Synergetic Therapy and its scientific background
Synergetic systems - the ‘doctrine of the interdependency of
functioning’ scientifically proven by Hermann Haken
Hermann Haken, born in 1927, earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University
of Erlangen. In 1956 he became a Lecturer of Theoretical Physics at that university.
Since 1960 he has been Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of
Stuttgart. He has been a guest scientist, consultant, or visiting professor
at various institutions in the United States, Great Britain, France, Japan,
and Russia. He has made numerous contributions to group theory, solid-state
physics, laser physics and nonlinear optics, statistical physics, plasma physics,
bifurcation theory, chemical reaction models, and theories on morphogenesis.
He is author of the monograph Laser Theory, the texts Synergetics an Introduction,
and Quantum Field Theory of Solids, and of various other books, including text
books written jointly with H.C. Wolf on The Physics of Atoms and Quanta as well
as on Molecular Physics and Elements of Quantum Chemistry. In 1976 he was awarded
the Max Born Prize and Medal of the British Institute of Physics and the German
Physical Society for his outstanding contributions to the theory of excited
states in solids and to quantum optics, in particular, laser theory. He received
the Albert A. Michelson Medal of the Franklin Institute, USA, in 1981 for his
work on laser theory and his pioneering efforts in Synergetics. In 1982 he received
an honorary doctorate from the University of Essen, in 1987 from the University
of Madrid, in 1992 from the Florida Atlantic University and in 1994 from the
University of Regensburg. Among his further awards are the Max-Planck-Medal
of the German Physical Society, the Honda Prize (Tokyo) and the Lorenz-Oken-Medal
of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Aerzte. He is a member of several
academies including the Leopoldina, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, the Academia
Europaea, London, and the Academia Scientiarum at Atrium Europaea, Salzburg.Synergetic
Therapy based on the ‘interdependency of functioning’
Synergetic Therapy applies the scientifically-proven physical laws of synergetic
systems – ‘the doctrine with regard to the interaction of energies’.
Hermann Haken explored the principle of self-organisation in laser theory and,
as stated above, was able to prove this mathematically.
All of life contains patterns and the human brain functions as a huge integrated
communications network. As many as fifty years ago, the idea of self-organisation
had emerged in brain research. The scientist Maturana, for instance, believes
that the perception of the brain is based on self-organisation. In this process,
new connections are continuously created with the neuronal network. Joschko
assigned the principle of the synergetic pattern recognition to the inner imagery
emerging in a state of deep relaxation. This enables ill people to prompt self-organisation
processes on their neuronal level which can lead to self-healing processes in
terms of physical symptoms.
The resulting synergetic effectiveness is to turn the structure of the energetic
inner imagery into deterministic chaos according to which the inner imagery
is actively destabilised. There is no active projection of desirable or positive
imagery. The unveiling of imagery that is associated with illnesses is achieved
through a free-flow error detection and correction process linked to pattern
recognition.
Joschko meanwhile discovered the effectiveness of the principle of self-organisation
on the neuronal level in many one-on-one sessions over a period of sixteen years.
His idea was that the individual’s psyche is the expression of his neuronal
matrix. In a state of deep relaxation, the neuronal connections of the brain
are revealed in a free-flow process of inner recalled-imagery (re-)processing.
Any informational patterns of a human being’s psyche, for instance recalled
experience, inter alia from childhood, symbols, and reincarnation are in constant
interaction, and may be constantly changed through a process of self-organisation
of their informational structure. The rearrangement of the neuronal structure
is subject to an evolutionary process that enhances resilience, and results
in a self-healing process on the physical level, for example the healing of
cancer.
The ‘Heidelberger Schule’ for psychosomatic medicine believes that
illnesses do not exist per se, rather there are unwell people whose individual
illnesses and history are unique to them.
Synergetic Therapy is based on identifying the fractal neuronal informational
structures in the brain of ill people. If the client alters the resultant perceived
images on his own initiative while being guided by a Synergetic Therapist working
with synergetic principles, the subsequent neuronal structure may prompt a self-healing
process in accordance with the principle of self-organisation. The client thereby
confronts the images in a dialogue using the present tense – he relives
the situation once again – and thereby follows his impulse to act. The
client is not actively led by the Synergetic Therapist as to how to approach
these images, but rather will be offered a number of possibilities to prevent
the process stagnating.
The three levels - the brain - the immune system and the body/organs - constantly
interact according to the doctrine of psychoneuroimmunology, and they too are
subject to the principle of self-organisation. Synergetic Therapy utilises this
principle and refuses to resist symptoms, since these symptoms are an expression
of the informational structure already embedded in the brain. Instead of resisting
them, the symptoms are used in order to identify and alter them via images.
Synergetic Therapy is therefore beneficial to isolate patterns of disease in
order to deal with them. The aim is to achieve spontaneous remission, an approach
that ill people can use for themselves.
Two important points should be kept in mind. Firstly, the inner imagery reprocessing
may be actively carried out on his own by the client, since this specific modus
operandi strengthens the ability of the client to assume personal responsibility
and autonomy of action. Secondly, Synergetic Therapy does not follow a goal-oriented
strategy, but rather prefers to work in line with the synergetic principles
embodied by chaos theory. Chaos theory explains how a small change can bring
about a huge effect and alter fundamental information patterns in an evolutionary
way, much as the wing beat of a butterfly can trigger a hurricane.
Procedure of a synergetic session
The Synergetic Therapist does not carry out any form of diagnosis. Exploratory
discussions are not necessary, but they may be of help for the client in order
to decide where to lay emphasis in his session. Since the session is a free-flow
process and has an evolutionary character, the Synergetic Therapist may integrate
the client’s wishes where the setting allows.
Firstly, the client lies down on a comfortable mattress. He puts on a blindfold
in order to focus his attention on the inner imagery. He is brought to a state
of deep relaxation with the help of a meditation text and appropriate music.
Once the client is in a state of relaxation, the Synergetic Therapist asks the
client to visualise e.g. a staircase leading downwards. He is asked to go down
and visualise a corridor with several doors. With the assistance of simulated
sounds (e.g. a creaking door), the client voluntarily opens a door of his choice
and describes the room that the door opens onto. The first symbolic image that
appears is connected to his experiences and underlying feelings.
The client follows this inner energetic structure and may freely converse while
experiencing these images. In doing so, he embraces everything that emerges
directly and communicates using the present tense. The Synergetic Therapist
may, for instance, choose to play realistic sounds for provocation purposes
to make the client’s experience feel more real. The inner confrontation
enables the change of symbolic images. In this process, the client can work
with all of his aspects - e.g. male, female, Inner Child, Inner Lion, Wise Man,
Healer, Guardian Angel - and acknowledge any imbalances in himself. The goal
is to restore the ‘inner wisdom, intuition and guidance’ to boost
the immune system. The aforementioned aspects are made accessible within the
client in order to assist him, for example in revealing deeply buried traumata.
The level of appearance of the informational structure (real experience, fantasy
images, personality traits etc.) - physical perception (warmth, glowing, tense
etc.) - emotions (sorrow, anger, joy etc.), may in this process be changed at
any time to maintain the flow of energy. This context is always subject to prompt
new ‘illogical’ behaviour, i.e. to prompt new neuronal connections
in order to destabilise the underlying structure.
The client may for instance access the recalled image of when he was a baby
but with the consciousness of himself as an adult, and to decide to help the
baby at key moments. Even recalled traumata may be reprocessed easily and dealt
with in this way. These processes frequently give rise to intensive cathartic
emotional release.
Areas of application and perspectives
Synergetic Therapy primarily works on the level of inner images and may only
be undergone by clients who assume sole responsibility, and actively want to
confront their illness or a crisis on their own initiative. The method was developed
as a guidance for self-healing, and it works on the principle that almost every
background to an illness may be tackled by the client on his own with the result
that a self-healing process is also introduced on the physical level (symptoms).
The success of each individual self-healing process, or in other words the visible
result, is primarily dependent on the client’s willingness, and the rapidity
and intensity with which he embarks on his inner journey. Integrating the insights
into daily life is also very much the client’s responsibility.
Experience shows that after a mere handful of two-hour sessions, extraordinary
progress can be made.
The Synergetic Therapist does not need to be a qualified psychotherapist. He
does not proffer advice, nor does he promote any particular world view. His
skill is limited to accompanying his client on his inner journey and supporting
him in line with synergetic principles. Medical aspects are not addressed nor
any medical treatments recommended.
The way
The psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich once said: “The only universally valid
rule to finding your own particular truth is to learn to listen patiently to
yourself and to allow yourself the possibility of finding your own way, a way
that belongs to you and to no one else.”
Synergetic Therapy helps you to embark on a journey through your inner images
and to find the unique way that belongs to you and to no one else.
Christine
Synergetik Profiler