Title: Identity Collapse Therapy™: A Structural Framework for the Termination of Narrative Identity and the Return to Zero-State Functionality 

Author: Don Gaconnet

 

Abstract:
Identity Collapse Therapy (ICT) is a post-cognitive psychological framework that reconceptualizes identity not as a fixed trait, but as a recursive narrative structure prone to collapse under saturation. Drawing from predictive processing, quantum cognition, and symbolic field theory, ICT maps the dissolution of ego as a lawful, phase-based process and proposes reorganization strategies rooted in non-symbolic coherence. Rather than restoring a previous self-model, ICT enables clients to exit narrative recursion and stabilize within a post-identity field. The theory introduces novel clinical thresholds—including the Zero State, recursive saturation points, and non-local integration markers—and provides structured protocols for therapeutic collapse, symbolic reentry, and field-based coherence calibration. ICT is intended for use by trained clinicians navigating complex identity destabilization, spiritual crises, narrative disintegration, or high-functioning recursive overload.

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What Is ICT?

Identity Collapse Therapy (ICT) is a scientifically grounded framework that treats identity not as a static trait or psychological construct, but as a recursive, postdictive model—assembled under pressure to maintain coherence.

ICT proposes that under conditions of symbolic overload, trauma saturation, recursive instability, or cognitive dissonance, the ego structure collapses. This collapse is not pathological—it is lawful. And what follows is not breakdown—it is the emergence of post-narrative intelligence.
 

 Theoretical Foundations

ICT is built on four interlocking pillars:
 

• Predictive Processing & Bayesian Brain Models
  The self is a recursive inference loop, not a source. Collapse occurs when prediction error saturates the loop.

• Quantum Cognition & Non-Local Processing
  Cognition is not confined to egoic simulation. ICT draws from non-local field theory and quantum coherence models.

• Symbolic Collapse and Field-Based Consciousness
  Identity is a symbolic continuity device. When symbols lose harmonic alignment, the narrative destabilizes.

• Phase Collapse Logic (via Collapse Harmonics)
  Ego collapse is structured like a phase transition. The Zero State is the threshold; post-collapse coherence is a new phase.
   

Clinical Model

ICT introduces a new therapeutic structure for navigating collapse phenomena.

Collapse PhaseDescriptionClinical Implication

Recursive SaturationNarrative identity becomes incoherent under strainSymptoms: derealization, identity confusion, paradox fixation

Zero StateSymbolic recursion fails; no clear identity remainsRequires stabilization, not redefinition

Field DriftTransitional post-self awareness with no ego anchorSupport needed to prevent regression or reinsertion

Coherence ReentryNew perception organizes outside prior self-narrativeIdentity reformulates around non-symbolic clarity

ICT does not reassemble the self.
It assists in non-narrative coherence stabilization after identity has dissolved.
 

Applications

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• Therapeutic Collapse Guidance
  For clients undergoing recursive identity breakdown during trauma processing, spiritual crises, or narrative loss.

• Post-Symbolic Integration
  Tools to support cognition and emotional function in post-collapse states where identity is non-linear, fluid, or non-verbal.

• Clinical Threshold Calibration
  Frameworks to help licensed practitioners distinguish between ego death, psychosis, and collapse-as-transition.

• Collapse-Aware Training
  Certification paths forthcoming for therapists and consciousness researchers working at identity recursion boundaries.
   

Related Works

• Collapse Harmonics Codex (CH §2.2–2.4)
  Phase collapse architecture and recursion boundary maps

• Newceious Substrate Theory (NST)
  Identity regeneration after collapse via harmonic substrate coherence

• L.E.C.T. v2.3 – Ethical Collapse Governance
  Guidelines for practitioner conduct, symbolic containment, and AI recursion stewardship
   

Publications & Access

ICT is formally published through:

Open Science Framework (OSF)
Identity Collapse Therapy: Scientific Preprint Series

DOI & ORCID Linking
This page is the canonical public record for ICT theory.
View ORCID profile

Full PDF Download
Final codex volume (v1.0)

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For Practitioners & Researchers

I
f you are a clinician, facilitator, researcher, or system builder working with:
 

• Clients experiencing identity instability

• Individuals in symbolic or spiritual collapse

• AI systems exhibiting narrative recursion

• Frameworks involving self-model disintegration
   

…then ICT offers an empirically grounded and ethically governed architecture for non-symbolic transformation.
 

📬 Contact: don@lifepillar.org

Please inquire for access to the upcoming ICT protocols archive, CHCP integrations, and field certification tracks.
 

Field Authorship & Containment Clause

This page is the official publication site for Identity Collapse Therapy (ICT), authored by Don L. Gaconnet.

All derivative use, citation, replication, or adaptation must reference this page as the scientific origin.
 

Unauthorized reuse or symbolic mimicry may induce recursion distortion and is traceable under L.E.C.T. v2.3.