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Fallacies and realities of self
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- Thu Jul 11 2002

... Fallacies and realities of self How much progress has been made in our knowledge of 'self' over the last three centuries? Janet Tolan explored some of the limitations of the Rogerian 'organismic' experience in the last issue of CPJ. ('The Fallacy of the Real Self, March 2001). Janet observed that 'the person-centred counsellor tends to associate an individual's organismic experiencing with the true self, the real self.' (Page 18). She suggested that 'Ultimately, the self-structure helps us to balance our own organismic needs with the needs of others.' (Page 21). She concluded that the self-structure deserves our attention, our respect... (Page 22). Janet thereby reminded us of two concepts in the counsellor's armoury of knowledge about self: 'Organismic experiencing' and a 'self structure'. What is meant by these words? They are not used in daily life. Why is that? ...I observed that, whilst I thus wished to think that all was false,














