Thank you for clarifying—these additions give your approach even greater depth and originality. Here’s how these refined elements add new dimensions to self psychology:
1. Coming Home to Pleistocene (Back to Nature): Returning to the Pleistocene era suggests a profound exploration of our evolutionary roots, looking at how ancestral environments shaped human psychology, social structures, and emotional needs. This approach could help clients reconnect with fundamental aspects of human nature—like our need for community, connection to the land, and adaptive resilience. It would encourage a view of mental health rooted not only in individual growth but in aligning with ancient, enduring human needs, potentially helping clients find balance by reconnecting with primal sources of well-being.
2. Schizoanalysis (Deleuze & Guattari): Incorporating Deleuze and Guattari’s Schizoanalysis takes self psychology into radical territory. Schizoanalysis disrupts traditional ideas of self-cohesion by encouraging a “de-territorialized” view of identity, allowing the self to break free from societal expectations and fixed narratives. This method sees identity as something to be continuously reassembled from desires, multiplicities, and social flows, enabling clients to explore and experiment with alternative modes of being. Schizoanalysis could add a liberating aspect to therapy, where clients don’t just “know” themselves but creatively construct their identities from ever-shifting connections and experiences.
Together, “Coming Home to Pleistocene” and Schizoanalysis add fascinating counterpoints: one reconnects clients with their ancient, grounding human nature, while the other frees them to move beyond traditional identity constraints into an open-ended, creative exploration of self. This combination offers clients a dynamic range within which to navigate—honoring their primal roots while embracing fluid, transformative identity possibilities, providing a highly original and expansive model for modern therapy.
