Résumé
Introduction: Third-wave Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBT3) increasingly target how people relate to a sense of self, yet existing models remain fragmented and only partially integrated with phenomenology and neuroscience. The Self-Identification Program (SIP) is proposed as a third-level evolution of CBT3 that conceptualizes dysfunctional selfidentification as a transdiagnostic mechanism of suffering.Methods: SIP was developed through a narrative and conceptual synthesis of Buddhist phenomenology, third-wave CBT, neurophenomenology, cognitive and social psychology, and neuroscience, complemented by Relational Frame Theory. Using a structured glossary of terms, we reinterpret major constructs related to self and consciousness within a single model of self and describe its clinical implementation in a university hospital CBT3 service.Results: SIP defines the self as a conceptual mind that imputes a generic Me-I image onto impermanent and interdependent "My-Mine" possessions (e.g., body, roles, narratives), and recasts psychopathology as dysfunctional self-identification. Correct self-identification is trained as a dynamic process that stabilizes a Me-I inseparable from three experiential qualities-Calm, Clear, and Warm-together with recognition of the self's lack of inherent existence and an understanding of the causal impact of mental actions.Conclusion: SIP extends CBT3 by shifting the therapeutic focus from changing self-content to transforming self-identification processes, offering a coherent, testable framework for process-based interventions targeting dysfunctional self-identification as a transdiagnostic mechanism.