Encountering oneself
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Paul A. Girling
Fitchburg State College
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- Keywords:
- personality functioning, self-image, self-direction, real self, value orientation, inner experiences, change, risk taking, personhood, social psychology, social behavior
- Abstract
- To be and become the person we truly are is a pervasive theme in third force psychology. In this paper, I succinctly summarize how we become ourselves by focusing on 5 distinct dimensions of personality functioning. Freeing oneself from an idealized self-image and experiencing the real self is seen as a beginning phase. A cognitive restructuring involving modifying internalized value orientations is then stressed. Assuming responsibility for one’s choices and initiating self-direction is encouraged to develop authentic personhood. The growing person is conceptualized as being open to inner experiences and viewing one’s life as a fluid process involving change and risk taking. Finally, vitality is generated and sustained by receptivity to one’s inner life.
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- Vol. 1 No. 1 (1981): Third Force Psychology: an international journal of humanistic psychology
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