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Intake & Presenting Somatic Complaint
Somatic Imagery Test as a tool for Assessment of Hostility and Aggression: Case Analyses
Shubhika Singh and Anand Dubey
(SIS Journal of Projective Psychology & Mental Health, (2021):28:1, 53-57).
The Somatic nkblot Test (SIT- online version) was administered on two separate clients who had come for therapeutic intervention. The test was done to assess their personality and unique experiences in life. The test also aided the process of rapport formation and helped build a good therapeutic alliance. The inkblot images were helpful in bringing out flared up aggression, relational conflicts and their individual forms of coping (one through spirituality and other through defenses). The responses were analyzed using content analysis and psychoanalytical interpretation.
Personality assessments have always been of prime interest to psychologists and psychotherapists. Projective tools such as the Rorschach Inkblot Test, Holtzman Inkblot Test, Somatic Inkblot Series (SIS), Thematic Apperception Test and Word Association Test are some of the commonly preferred tools for tapping the unconscious material which is often not known to clients. Such repressed or suppressed material becomes the
Shubhika Singh and Anand Dubey
(SIS Journal of Projective Psychology & Mental Health, (2021):28:1, 53-57).
The Somatic nkblot Test (SIT- online version) was administered on two separate clients who had come for therapeutic intervention. The test was done to assess their personality and unique experiences in life. The test also aided the process of rapport formation and helped build a good therapeutic alliance. The inkblot images were helpful in bringing out flared up aggression, relational conflicts and their individual forms of coping (one through spirituality and other through defenses). The responses were analyzed using content analysis and psychoanalytical interpretation.
Personality assessments have always been of prime interest to psychologists and psychotherapists. Projective tools such as the Rorschach Inkblot Test, Holtzman Inkblot Test, Somatic Inkblot Series (SIS), Thematic Apperception Test and Word Association Test are some of the commonly preferred tools for tapping the unconscious material which is often not known to clients. Such repressed or suppressed material becomes the
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The Projective Stimulus & Subconscious Projection
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Verbatim Patient Response
“Somatic Imagery Test as a tool for Assessment of Hostility and Aggression: Case Analyses
Image 6: “Two black ants and it could also be a caricature of God.” The client’s inability to see two persons is indicative of poor interpersonal relationship with the opposite sex. Perception of God – a spiritual symbol in this image and in the previous two images (1 and 2) may indicate his desire to surrender before God to get spiritual strength and solution to his problems.
Image 10: “Two horses from the side view. And, from front it looks like an Egyptian mummy”. In this response, perceiving 'Horse' may indicate ambivalence towards domination over the partner. The response "Egyptian Mummy" and denial of heart is indicative of aggressive tendencies towards his partner with masked wishful desire to see his partner dead.”
Image 6: “Two black ants and it could also be a caricature of God.” The client’s inability to see two persons is indicative of poor interpersonal relationship with the opposite sex. Perception of God – a spiritual symbol in this image and in the previous two images (1 and 2) may indicate his desire to surrender before God to get spiritual strength and solution to his problems.
Image 10: “Two horses from the side view. And, from front it looks like an Egyptian mummy”. In this response, perceiving 'Horse' may indicate ambivalence towards domination over the partner. The response "Egyptian Mummy" and denial of heart is indicative of aggressive tendencies towards his partner with masked wishful desire to see his partner dead.”
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Clinician Decoding & Subconscious Dynamics
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Diagnostic Breakthrough
source of undesirable behavior.The Somatic Inkblot Series (SIS) is a semi-structured, projective, diagnostic procedure and is an adjunct to psychotherapy. (Cassell and Dubey, 2003). The Somatic Imagery test (SIT) is an online short version of 30 somatic images for quick assessment. It is designed for self-administration after supervised instruction. The subject visited https://dubeyhealingcenter.com with the following instructions, “Most people find this test fun and interesting. First, please relax, and prepare to enjoy it. Please write each in terms of what they resemble or look like to you. Different people see different things in the inkblots. It is important to write whatever the inkblot looks like to you. Please include everything you see even if it reminds you of something remote, vague, highly personal or even potentially embarrassing. Please include everything you see with as much detail as possible. Also include any outstanding emotional reaction that you might feel in responding to these images. The test may take about 20 minutes to complete. Please be assured that there are no right or wrong answers.”
The present case studies analyze the responses of two separate individual male clients who approached one of the authors (SS) for assessment and psychotherapy. They were assessed on the Somatic Imagery Test (SIT) - the online version (www.Dubayhealingcenter.com), to find out the unprocessed/unresolved unconscious material leading to undesirable aggressive behavior. When such unconscious material is addressed, the client feels relieved and improvement starts. The SIT has been used in several cases with positive results (Dubey, Banerjee & Dubey, 2019, Campagnoni & Dubey, 2020, Singh & Dubey, 2020).
Case A:
Mr. A is a 38 years old, married male with one daug
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Treatment Intervention & Longitudinal Recovery
Intervention Strategy: SIT diagnostic assessment followed by cognitive and psychodynamic therapeutic intervention.
Longitudinal Outcome: Resolution of acute somatic complaints and successful integration of affective boundaries.
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