws, rules of the game and manipulation. There are many conflicting laws in the world. No one agrees on the rules except you. Until you set priorities, they will not exist. You need to independently determine which rules are correct, which have priority, and which are false. And contradictory rules in society are the norm.
15. The law of awareness of priorities: Having chosen priority laws and rules, a person becomes responsible for his choice and for the consequences. Leaving, refusing a choice is also a choice. If you don't make a choice, the choice will be made for you. Or it will be an unconscious choice. Conscious choice makes a person persistent in trials. Unconscious choice makes a person a victim of circumstances. A person is responsible not only for his choices, but also for what he believes to be right. A person who believes in a false belief also supports the false beliefs of others. The target is resentment for the fact that society lives by different rules.

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