Patent ID: 8062036
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A therapeutic tool for use with a patient in psychotherapy, the tool comprising: a central gyroscopic element; a plurality of concentric rings extending around the central gyroscopic element; and a plurality of outer elements removably disposed on the rings and configured to be movable around the rings; a ring member extending radially across each of the plurality of rings, the rings being disposed on and fixed directly to the ring member so as to be supported solely thereby and maintained in a concentric and coplanar arrangement, the ring member having a first end received at an interior of the gyroscopic element and fixed thereto and a second opposite end fixed to an outermost of said plurality of concentric rings, the ring member terminating at said second end; a stand fixed directly to the central gyroscopic element and configured to support the therapeutic tool on a support surface, the stand comprising a slender elongated rod having a first end disposed proximate to the support surface and an opposite second end received at an interior of the gyroscopic element and fixed thereto, the stand further comprising a base configured to engage the support surface, where the second end of the rod is fixed to the base; wherein the rings are pivotally associated with the gyroscopic element; wherein the plurality of concentric rings is configured to pivot about the central gyroscopic element; wherein the gyroscopic element is configured to indicate a seeing self of the patient and the rings are configured to indicate a plurality of subpersonalities of the patient; and wherein the outer elements each comprise a sphere with a central axis extending through the sphere, the sphere including a groove extending in a first direction through the sphere along the central axis, the groove extending in a second direction to a circumferential edge of the sphere, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction; and wherein each sphere further includes an attachment mechanism disposed in the groove at the central axis, such that the groove receives any one of the plurality of concentric rings and retains said ring at the central axis by fixation of an attachment mechanism on the ring.