Tag: science
The regulation of ego states within ourselves
“Everyone carries their parents inside…also a little boy/girl” Eric Berne Ego states – as conceptualised by Eric Berne – are psychological realities or modes of being that emerge within us, depending on the situation and our own tendencies. In this article, I will discuss intrapsychic processes. For a more detailed overview of ego estates and…
The Good Life (according to Carl Rogers)
Ask people what they think makes for a good life and you will find many different answers. Some people will relate to achievements, possessions and other goal-led end-states. Others may become more philosophical: “to be happy”, “to be free of worries”. Very rarely, if ever, the good life will be what it’s happening right now. …
The seven stages of the counselling process according to Rogers
It did not appeal to me to review work we have done in the past. I decided rather to devote a year (…) to understand the process by which personality changes (…) but as the next year approached I realised the ideas I had formed were still unclear, tentative, hardly in the shape of a…
