Re-authoring Identity Through the Psyche-Myth Architecture: A Structured Framework for Transpersonal Psychotherapy

This conceptual paper introduces the Psyche-Myth Architecture and the Modular Myth Engine Live-action Dashboard (MMELD), a structured framework for psychotherapy that challenges the lack of systematization in transpersonal approaches. The model posits the human psyche as an inner architecture built on universal mythic and archetypal principles. The MMELD serves as a symbolic internal interface, empowering clients to consciously deploy Archetypal Operators—likened to selecting a video game skin—to navigate psychological challenges and drive change. The methodology reframes therapeutic intervention as optimizing one's internal operating system, moving beyond symptom reduction or narrative re-telling, and aims to bridge the gap in structured transpersonal therapeutic methodologies.

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Abstract

This conceptual paper introduces the Psyche-Myth Architecture and the Modular Myth Engine Live-action Dashboard, presenting a novel, structured framework for psychotherapy. Challenging the prevailing lack of systematization in transpersonal approaches, this model posits the human psyche as a foundational "inner architecture" built upon universal mythic and archetypal principles. The MMELD serves as a symbolic internal interface, empowering clients to consciously "deploy" Archetypal Operators, akin to selecting a video game skin, to navigate psychological challenges and drive profound change. The ‘video game skin’ metaphor is not meant to trivialize the process, but rather to offer a modern, accessible framing of inner role deployment. This methodology reframes therapeutic intervention as optimizing one's internal operating system, moving beyond symptom reduction or narrative re-telling. By offering a coherent, actionable, and gamified pathway to engage with the psyche's deepest structures, this model provides a robust framework for transpersonal identity work and aims to bridge the current gap in structured transpersonal therapeutic methodologies.© The Author(s) 2024. Published by RITHA Publishing. This article is distributed under the terms of the license CC-BY 4.0., which permits any further distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited maintaining attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.Article’s history: Received 15th of November, 2024; Revised 29th of November, 2024; Accepted 12th of December, 2024; Available online: 18th of December, 2024; Published as research article in Volume II, Issue 2, 2024.