Compartmentalisation
Hearing voices: A simplified understanding
This article is a personal reflection about a voice that I hear, which claims to be Brian Blessed. Here I offer and explanation as to how that might work.
Active Imagination
Ghosts as Externalised Projections
Jung’s use of the terms “unconscious projections” and “exteriorisations” aligned with his developing theory of autonomous complexes, he said that these were psychological contents that can manifest with apparent independence from conscious control.
Active Imagination
Theory of Autonomous Complexes
Jung developed his theory of autonomous complexes in 1908, through word association experiments at the Burghölzli psychiatric clinic in Zurich. By measuring subjects’ reaction times to stimulus words and noting hesitations, slips, and emotional reactions, Jung discovered patterns suggesting emotionally-charged “hot spots” in the unconscious.
Childhood Development
Childhood Imaginary Friends as Externalised Projections
There is the suggestion that the phenomena of Imaginary Friends, seen in many children around the globe, very often fitting into that child’s acceptable world-view, but often found concerning, by their parents, could be externalised projections from their own mind. Some kind of imaginative overlay, but with the ability to offer additional insight to the child, by adding a second, or third view to any situation.
Carl Rogers
Perfectionism
Perfectionism is often seen as a trait that leads people to success. It’s frequently associated with a high standard of performance and an intense work ethic. However, it also comes with its set of challenges that can impede an individual’s well-being and growth.
Internal family systems
Parts-working approaches
In this article, we will review the origins and development of the various parts-working models in psychology.
analytical psychology
Wholeness theory of self-esteem
This article describes in-full the thesis of The wholeness theory of self-esteem, which proposes that humans are multiplicities and our self-esteem is undermined by personality dissociations.
Internal family systems
Internal family systems
In this article, we will introduce the main concepts and principles of IFS, explain how it differs from other forms of psychotherapy, and provide some examples of how it can be applied in clinical practice.