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Respected Chief Guest Dr. Subodh Kumar, Member secretary RCI, Prof. Waheeda Khan, Dean and Convener of 9th SIS International Conference, Prof. S. L. Vaya, Dr. Antino Cervigni, Dr. Antonio Cervigni, Foreign and Indian delegates, professional friends and students, Members of the Organizing Committee, Office bearers of Somatic Inkblot Society, ladies and gentlemen!
On behalf of the members of the Organizing Committee of 9th SIS International Conference at SGT University, Gurugram Delhi and Somatic Inkblot Society, I welcome you to the 9th International conference of the Somatic Inkblot Society. The theme of the conference is “Advances in Projective Psychology: Techniques and Applications”.
The journey of Projective Psychology & Techniques began with Sigmund Freud who defined „projection‟ as a defensive process in which impulses, wishes, and ideas of an aggressive and sexual nature are internalized since their conscious recognition would be too painful to acknowledge to the ego. In “projection”, they are placed on selected other to avoid internal conflicts temporarily.
Along the way great minds like Prof. Chris Piotrowski, Prof. Murstein and Prof. Wilfred Cassell added to the popularity of projective techniques. According to Prof. Piotrowski projective techniques received their impetus as a revolution against self-report, paper and pencil tests of the first half of the twentieth century, which were notoriously susceptible to „social desirability‟ effects, or the tendency of test-takers to present themselves in the most favorable light.
Per Prof. Murstein Projective techniques were envisioned by their creators as “depth” instruments, which could penetrate the individuals‟ defenses, and provide a royal road to the unconscious. Prof. Cassell has stated that the Projective methods use the language of dreams, visual imagery, and symbolic thought, the most basic forms of thinking and expression. In addition, projective tests speak the language of repression and bring whatever is buried in the mind closer to consciousness, so revealed subject matter is accessible for mental processing and dealing with reality.
In my years of working with projective techniques I have found these techniques tend to more effectively penetrate a person‟s „Outer Shell‟ of defenses and surface behavior. Unlike personality questionnaires, projective tests do not require reading questions or manuals, do not offer the scope for motivational distortions in response pattern to guard one‟s social self-representation and have access to deeper internal dynamics of mental processes.
As most of you are aware, Herman Rorschach introduced the first inkblot test “The Rorschach Inkblot test” in 1921 with 10 inkblots cards followed by “Holtzman Inkblot test” in 1956 with two series each with 45 cards. Then in 1980 Wilfred A. Cassell introduced the 20 card Somatic Inkblot test called SIS-I. He then introduced the 62 image SIS-II in CD and Booklet form. These tests have attracted immense interest from research scholars with twelve PhD‟s already awarded and many more in the pipeline. Five of these twelve PhD‟s have happened under the guidance of one superhuman. I will take a moment to recognize this superhuman, Dr. Rakesh Kumar. In 1994, the SIS Journal of Projective Psychology & Mental Health was launched by the SIS society. The journal has started its 27th year and is going strong under the leadership of Dr. Naveen Gupta, Editor in Chief and Director of Hindustan Institute of Management & Computer Studies, Farah, Mathura.
The Somatic Imagery test measures certain important personality traits such as Productivity, Imaginative ability, Controlled emotionality, Good adjustment, Group conformity, Interpersonal relationship, Team building, Sharing common view of things, Self/Ego states, Erotic fantasy, Pessimistic attitude, Aggressive expression and Suspicious attitude. The instrument measures these traits in high and low scores. It is an agile personality assessment tool that can be used by Clinical Psychologists, Counselors, School Psychologists, Mental Health Practitioners and HR Professionals.
Application of Somatic images empowers the assessment processes by rapidly screening a person with desirable and undesirable personality traits. It also brings to surface the information that the individual fails to report in a standard interview process. Moreover, once a candidate is selected, having the opportunity in follow-up session to retest him/her with the relatively objective computerized instrument, can prevent economic losses, that occur when the person/incumbent becomes a full-time employee and found to be a mismatch for the job.
In viewing semi-ambiguous stimuli, deep-seated material that was previously forgotten may be brought into awareness. For example, if the individual had traumatic experiences in the past, this unresolved memory could distort and emotionally color his/her perception of the situation at work. „TAT‟ and „Word Association Test‟ are included in the Armed Forces Selection Board in India. HIT and Somatic Inkblot Test have been used successfully as „group administered‟ test on general population and in industry. In its electronic form, the SIT procedure with accompanying software programs facilitates an easy and quick interpretation of the scores.
The respondents are asked to write the responses on each image. At the end of the test, the responder is asked to select the „most liked‟ and the „least liked‟ images, including the reasons for the selection. The results are interpreted by a software and a report for the responder is generated. The report is used by practitioners in the management of conflict resolution for teams, productivity management for teams, team selection, cost reduction exercises, stress management and employee morale management.
We have also noticed positive changes in the responses on Somatic imagery after 10 to 15 session of psychotherapy. The test works as psychological thermometer and indicates the effect of pharmacological or psychotherapeutic intervention. The process of relaxation technique which we normally induce in most of the cases and ask the client to practice it at home is illustrated in SIS Journal of Projective Psychology & Mental Health. Those practicing yoga and subjective introspection and hence is dwelling in the area of subjective well-being will appreciate and enjoy the reported publications.
In 1996 SIS research scholar Anand Dubey began his journey of combining the SIS tests with computing technology with the goal of automating administration, scoring and case management. After two decades of research and application of the automated tests in both clinical and industrial settings, Mr. Dubey released the cloud based 30 images Somatic Imagery Test. He also created a mental health management system that helped clinicians and practitioners in automating the entire test life cycle.
Today the SIT 30 is being used in clinical setting for Personality Assessment and Therapeutic Intervention, it is being used in business organization for team building and team selection, it being used for detecting Sex offenders in school systems and last but not the least as a social Match Making tool. What makes the SIT 30 unique is that people can take the test in the privacy of their own homes while feeling secure, uninterrupted and confident. The responses given on various images are analyzed via an analysis game and then shared with individual clients with possible solutions. The mental health management system allows a global team of experts to be utilized in providing analysis and intervention.
Robust case management and artificial intelligence is built into the mental health management system and this allows quick and effective intervention. The online portal is available worldwide and is bringing consumers and providers together despite geographical barriers.
Still more promising is the tele-therapy where expert can select and administer the psychotherapy suitable to the client remotely. Cognitive behavior therapy, cognitive drill, psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy, coupled with meditation, yoganidra and hypnotic relaxation are much practiced techniques. Indian psychologists were the first to recognize the centrality of the concept of self in the personality and developed technique of yogic meditation, the basis of many healing programs. Yogic meditation helps in controlling the mind body functions. A logical extension of this is the interest of many Indian mental health professionals in SIT, which attempts to establish the psychopathology of problems and effective psychotherapeutic intervention.
I would like to share our plan in future. We have launched the Dubay Healing Center under the leadership of Anand Dubey with the mission of raising the level of mental health education and intervention worldwide. The Dubay Healing Center team is utilizing the latest techniques in artificial intelligence to categorize, score and interpret patient and client responses using established norms. A large data warehouse is bringing documented/published cases from research to real life practice and thus providing an invaluable aide to diagnostic practices and practitioners. A whole new generation of computer savvy psychologist can utilize the DHC system to learn projective techniques and raise the rates of therapeutic intervention worldwide.
I invite you to administer the SIT 30 available at dubayhealingcenter.com. You can also download our Journal and published cases from the DHC portal of the journal website www.somaticinkblots.com.
I would also like to thank SAGE publications and my co-authors Anand Dubey and Padmakali Banerjee for helping bring to reality my latest book titled “Inkblot Personality Test: Understanding Unconscious Mind”.
This incredible journey of the Somatic Inkblots and SIS Journal of Projective Psychology and Mental Health would not have been possible without the incredible contributions of Maj. General K. R. Banerjee, Brigadier Daniel Saldanha, Col. Suprakash Chaudhury, Professors Nilanjana Sanyal, Prof. Jayanti Basu, Dr. Antonio Cervigni, Dr. George Savage, Prof. Amool R. Singh, Prof. Rakesh Pandey, Prof. Sam Manickam, Dr. Manisha Dasgupta, and Members of the Editorial Board of SIS Journal of Projective Psychology & Mental Health. Thank you for your support.
Last but not the least, I need to recognize Shweta Sharma, General Secretary of the SIS society whose invaluable hard work has made this conference possible.
Jai Hind!
Bankey Lal Dubey, Ph.D., DM & SP, DPM. President Somatic Inkblot Society,
Global Director Dubay Healing Center (USA) 7490 Coon Club Road, Medina, OH-44256 (USA) Email: bldubey@gmail.com
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