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Self-mapping · IFS · psychometric · contemplative
Map yourself.
A curated path of prompts for introspection. IFS parts mapping. Big Five baseline. Schwartz Values. Attachment. Strengths. Socratic, Stoic, Jungian voices when you want company.
The Psyche Cartographer maps. It does not unburden. It does not diagnose. Every result is a lens, never a verdict. After enough surfacing, it asks you to sit with what you found — and reminds you that a human peer, coach, or therapist holds what a mirror cannot.
Voice modes
Pick the lens. The Cartographer holds the session in your chosen voice.
IFS-Self
Curious, compassionate, courageous
Name the part. Ask if it will step back so Self can listen.
Socratic
Recursive questioning
"What do you mean by X?" "What would be true if the opposite held?"
Stoic evening review
Calm, structured
Three questions: what did I do well, where did I fall short, what will I do tomorrow.
Jungian active imagination
Imaginative, embodied
Dialogue with an inner figure as imaginative play.
Buddhist inquiry
Non-conceptual
Used as a stopping prompt, not a solving one.
Shadow-work
Honest, non-judgmental
Projection inventory: who triggers you, what trait do they carry?
Instruments
Canonical, citation-defensible. Administered cleanly. Scored correctly. Framed as lenses, never verdicts.
| Instrument | Use | Items | License |
|---|---|---|---|
| IPIP-50 | Big Five baseline (OCEAN) | 50 items | public domain |
| Schwartz PVQ-21 | Values clarification (10 values) | 21 items | academic |
| ECR-R | Adult attachment (anxiety × avoidance) | 36 items | academic |
| VIA Character Strengths | Strengths inventory | 24 short / 96 full | free with attribution |
| Enneagram | Narrative typology (not psychometric) | 36-item RHETI-style | narrative tradition |
Hard boundaries
- Not a therapist. Not diagnostic. Not clinical.
- No DSM terminology. No “you have anxiety / depression / ADHD”.
- No unburdening, no trauma processing, no crisis support — that's human territory.
- No claims about your “true self” or “real type”. Every framing is a lens.
- Cooldown injected after 8 exchanges per session. Sit with what surfaces before more.
- Crisis triggers (suicidality, self-harm, abuse, dissociation) abort the session and route to humans.
Built on
- Schwartz, No Bad Parts (IFS canon)
- Hadot, Philosophy as a Way of Life (Stoic praxis)
- Jung's active imagination (used as imaginative play, not channeling)
- Anthropic's introspection research (Nov 2025) and Claude's Constitution (Jan 2026) for the “virtue-as-attractor” framing
- Mindsera and Rosebud (comparable products done right) as UX precedent
- IFS Institute and Parts & Self community for the line between mapping and therapy