Socionics

Domain XIV · Western esoteric, divinatory & new spiritual movements · Aušra Augustinavičiūtė · 1978 · Vilnius

What it is

Socionics (Russian соционика) is a personality typology and theory of relationships developed by Aušra Augustinavičiūtė (1927–2005), a Vilnius University economics graduate who later taught sociology and family science in Vilnius; its basic structure was set out in Vilnius in the 1970s, with first…

Format

• There is no published socionics-informed psychotherapy protocol, no published session count and no phase model from socionics bodies for this work. Socionists describe typing (by test, or by interview and observation with an experienced socionist) and type-based advice on relationships and careers;…
• Phase A: Engagement and meaning. Goal: understand what socionics is for this client (hobby, community, identity, relationship map, decision tool, work requirement), in their own words and cultural context. Format: part of assessment sessions; the Cultural Formulation Interview and its Religion and…

Evidence status, as the guide reports it

• Phase C: Working phase. Goal: work on the client's actual concerns, using socionics material where the client finds it useful: identity and self-limiting labels, partner choice and couple conflict framed by "intertype relations", online community life, workplace typing, costs and teacher…

Questions to explore with your client

• What drew you to it, and what are you hoping it will change?
• Does it involve any substance, plant preparation, remedy or supplement? Has your doctor or prescriber been told, especially about any medication you take?
• Does it involve fasting, a special diet or 'detox'? Have you discussed this with your doctor?
• Is it a group, retreat or community? How do they respond if someone wants to leave or raises a concern?
• How do you and the practitioner understand what is happening, in spiritual or cultural terms? Is that a source of comfort, worry, or both?
• Who runs it, and what training or registration do they hold?
• What actually happens in a session or meeting, and how often?
• What does it cost, and is there pressure to commit to more?
• How do you feel afterwards, in the hours and days that follow?
• Does it fit with, or clash with, the work we do here?

What practitioners of it watch for

• Defensiveness or feeling ridiculed (repair, see 5.4). Working: the client spontaneously adds "except when…" to self-descriptions.
• Isolation; dependence on group verdicts; online conflict affecting mood. Working: the client keeps the community's benefits with clearer limits.
• Referral felt as dismissal of the client's interest; make clear the interest is welcome. Working: the client attends and the work continues alongside.
• The therapist appearing to endorse the theory; the client using jargon to stay distant from feelings. Working: the client names needs in their own words.
• The client feeling rejected (repair, 5.4); the therapist's own enthusiasm or scepticism leaking in. Working: the question becomes material and the frame holds.

When to involve someone else

• New or worsening physical symptoms, or advice to stop or change prescribed medication: involve the client's doctor or prescriber.
• Signs of coercion, isolation from family and friends, escalating costs or secrecy: discuss openly and consider safeguarding.
• A crisis or thoughts of suicide: follow your crisis protocol. In the US, call or text 988; in the UK and Ireland, Samaritans on 116 123.

Drawn automatically from the guide's own sections. Stay curious: neither endorse nor dismiss what the client values, and check anything that matters against the full guide and its sources. Not medical advice.