False-Self
Independent Self and Interdependent Self
Although Rogers wrote mainly about the real self and ideal self, the terms independent self and interdependent self come from later “self‑construal” research in cultural psychology
Core-Self Pruning
Microaggression and Microtrauma
In life, a constant stream of microaggressions – of disagreements, and being corrected, told to change our thinking or behaviour – tend to cause microtraumas, which, ultimately are micro-rejections of the individuals true self.