Roteiros semiestruturados de imaginação: diálogos internos com a persona e o herói

Abstract

The active imagination technique of C.G. Jung is a psychological technique that allows contact with unconscious contents through imagination and intention, seeking self-knowledge and to produce more constructive agreements with the unconscious. These psychic contents manifest themselves in the form of symbols, that can be interacted in a conscious way. Considering the presence of few studies in the national literature on this theme and new applications of it, a qualitative research methodology was adopted, aiming to evaluate a new proposal for the application of the active imagination technique through the elaboration of semi-structured scripts, focused into the themes of the Persona and the Inner Hero (archetypal expressions of all human beings according to Analytical Psychology), and it´s application by a psychotherapist in a semi-directed way, in seven participants, between 18 and 35 years, without previous psychotherapy as a requirement. The objectives are to present a proposal for a semi-directed form of applying the active imagination through such scripts, included here the elaboration of the scripts, the design of the semi-directed form of application, the application of the scripts followed by semi-structured interviews, and the evaluation of the applicability of the proposal, analyzing the factors involved in the experience. The factors chosen were difficulties in understanding the scripts (words and order of descriptions), the question of control, concentration and relaxation, intermediate scenario, delimitation of the manifestation of unconscious contents, relations between the manifest symbols and the theme of the script in the daily routine of the participants, and reflections on the elaboration of instructions for the psychologist applying the scripts. The results indicate that all participants were able to express symbols associated with the themes of each script. Improvements to the initial instructions and aspects of the scripts themselves were suggested. The conclusion is that the semi-structured scripts of imagination and the semi-directed form of applying them were effective in bringing up, to the conscious awareness, psychological contents associated with the themes of the Persona and the Inner Hero through symbols. More research needs to be done with this form of using the imagination, focusing on other themes and specific forms of suffering, as well as about the possibilities of the active imagination to allow the overcoming of suffering through new relationships with unconscious contents. In addition, more studies need to be carried out in the use of the technique in other contexts of the psychologist work, such as human resources, school, among others. It is highlighted that a greater appreciation of the active imagination is a return to Jung´s original intentions