Jeremy Griffith’s FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition attempts something much larger than an ordinary theory of personality or psychological disorder. Griffith proposes a biological explanation for what he regards as the central contradiction of human existence.
In this article, we will explore the origins and development of self-worth theory, its main concepts and assumptions, and its implications for education, work, and mental health.
In life, a constant stream of microaggressions – of disagreements, and being corrected, told to change our thinking or behaviour –Â tend to cause microtraumas, which, ultimately are micro-rejections of the individuals true self.
Dysfunctional, incongruent organisations can often use Targeted Organisational Disempowerment methodologies, in order to maintain an external and internal narrative of fairness and equality, while disempowering targeted groups.
This article discusses the concept of Self-Integrity, and how that relates to other concepts of personality and self-awareness.
Carl Rogers’ phenomenological theory of personality and behaviour forms the core of his person-centred approach, viewing the individual’s subjective “phenomenal field”, as the primary determinant of behaviour and growth.
Almost all children suffer a sustained and often targeted string of traumatic micro, and macro-aggressions, from the moment they are born.
Most psychotherapies begin with the assumption that you have a stable “self” that has developed maladaptive patterns. Integrative Genomic Schema Therapy (IGST) starts from a different premise: what you call “your personality” may be a survival scaffold built over a pruned authentic self.
The DNA-Self theory proposes that each new-born enters the world with a pre-populated schema network, this is a complete developmental blueprint encoded in genetic material, shaped by prenatal environment, containing latent traits, skills, and associated needs awaiting activation through exploration.
The Frankfurt School refers to a group of scholars associated with the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, Germany, founded in 1923.