The method runs on data, not on promises
Most psychological approaches describe what they do. Here is what is usually missing: doctoral research with measurable results, a series of peer-reviewed publications, and ongoing clinical studies. Below is exactly what has been tested and where it is published.
Doctoral research, St. Petersburg, 2026
Specialty 5.3.6 — Medical Psychology
Mixed-methods design. Sample of N=15 with verified PTSD. Three measurement points: T0 (before), T1 (after), T2 (14 days later).
This is a pilot sample. Effect sizes on small samples are read with caution, but the direction and the durability of the result at day 14 justify further study.
Publications
A phenomenological study of personal metaphors in trauma and PTSD therapy
Doctoral dissertation · specialty 5.3.6 Medical Psychology, St. Petersburg · VAK-listed (RU peer-reviewed)
Metaphor transformation and memory reconsolidation: a clinical-phenomenological analysis of the Mental Engineering method
Humanitarian Scientific Bulletin · VAK-listed (RU peer-reviewed)
Read (DOI)Transformation of personal metaphors and PTSD symptom dynamics during psychotherapeutic intervention: a mixed-methods phenomenological study
Psychology. Historical-Critical Reviews and Current Research · VAK-listed (RU peer-reviewed)
Metaphor as a dynamic information container: theoretical grounding of an interdisciplinary concept
VAK-listed journal · VAK-listed (RU peer-reviewed)
The metaphorical landscape in PTSD: a phenomenological classification by valence, agency and image schemas
Clinical and Special Psychology · VAK-listed (RU peer-reviewed)
Ongoing research
Cross-addiction: the Mental Engineering method in addiction work
Joint study with the Mentallect psychological centre. Adapting the diagnostic and intervention protocol to cross-addictive presentations.
In progress · expected 2026Restoring narrative agency in PTSD
Qualitative study of the recovery of subject position and narrative agency in PTSD clients during metaphor-transformation therapy.
In progress · expected 2026A method with data behind it
If standard therapy did not produce a structural result, the issue may be the layer it was working on.
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