How Reprog Works
We Are Biological Machines
Programmed By Our Caregivers
Re-Programming The Mind
What We Need To Know About
The Reprog of Our Mind
How Reprog Works
The fundamental Reprog principles are:
- The mind cannot be reprogrammed autonomously. In other words, we cannot reprog our own mind by ourselves.
- Another person cannot reprog our mind directly either. Our caregivers do that indirectly (and unconsciously) through the attachment relationship.
- To reprog our mind, we need to set up a proper relational context based on cooperation and trust.
The essential element to allow for the reprogramming of our mind is having an attachment relationship, and a positive one needs to be present or constructed to realize such an operation functionally. Reprog is a very delicate process that varies in every single case, and we need to take our time for that.
A therapist who wants to accompany us on the way to Real Change needs to know the nature of the whole process and be prepared to help with undertaking it. However, the most essential element is building a cooperative and trusting relationship, and trust is something that is built over time and must be deserved.
There are 3 major elements for the reprog process to be realized. They are:
- Identifying the context.
- Distancing from the context.
- Transforming the context.
We will give some more explanations shortly, considering that for everyone reprog is different and the quality of the experience cannot be properly translated into words.
1. Identifying the Context
If you feel some form of psychological discomfort or just want to know more about yourself in the context of your life, talking with one of our psychologists can significantly help.
The psychologist is not there to suggest how you should live your life or offer their solutions to your problems. They can share, though, an expert way of understanding and dealing with psychological matters that can help you find the way of your own development.
The first step in this direction is identifying the context of your life that needs to be involved in the reprog. Such a context is often centered around a current critical problem. Time and ways to achieve this goal depend on the specific case.
How can you identify the context? You illustrate the problem and, together with the psychologist, you build a shared understanding of it.
Although many techniques can help do this, the most important thing is starting to build a cooperative relationship: working together to the common goal that is suggested by you but needs to be agreed upon by both, like in every joint endeavor.
How can you distance yourself from the context? You and the psychologist work together on it. This result is usually achieved more effectively through both cognitive-behavioral and experiential means.
Many cognitive-behavioral techniques are available to lessen possible symptoms or improve difficult situations.
On the other hand, meditation techniques can help reach and maintain a particularly positive state of being that can facilitate the reprog process and personal development in general.
2. Distancing from the Context
The best way to look at things is to take an adequate distance from them. Of course, one needs to have the chance to do that, and a psychologist is there to help create this chance.
If you have compelling problems, they will be addressed first until a condition is reached in which you feel more comfortable in your life.
We are social animals, and our problems always involve some social interactions. It may be a specific person, more of them, or no one in particular. It is important, to elaborate on the context and clarify what thoughts and feelings are involved.
Usually, this process leads to revealing connections with our past, especially our childhood attachment relationships: the context of the early programming of our mind. However, this depends on the nature of the problem and, in any case, it may also not happen, with no change in the reprogramming process.
Again, the path that leads to distancing is merely personal, both in terms of duration and manners.
3. Transforming the Context
Transforming the context is the ultimate goal of the reprog process. Its result is the reprog itself, which corresponds to Real Change.
Identifying the context and distancing from it involves the self-preparation necessary to initiate the transformation. As with any result in the entire process, this is a cooperative effort between you and the psychologist, who shows you the necessary steps.
The problematic context is relived through the means acquired and modified accordingly. The safe environment provided by the relationship with the psychologist will allow the reprog, and the awareness of your potential will allow you to have the active role that you possibly felt missing and see how all your experiences can contribute to your personal development.
This is of course a completely subjective process that will be undertaken respecting your personal time and way.
How can you transform the context? To reach Real Change, your mind needs to perceive a safe condition that enables reprog, and you need to re-experience the problematic context in a different way.
There are different ways to realize that, but the preferential one is recalling the problematic events and relive them in your imagination — shared with the psychologist — how you feel they should have gone. It is a powerful and delicate process that needs the careful guidance of the psychologist. But change needs to be entirely an achievement of yours, and the psychologist does not really have an active role in it.
What We Need To Know About
The Reprog of Our Mind
F.A.Q.
How Reprog Works
Attachment dimensions are the foundation of our socio-psychological knowledge. They are non-verbal information that critically influences how we perceive others and ourselves. As a result, attachment is expected to be involved in most cases. However, it is not always so. An example could be a depression caused by being the object of bullying, which involves the ranking motivational system.
Everyone is free to go into their memories to the extent they feel is right for them. Although cognitive techniques are also available, remembering is necessary to perform the experiential ones: in particular, the imaginative reprog, which practice suggests to be the most effective one. We refer to this kind of reprog when we use this term. The process is designed to come to the memories gradually and safely, always monitored and guided by the psychologist. Besides, we can decide to go into the process or stop it whenever we want to. Our safety and wellbeing are the first concern of the psychologist.
Any step we take during therapy is voluntary. We can stop the reprog or any other activity whenever we want. It is also useful to share with the psychologist our thoughts and feelings about what happens in the sessions. Any doubts or discomfort can be discussed and bring considerable benefits to our further development.
There is no rule about the number of reprogs. Each reprog should be beneficial, and how many of them are needed depends on the specific case. We can bring to the attention of the psychologist as many memories as we want, and they can then be considered as the object of a reprog.
Reprog is by definition a change in the content of our implicit (non-verbal) information. In particular, by default, we mean the change of an attachment dimension. Therefore, if the reprog is functional – as it is assumed to be when performed in therapy – the new information brings about a better adaptation to our life context with respect to the involved dimension. This change normally corresponds to feeling different and better in the related situations. Although we may feel positive effects very soon, we need to be aware that time and effort are needed for the process to become stable.
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