On this page we will see a brief build-up of psychology from history until now, and we will end this page with the Barrett model which is a universal model and method applied to companies world wide for enhancing individual, company and societal's evolution of the psyche.
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SEE WHERE YOU ARE AT AND YOUR PATH OF COACHING/HEALING ON THE BARRETT CHART
www.barrettacademy.com/the-values-of-humanity
https://www.barrettacademy.com/the-values-of-humanity
Psychology is the study and science of the Psyche, the human as well as other spirits: the intangible part that makes and moves us,........ for who we are, who we were, where we come from, what we should and should not do etc. There are many different fields of psychology, for example in a clinic, in crime and in an organisation/company. Psychology looks at the treatment as well as the studies of people, both in a qualitative way (personal, human...) and a societal, quantitative way based on patterns and numbers, which might be used to make decisions in politics, companies, health industry, hospitals, education or other.
"The four main goals of psychology are to describe, explain, predict and change the behavior and mental processes of others" and I would add on: "of oneself" (https://www.simplypsychology.org/whatispsychology.html)
At the psychologist you might learn more about psychology in general, your own psychology or psychology in relation to work, family, love or people in general. The main focus could be coginitive (getting in touch with your thoughts/feelings) or emotional (getting in touch with your emotions).
There might be one problem with Psychology: it doesn't research yet much other factors of being human in particular the heart and soul, but also lifestyle/health/nutrition, preparation and consumption of our foods and other consumables, upbringing/training/education, technology, being a caretaker, a society/culture/country, neither consciousness or our universe at large or the possibility of previous lives, soulmate connections, karma and dharma, ancestors, etc.... The other grandfather of psychology, Jung, did go into the mysticism by defining archetypes (resemblance of our identity and universal identities often depicted in movies/stories) and the individuation (mid-life crisis).
A healer or holistic professional such as a holistic coach, therapist, doctor and even psychiatrist (MD) will take all possibilities and such things as mentioned above into consideration (as far as their own awareness/consciousness reaches).
How did psychology come about?
Psychology started with philosophy (ancient Greece) and before philosophy with mysticism (ancient Egypt).
"The emphasis was a philosophical one, with great thinkers such as Socrates (470 BC – 399 BC) influencing Plato (428/427 BC – 348/347 BC), who in turn influenced Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC). Philosophers used to discuss many topics now studied by modern psychology, such as memory, free will vs determinism, nature vs. nurture, attraction etc."
A brief (ancient) history of psychology or the trying to research and understand our psyche/mind/brain and "behaviour" (behaviour being a symptom of the psyche/mind/brain/body and the brain and body being the embodiment of our psyche/mind - organic and mouldable, neurobrain training/coaching and epigenetics, also somatic experiencing/therapy):
"Wundt was important because he separated psychology from philosophy by analyzing the workings of the mind in a more structured way, with the emphasis being on objective measurement and control.
Structuralism relied on trained introspection, a research method whereby subjects related what was going on in their minds while performing a certain task.
However, introspection proved to be an unreliable method because there was too much individual variation in the experiences and reports of research subjects.
Despite the failure of introspection Wundt is an important figure in the history of psychology as he opened the first laboratory dedicated to psychology in 1879, and its opening is usually thought of as the beginning of modern experimental psychology.
An American psychologist named William James (1842-1910) developed an approach which came to be known as functionalism, that disagreed with the focus of Structuralism.
James argued that the mind is constantly changing and it is pointless to look for the structure of conscious experience. Rather, he proposed the focus should be on how and why an organism does something, i.e. the functions or purpose of the brain.
James suggested that psychologists should look for the underlying cause of behavior and the mental processes involved. This emphasis on the causes and consequences of behavior has influenced contemporary psychology."
source: https://www.simplypsychology.org/whatispsychology.html
A brief modern history of psychology:
"Freud’s psychoanalysis was the original psychodynamic theory, but the psychodynamic approach as a whole includes all theories that were based on his ideas, e.g., Jung (1964), Adler (1927) and Erikson (1950).
The classic contemporary perspectives in psychology to adopt scientific strategies were the behaviorists, who were renowned for their reliance on controlled laboratory experiments and rejection of any unseen or unconscious forces as causes of behavior.
Later, the humanistic approach became the 'third force' in psychology and proposed the importance of subjective experience and personal growth.
During the 1960s and 1970s, psychology began a cognitive revolution, adopting a rigorous, scientific, lab-based scientific approach with application to memory, perception, cognitive development, mental illness, and much more."
source: https://www.simplypsychology.org/whatispsychology.html
Now let's look at psychoanalysis found by Freud, the grandfather of Psychology and Therapy:
Remember, psychoanalysis is a therapy as well, as a theory as well as a discipline within psychology. Psychoanalysis is commonly used to treat anxiety disorders and sometimes depression if the depressed client is willing to invest themselves (they seem to prefer a quick fix, whereas people with anxiety prefer the slow and steady approach which a psychoanalysist offers). The grandfather of psychoanalysis is Freud.
"Freud believed that events in our childhood have a great influence on our adult lives, shaping our personality. For example, anxiety originating from traumatic experiences in a person's past is hidden from consciousness, and may cause problems during adulthood (in the form of neuroses).
Thus, when we explain our behavior to ourselves or others (conscious mental activity), we rarely give a true account of our motivation. This is not because we are deliberately lying. While human beings are great deceivers of others; they are even more adept at self-deception.
Freud's life work was dominated by his attempts to find ways of penetrating this often subtle and elaborate camouflage that obscures the hidden structure and processes of personality.
His lexicon has become embedded within the vocabulary of Western society. Words he introduced through his theories are now used by everyday people, such as anal (personality), libido, denial, repression, cathartic, Freudian slip, and neurotic."
Read about Freud's first successful case: https://www.simplypsychology.org/Sigmund-Freud.html
In Studies in Hysteria (1895) Freud proposed that physical symptoms are often the surface manifestations of deeply repressed conflicts.
However, Freud was not just advancing an explanation of a particular illness. Implicitly he was proposing a revolutionary new theory of the human psyche itself.
This theory emerged “bit by bit” as a result of Freud’s clinical investigations, and it led him to propose that there were at least three levels of the mind.
The Unconscious MindFreud (1900, 1905) developed a topographical model of the mind, whereby he described the features of the mind’s structure and function. Freud used the analogy of an iceberg to describe the three levels of the mind.
See the ICEBERG graph which is famous in therapies and coaching: https://www.simplypsychology.org/Sigmund-Freud.html
Read the full article to research and understand the ICEBERG as well as more of Freud's discoveries on the Human Being such as the Ego.
Freud spoke about the coming to awareness (consciousness) being the healing (catharsis) which is experienced psychic/psychologically and physically in that moment of awareness/healing. We also call this somatic (feeling) experience.
source: https://www.simplypsychology.org/Sigmund-Freud.html
THE ULTIMATE CHART:
SEE WHERE YOU ARE AT AND YOUR PATH OF COACHING/HEALING ON THE BARRETT CHART
www.barrettacademy.com/the-values-of-humanity
https://www.barrettacademy.com/the-values-of-humanity
Psychology is the study and science of the Psyche, the human as well as other spirits: the intangible part that makes and moves us,........ for who we are, who we were, where we come from, what we should and should not do etc. There are many different fields of psychology, for example in a clinic, in crime and in an organisation/company. Psychology looks at the treatment as well as the studies of people, both in a qualitative way (personal, human...) and a societal, quantitative way based on patterns and numbers, which might be used to make decisions in politics, companies, health industry, hospitals, education or other.
"The four main goals of psychology are to describe, explain, predict and change the behavior and mental processes of others" and I would add on: "of oneself" (https://www.simplypsychology.org/whatispsychology.html)
At the psychologist you might learn more about psychology in general, your own psychology or psychology in relation to work, family, love or people in general. The main focus could be coginitive (getting in touch with your thoughts/feelings) or emotional (getting in touch with your emotions).
There might be one problem with Psychology: it doesn't research yet much other factors of being human in particular the heart and soul, but also lifestyle/health/nutrition, preparation and consumption of our foods and other consumables, upbringing/training/education, technology, being a caretaker, a society/culture/country, neither consciousness or our universe at large or the possibility of previous lives, soulmate connections, karma and dharma, ancestors, etc.... The other grandfather of psychology, Jung, did go into the mysticism by defining archetypes (resemblance of our identity and universal identities often depicted in movies/stories) and the individuation (mid-life crisis).
A healer or holistic professional such as a holistic coach, therapist, doctor and even psychiatrist (MD) will take all possibilities and such things as mentioned above into consideration (as far as their own awareness/consciousness reaches).
How did psychology come about?
Psychology started with philosophy (ancient Greece) and before philosophy with mysticism (ancient Egypt).
"The emphasis was a philosophical one, with great thinkers such as Socrates (470 BC – 399 BC) influencing Plato (428/427 BC – 348/347 BC), who in turn influenced Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC). Philosophers used to discuss many topics now studied by modern psychology, such as memory, free will vs determinism, nature vs. nurture, attraction etc."
A brief (ancient) history of psychology or the trying to research and understand our psyche/mind/brain and "behaviour" (behaviour being a symptom of the psyche/mind/brain/body and the brain and body being the embodiment of our psyche/mind - organic and mouldable, neurobrain training/coaching and epigenetics, also somatic experiencing/therapy):
"Wundt was important because he separated psychology from philosophy by analyzing the workings of the mind in a more structured way, with the emphasis being on objective measurement and control.
Structuralism relied on trained introspection, a research method whereby subjects related what was going on in their minds while performing a certain task.
However, introspection proved to be an unreliable method because there was too much individual variation in the experiences and reports of research subjects.
Despite the failure of introspection Wundt is an important figure in the history of psychology as he opened the first laboratory dedicated to psychology in 1879, and its opening is usually thought of as the beginning of modern experimental psychology.
An American psychologist named William James (1842-1910) developed an approach which came to be known as functionalism, that disagreed with the focus of Structuralism.
James argued that the mind is constantly changing and it is pointless to look for the structure of conscious experience. Rather, he proposed the focus should be on how and why an organism does something, i.e. the functions or purpose of the brain.
James suggested that psychologists should look for the underlying cause of behavior and the mental processes involved. This emphasis on the causes and consequences of behavior has influenced contemporary psychology."
source: https://www.simplypsychology.org/whatispsychology.html
A brief modern history of psychology:
"Freud’s psychoanalysis was the original psychodynamic theory, but the psychodynamic approach as a whole includes all theories that were based on his ideas, e.g., Jung (1964), Adler (1927) and Erikson (1950).
The classic contemporary perspectives in psychology to adopt scientific strategies were the behaviorists, who were renowned for their reliance on controlled laboratory experiments and rejection of any unseen or unconscious forces as causes of behavior.
Later, the humanistic approach became the 'third force' in psychology and proposed the importance of subjective experience and personal growth.
During the 1960s and 1970s, psychology began a cognitive revolution, adopting a rigorous, scientific, lab-based scientific approach with application to memory, perception, cognitive development, mental illness, and much more."
source: https://www.simplypsychology.org/whatispsychology.html
Now let's look at psychoanalysis found by Freud, the grandfather of Psychology and Therapy:
Remember, psychoanalysis is a therapy as well, as a theory as well as a discipline within psychology. Psychoanalysis is commonly used to treat anxiety disorders and sometimes depression if the depressed client is willing to invest themselves (they seem to prefer a quick fix, whereas people with anxiety prefer the slow and steady approach which a psychoanalysist offers). The grandfather of psychoanalysis is Freud.
"Freud believed that events in our childhood have a great influence on our adult lives, shaping our personality. For example, anxiety originating from traumatic experiences in a person's past is hidden from consciousness, and may cause problems during adulthood (in the form of neuroses).
Thus, when we explain our behavior to ourselves or others (conscious mental activity), we rarely give a true account of our motivation. This is not because we are deliberately lying. While human beings are great deceivers of others; they are even more adept at self-deception.
Freud's life work was dominated by his attempts to find ways of penetrating this often subtle and elaborate camouflage that obscures the hidden structure and processes of personality.
His lexicon has become embedded within the vocabulary of Western society. Words he introduced through his theories are now used by everyday people, such as anal (personality), libido, denial, repression, cathartic, Freudian slip, and neurotic."
Read about Freud's first successful case: https://www.simplypsychology.org/Sigmund-Freud.html
In Studies in Hysteria (1895) Freud proposed that physical symptoms are often the surface manifestations of deeply repressed conflicts.
However, Freud was not just advancing an explanation of a particular illness. Implicitly he was proposing a revolutionary new theory of the human psyche itself.
This theory emerged “bit by bit” as a result of Freud’s clinical investigations, and it led him to propose that there were at least three levels of the mind.
The Unconscious MindFreud (1900, 1905) developed a topographical model of the mind, whereby he described the features of the mind’s structure and function. Freud used the analogy of an iceberg to describe the three levels of the mind.
See the ICEBERG graph which is famous in therapies and coaching: https://www.simplypsychology.org/Sigmund-Freud.html
Read the full article to research and understand the ICEBERG as well as more of Freud's discoveries on the Human Being such as the Ego.
Freud spoke about the coming to awareness (consciousness) being the healing (catharsis) which is experienced psychic/psychologically and physically in that moment of awareness/healing. We also call this somatic (feeling) experience.
source: https://www.simplypsychology.org/Sigmund-Freud.html
What happens during a session:
"In psychoanalysis (therapy) Freud would have a patient lie on a couch to relax, and he would sit behind them taking notes while they told him about their dreams and childhood memories. Psychoanalysis would be a lengthy process, involving many sessions with the psychoanalyst.
Due to the nature of defense mechanisms and the inaccessibility of the deterministic forces operating in the unconscious, psychoanalysis in its classic form is a lengthy process often involving 2 to 5 sessions per week for several years.
This approach assumes that the reduction of symptoms alone is relatively inconsequential as if the underlying conflict is not resolved, more neurotic symptoms will simply be substituted.
The analyst typically is a 'blank screen,' disclosing very little about themselves in order that the client can use the space in the relationship to work on their unconscious without interference from outside.
The psychoanalyst uses various techniques as encouragement for the client to develop insights into their behavior and the meanings of symptoms, including inkblots, parapraxes, free association, interpretation (including dream analysis), resistance analysis and transference analysis."
Basic assumptions:
source: https://www.simplypsychology.org/psychoanalysis.html
Due to the nature of defense mechanisms and the inaccessibility of the deterministic forces operating in the unconscious, psychoanalysis in its classic form is a lengthy process often involving 2 to 5 sessions per week for several years.
This approach assumes that the reduction of symptoms alone is relatively inconsequential as if the underlying conflict is not resolved, more neurotic symptoms will simply be substituted.
The analyst typically is a 'blank screen,' disclosing very little about themselves in order that the client can use the space in the relationship to work on their unconscious without interference from outside.
The psychoanalyst uses various techniques as encouragement for the client to develop insights into their behavior and the meanings of symptoms, including inkblots, parapraxes, free association, interpretation (including dream analysis), resistance analysis and transference analysis."
Basic assumptions:
- Psychoanalytic psychologists see psychological problems as rooted in the unconscious mind.
- Manifest symptoms are caused by latent (hidden) disturbances.
- Typical causes include unresolved issues during development or repressed trauma.
- Freud believed that people could be cured by making conscious their unconscious thoughts and motivations, thus gaining insight.
- Treatment focuses on bringing the repressed conflict to consciousness, where the client can deal with it."
source: https://www.simplypsychology.org/psychoanalysis.html
A Client-Centered Approach
(Rogerian Psychotherapy / Counseling / Early form of Coaching)
Rogers regarded everyone as a “potentially competent individual” who could benefit greatly from his form of therapy. The purpose of Roger’s humanistic therapy is to increase a person’s feelings of self-worth, reduce the level of incongruence between the ideal and actual self, and help a person become more of a fully functioning person.
One reason why Rogers (1951) rejected interpretation was that he believed that, although symptoms did arise from past experience, it was more useful for the client to focus on the present and future than on the past. Rather than just liberating clients from their past, as psychodynamic therapists aim to do, Rogerians hope to help their clients to achieve personal growth and eventually to self-actualize.
Core Conditions different from (pure) Psychoanalysis Client-centered therapy operates according to three basic principles that reflect the attitude of the therapist to the client:
The therapist is congruent with the client.
Congruence in Counseling
Congruence is also called genuineness. Congruence is the most important attribute in counseling, according to Rogers. This means that, unlike the psychodynamic therapist who generally maintains a 'blank screen' and reveals little of their own personality in therapy, the Rogerian is keen to allow the client to experience them as they really are.
The therapist does not have a façade (like psychoanalysis), that is, the therapist's internal and external experiences are one in the same. In short, the therapist is authentic.
Unconditional Positive Regard
The next Rogerian core condition is unconditional positive regard. Rogers believed that for people to grow and fulfill their potential it is important that they are valued as themselves.
This refers to the therapist's deep and genuine caring for the client. The therapist may not approve of some of the client's actions, but the therapist does approve of the client. In short, the therapist needs an attitude of "I'll accept you as you are."
The person-centered counselor is thus careful to always maintain a positive attitude to the client, even when disgusted by the client's actions.
Empathy
Empathy is the ability to understand what the client is feeling. This refers to the therapist's ability to understand sensitively and accurately [but not sympathetically] the client's experience and feelings in the here-and-now.
An important part of the task of the person-centered counselor is to follow precisely what the client is feeling and to communicate to them that the therapist understands what they are feeling.
In the words of Rogers (1959), accurate empathic understanding is as follows:
"The state of empathy, or being empathic, is to perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and meanings which pertain thereto as if one were the person, but without ever losing the 'as if' condition. Thus it means to sense the hurt or the pleasure of another as he senses it and to perceive the causes thereof as he perceives them, but without ever losing the recognition that it is as if I were hurt or pleased and so forth. If this 'as if' quality is lost, then the state is one of identification" (p. 210-211).
Source: https://www.simplypsychology.org/client-centred-therapy.html
One reason why Rogers (1951) rejected interpretation was that he believed that, although symptoms did arise from past experience, it was more useful for the client to focus on the present and future than on the past. Rather than just liberating clients from their past, as psychodynamic therapists aim to do, Rogerians hope to help their clients to achieve personal growth and eventually to self-actualize.
Core Conditions different from (pure) Psychoanalysis Client-centered therapy operates according to three basic principles that reflect the attitude of the therapist to the client:
The therapist is congruent with the client.
- The therapist provides the client with unconditional positive regard.
- The therapist shows an empathetic understanding to the client.
Congruence in Counseling
Congruence is also called genuineness. Congruence is the most important attribute in counseling, according to Rogers. This means that, unlike the psychodynamic therapist who generally maintains a 'blank screen' and reveals little of their own personality in therapy, the Rogerian is keen to allow the client to experience them as they really are.
The therapist does not have a façade (like psychoanalysis), that is, the therapist's internal and external experiences are one in the same. In short, the therapist is authentic.
Unconditional Positive Regard
The next Rogerian core condition is unconditional positive regard. Rogers believed that for people to grow and fulfill their potential it is important that they are valued as themselves.
This refers to the therapist's deep and genuine caring for the client. The therapist may not approve of some of the client's actions, but the therapist does approve of the client. In short, the therapist needs an attitude of "I'll accept you as you are."
The person-centered counselor is thus careful to always maintain a positive attitude to the client, even when disgusted by the client's actions.
Empathy
Empathy is the ability to understand what the client is feeling. This refers to the therapist's ability to understand sensitively and accurately [but not sympathetically] the client's experience and feelings in the here-and-now.
An important part of the task of the person-centered counselor is to follow precisely what the client is feeling and to communicate to them that the therapist understands what they are feeling.
In the words of Rogers (1959), accurate empathic understanding is as follows:
"The state of empathy, or being empathic, is to perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and meanings which pertain thereto as if one were the person, but without ever losing the 'as if' condition. Thus it means to sense the hurt or the pleasure of another as he senses it and to perceive the causes thereof as he perceives them, but without ever losing the recognition that it is as if I were hurt or pleased and so forth. If this 'as if' quality is lost, then the state is one of identification" (p. 210-211).
Source: https://www.simplypsychology.org/client-centred-therapy.html
Self-Actualisation (Maslow's Pyramid)
Self-actualisation is overhyped in the personal development industry and amongst some gurus, coaches and other professionals nowadays, even yoga-teachers. It is not scientifically backed up, but let's discover it as a theory and model so you decide what you want to take away from it as a next best thing in your life, without stretching yourself too far or too thin. For professionals with a coaching attitude it is important to always:
1. start where you are at (priorities)
2. make you fit the goal, make the goal fit you (be specific and authentic)
"Instead of focusing on psychopathology and what goes wrong with people, Maslow (1943) formulated a more positive account of human behavior which focused on what goes right. He was interested in human potential, and how we fulfill that potential.
Psychologist Abraham Maslow (1943, 1954) stated that human motivation is based on people seeking fulfillment and change through personal growth. Self-actualized people are those who were fulfilled and doing all they were capable of.
The growth of self-actualization (Maslow, 1962) refers to the need for personal growth and discovery that is present throughout a person’s life. For Maslow, a person is always 'becoming' and never remains static in these terms. In self-actualization, a person comes to find a meaning to life that is important to them."
Research and understand yourself through the pyramids (with times addaptations are made to the pyramide, you will find them in the article, but in general it remains the same):
https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html
"Individuals may perceive or focus on this need very specifically. For example, one individual may have a strong desire to become an ideal parent. In another, the desire may be expressed economically, academically or athletically. For others, it may be expressed creatively, in paintings, pictures, or inventions."
1. start where you are at (priorities)
2. make you fit the goal, make the goal fit you (be specific and authentic)
"Instead of focusing on psychopathology and what goes wrong with people, Maslow (1943) formulated a more positive account of human behavior which focused on what goes right. He was interested in human potential, and how we fulfill that potential.
Psychologist Abraham Maslow (1943, 1954) stated that human motivation is based on people seeking fulfillment and change through personal growth. Self-actualized people are those who were fulfilled and doing all they were capable of.
The growth of self-actualization (Maslow, 1962) refers to the need for personal growth and discovery that is present throughout a person’s life. For Maslow, a person is always 'becoming' and never remains static in these terms. In self-actualization, a person comes to find a meaning to life that is important to them."
Research and understand yourself through the pyramids (with times addaptations are made to the pyramide, you will find them in the article, but in general it remains the same):
https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html
"Individuals may perceive or focus on this need very specifically. For example, one individual may have a strong desire to become an ideal parent. In another, the desire may be expressed economically, academically or athletically. For others, it may be expressed creatively, in paintings, pictures, or inventions."
How to be(come) "self-actualised":
Characteristics of self-actualizers:
1. They perceive reality efficiently and can tolerate uncertainty;
2. Accept themselves and others for what they are;
3. Spontaneous in thought and action;
4. Problem-centered (not self-centered);
5. Unusual sense of humor;
6. Able to look at life objectively;
7. Highly creative;
8. Resistant to enculturation, but not purposely unconventional;
9. Concerned for the welfare of humanity;
10. Capable of deep appreciation of basic life-experience;
11. Establish deep satisfying interpersonal relationships with a few people;
12. Peak experiences;
13. Need for privacy;
14. Democratic attitudes;
15. Strong moral/ethical standards.
Behavior leading to self-actualization:
(a) Experiencing life like a child, with full absorption and concentration;
(b) Trying new things instead of sticking to safe paths;
(c) Listening to your own feelings in evaluating experiences instead of the voice of tradition, authority or the majority;
(d) Avoiding pretense ('game playing') and being honest;
(e) Being prepared to be unpopular if your views do not coincide with those of the majority;
(f) Taking responsibility and working hard;
(g) Trying to identify your defenses and having the courage to give them up.
The characteristics of self-actualizers and the behaviors leading to self-actualization are shown in the list above. Although people achieve self-actualization in their own unique way, they tend to share certain characteristics. However, self-actualization is a matter of degree, 'There are no perfect human beings' (Maslow,1970a, p. 176).
It is not necessary to display all 15 characteristics to become self-actualized, and not only self-actualized people will display them.
Maslow did not equate self-actualization with perfection. Self-actualization merely involves achieving one's potential. Thus, someone can be silly, wasteful, vain and impolite, and still self-actualize. Less than two percent of the population achieve self-actualization.
1. They perceive reality efficiently and can tolerate uncertainty;
2. Accept themselves and others for what they are;
3. Spontaneous in thought and action;
4. Problem-centered (not self-centered);
5. Unusual sense of humor;
6. Able to look at life objectively;
7. Highly creative;
8. Resistant to enculturation, but not purposely unconventional;
9. Concerned for the welfare of humanity;
10. Capable of deep appreciation of basic life-experience;
11. Establish deep satisfying interpersonal relationships with a few people;
12. Peak experiences;
13. Need for privacy;
14. Democratic attitudes;
15. Strong moral/ethical standards.
Behavior leading to self-actualization:
(a) Experiencing life like a child, with full absorption and concentration;
(b) Trying new things instead of sticking to safe paths;
(c) Listening to your own feelings in evaluating experiences instead of the voice of tradition, authority or the majority;
(d) Avoiding pretense ('game playing') and being honest;
(e) Being prepared to be unpopular if your views do not coincide with those of the majority;
(f) Taking responsibility and working hard;
(g) Trying to identify your defenses and having the courage to give them up.
The characteristics of self-actualizers and the behaviors leading to self-actualization are shown in the list above. Although people achieve self-actualization in their own unique way, they tend to share certain characteristics. However, self-actualization is a matter of degree, 'There are no perfect human beings' (Maslow,1970a, p. 176).
It is not necessary to display all 15 characteristics to become self-actualized, and not only self-actualized people will display them.
Maslow did not equate self-actualization with perfection. Self-actualization merely involves achieving one's potential. Thus, someone can be silly, wasteful, vain and impolite, and still self-actualize. Less than two percent of the population achieve self-actualization.
Educational applications (Pedagogy / Andragogy)
"Maslow's (1962) hierarchy of needs theory has made a major contribution to teaching and classroom management in schools. Rather than reducing behavior to a response in the environment, Maslow (1970a) adopts a holistic approach to education and learning.
Maslow looks at the complete physical, emotional, social, and intellectual qualities of an individual and how they impact on learning.
Applications of Maslow's hierarchy theory to the work of the classroom teacher are obvious. Before a student's cognitive needs can be met, they must first fulfill their basic physiological needs.
For example, a tired and hungry student will find it difficult to focus on learning. Students need to feel emotionally and physically safe and accepted within the classroom to progress and reach their full potential."
"Maslow suggests students must be shown that they are valued and respected in the classroom, and the teacher should create a supportive environment. Students with a low self-esteem will not progress academically at an optimum rate until their self-esteem is strengthened.Maslow (1971, p. 195) argued that a humanistic educational approach would develop people who are “stronger, healthier, and would take their own lives into their hands to a greater extent. With increased personal responsibility for one’s personal life, and with a rational set of values to guide one’s choosing, people would begin to actively change the society in which they lived”.
Source: https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html
Maslow looks at the complete physical, emotional, social, and intellectual qualities of an individual and how they impact on learning.
Applications of Maslow's hierarchy theory to the work of the classroom teacher are obvious. Before a student's cognitive needs can be met, they must first fulfill their basic physiological needs.
For example, a tired and hungry student will find it difficult to focus on learning. Students need to feel emotionally and physically safe and accepted within the classroom to progress and reach their full potential."
"Maslow suggests students must be shown that they are valued and respected in the classroom, and the teacher should create a supportive environment. Students with a low self-esteem will not progress academically at an optimum rate until their self-esteem is strengthened.Maslow (1971, p. 195) argued that a humanistic educational approach would develop people who are “stronger, healthier, and would take their own lives into their hands to a greater extent. With increased personal responsibility for one’s personal life, and with a rational set of values to guide one’s choosing, people would begin to actively change the society in which they lived”.
Source: https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html
Expanding/Growing/Understanding/Embodying Consciousness - Growing up
Maturity comes with age, wrong - Maturity comes with maturity. You would hope that it comes with age, but that is all too wrong. Encountering an emotionally mature person or being emotionally mature personality yourself, truly comes with growing emotional maturity (not the same as emotional intelligence by the way!)
There is a cycle of life though which is universal, which is a spiritual sense of working with ages/phases in your life where a certain psychology/spirituality is (hopefully) more prevalent and more important than the previous age or phase, but unfortunately that is also no guarantee, because someone could easily get stuck in emotional immaturity or suffer too much from his or her illness/disease or addictions. Yes, a human being is a complex being and we are still learning and putting the puzzle pieces together. Psychology, like all "ologies' and like science in general is a moving trend and a human evolving consciousness in itself.
What is development of the psyche?
SEE THIS CHART: https://www.barrettacademy.com/stages-of-psychological-development
The Barrett Model is the breakthrough work of Richard Barrett. Inspired by Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and tested over more than two decades of real-world experience with thousands of organisations, the model identifies the seven areas that comprise human motivations. These range from basic survival at one end, to service and concern for future generations at the other.
It provides a proven and extraordinarily useful map for understanding the values of your employees, leaders, and stakeholders. Even better, it offers a means for creating more supportive and productive relationships between them, and a deeper alignment of purpose across your organisation.
source: https://www.valuescentre.com/barrett-model
What is consciousness and what are the levels of consciousness?
Within those ages of psychological development you can operate on a lower or higher level of consciousness:
SEE THIS CHART: https://www.barrettacademy.com/levels-of-consciousness
What is a vibration or frequency and what is the scale?
Within those levels of consciousness you can vibrate your emotions/body's energy on different levels of consciousness:
Google HAWKIN'S SCALE
How has consciousness come about and where are we evolutionary?
A brief history / evolution and the complete overview (short summary) of human CONSCIOUSNESS:
https://www.slideshare.net/mavensophie/level-of-consciousness-esotericism-15842103
A guide to increasing/acting with consciousness:
"The genes, purely the genes, no consciousness, give you a vibration of 70. The mind, if it is not filled with a lot of stuff, allows you to raise yourself to the vibrational level of 100. Upbringing, education, television, newspaper, to 150. Effort, using what you got, reasonably much, raises your vibration to 220. Which indicates to me that the low vibration of the planet is due to people not making efforts, not applying themselves."
A guide to increasing/listening with consciousness:
"Theta state is where you disengage the filters and you can actually hear what someone say. I didn’t say: understand. But hear… without resistance, without needing to agree or disagree." Children and babies operate on a theta wave-length.
Source: https://www.yourvibration.com/23644/level-of-consciousness-vibrational-frequency/
Full-Spectrum consciousness
When you reach the latter years of your life, you may be fortunate enough to have learned how to master every stage of psychological development—your ego needs and your soul desires—and you will be able to operate from Full-Spectrum Consciousness. When you are operating from Full-Spectrum Consciousness, you can respond appropriately to all situations that life throws at you with inner calm—without fear, upset or anxiety. Individuals experiencing. People operating from Full-Spectrum Consciousness display the following attributes:
There is a cycle of life though which is universal, which is a spiritual sense of working with ages/phases in your life where a certain psychology/spirituality is (hopefully) more prevalent and more important than the previous age or phase, but unfortunately that is also no guarantee, because someone could easily get stuck in emotional immaturity or suffer too much from his or her illness/disease or addictions. Yes, a human being is a complex being and we are still learning and putting the puzzle pieces together. Psychology, like all "ologies' and like science in general is a moving trend and a human evolving consciousness in itself.
What is development of the psyche?
SEE THIS CHART: https://www.barrettacademy.com/stages-of-psychological-development
The Barrett Model is the breakthrough work of Richard Barrett. Inspired by Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and tested over more than two decades of real-world experience with thousands of organisations, the model identifies the seven areas that comprise human motivations. These range from basic survival at one end, to service and concern for future generations at the other.
It provides a proven and extraordinarily useful map for understanding the values of your employees, leaders, and stakeholders. Even better, it offers a means for creating more supportive and productive relationships between them, and a deeper alignment of purpose across your organisation.
source: https://www.valuescentre.com/barrett-model
What is consciousness and what are the levels of consciousness?
Within those ages of psychological development you can operate on a lower or higher level of consciousness:
SEE THIS CHART: https://www.barrettacademy.com/levels-of-consciousness
What is a vibration or frequency and what is the scale?
Within those levels of consciousness you can vibrate your emotions/body's energy on different levels of consciousness:
Google HAWKIN'S SCALE
How has consciousness come about and where are we evolutionary?
A brief history / evolution and the complete overview (short summary) of human CONSCIOUSNESS:
https://www.slideshare.net/mavensophie/level-of-consciousness-esotericism-15842103
A guide to increasing/acting with consciousness:
"The genes, purely the genes, no consciousness, give you a vibration of 70. The mind, if it is not filled with a lot of stuff, allows you to raise yourself to the vibrational level of 100. Upbringing, education, television, newspaper, to 150. Effort, using what you got, reasonably much, raises your vibration to 220. Which indicates to me that the low vibration of the planet is due to people not making efforts, not applying themselves."
A guide to increasing/listening with consciousness:
"Theta state is where you disengage the filters and you can actually hear what someone say. I didn’t say: understand. But hear… without resistance, without needing to agree or disagree." Children and babies operate on a theta wave-length.
Source: https://www.yourvibration.com/23644/level-of-consciousness-vibrational-frequency/
Full-Spectrum consciousness
When you reach the latter years of your life, you may be fortunate enough to have learned how to master every stage of psychological development—your ego needs and your soul desires—and you will be able to operate from Full-Spectrum Consciousness. When you are operating from Full-Spectrum Consciousness, you can respond appropriately to all situations that life throws at you with inner calm—without fear, upset or anxiety. Individuals experiencing. People operating from Full-Spectrum Consciousness display the following attributes:
- They master their survival needs by staying healthy, looking after their bodies and their financial security and keeping safe from harm and injury.
- They master their relationship needs by building friendships and family connections that create a sense of love and belonging.
- They master their self-esteem needs by building a strong sense of self-worth and acting responsibly and reliably in everything they do.
- They master their transformation needs by having the courage to embrace their authentic selves; living their values and managing or overcoming the fears that keep them focused on their deficiency needs.
- They master their internal cohesion needs by uncovering and embracing their soul’s purpose, expressing their creativity and thereby finding meaning in life.
- They master their making a difference needs through actualizing their sense of purpose and leveraging their actions in the world by connecting with others in unconditional loving relationships.
- They master their service needs by devoting their life to their sense of purpose and making a lasting contribution to well-being of humanity or the planet in service to current and future generations.
What drives us (our consciousness)? It's our Values!
The Oxford Dictionary has a similar approach; it defines values as: “one's judgment of what is important in life.”
Barret, having worked with and studied values for more than 25 years, realized that values are much more than “what is important to us”; values are the energetic drivers of our aspirations and intentions. They are the source of all human motivations and decision-making.
READ: https://www.barrettacademy.com/why-values
Barret, having worked with and studied values for more than 25 years, realized that values are much more than “what is important to us”; values are the energetic drivers of our aspirations and intentions. They are the source of all human motivations and decision-making.
READ: https://www.barrettacademy.com/why-values
What still prevents us/me from finding "purpose"?
Ego-Soul Dynamics
Even though the soul has no needs in the way that the ego has needs, it does have desires. The desires of the soul are three-fold: to fully express its unique gifts and talents (finding meaning and purpose in your life), to connect with others in unconditional loving relationships (so you can make a difference), and to contribute to the well-being of humanity and the planet (to be of service).
The only thing preventing you from fulfilling your soul’s desires are the fears you learned when you were young about meeting your survival, safety and security needs.When the ego’s fears prevent the soul from fulfilling its desires, you feel sadness. If the situation persists you become depressed. Eventually, if you feel your situation is hopeless, you may commit suicide.
If you want to feel a sense of well-being and find fulfilment in your life you must learn how to master or release your ego’s fears. This can demand great courage.
The Ego
Your ego is a field of conscious awareness that identifies with your physical body. Because the ego believes it inhabits a body and lives in a material world, it thinks it can die. Because it thinks it can die, it thinks it has needs, and because it thinks it has needs, it develops fears about not being able to get its needs met. Whenever you get, upset, impatient, anxious or fearful it is because you believe you have an unmet need. The principal needs of the ego are survival, safety and security.
The soul creates the ego around the age of two to act as a buffer to protect itself from the pain of separation it experiences when it is operating in a three-dimensional material world. It is important to understand that the ego is not who you are; it’s who you think you are. It is the personality mask you wear to get your needs met in the cultural framework of your existence.
The Soul
Your soul and the soul of every other human being is an individuated aspect of the universal energy field from which everything in our physical universe arises. Because the soul identifies with your energy field and not with your physical body, your soul knows it cannot die: consequently, it has no fears. Not only does the soul have no fears, it also has no needs. The reason your soul has no needs is because it creates whatever it desires through its thoughts. At the soul level, we live in a state of oneness. There is no separation. At this level of existence, giving becomes the same as receiving: when you give to others, you are giving to another aspect of yourself.
Source: https://www.barrettacademy.com/ego-soul-dynamics
Even though the soul has no needs in the way that the ego has needs, it does have desires. The desires of the soul are three-fold: to fully express its unique gifts and talents (finding meaning and purpose in your life), to connect with others in unconditional loving relationships (so you can make a difference), and to contribute to the well-being of humanity and the planet (to be of service).
The only thing preventing you from fulfilling your soul’s desires are the fears you learned when you were young about meeting your survival, safety and security needs.When the ego’s fears prevent the soul from fulfilling its desires, you feel sadness. If the situation persists you become depressed. Eventually, if you feel your situation is hopeless, you may commit suicide.
If you want to feel a sense of well-being and find fulfilment in your life you must learn how to master or release your ego’s fears. This can demand great courage.
The Ego
Your ego is a field of conscious awareness that identifies with your physical body. Because the ego believes it inhabits a body and lives in a material world, it thinks it can die. Because it thinks it can die, it thinks it has needs, and because it thinks it has needs, it develops fears about not being able to get its needs met. Whenever you get, upset, impatient, anxious or fearful it is because you believe you have an unmet need. The principal needs of the ego are survival, safety and security.
The soul creates the ego around the age of two to act as a buffer to protect itself from the pain of separation it experiences when it is operating in a three-dimensional material world. It is important to understand that the ego is not who you are; it’s who you think you are. It is the personality mask you wear to get your needs met in the cultural framework of your existence.
The Soul
Your soul and the soul of every other human being is an individuated aspect of the universal energy field from which everything in our physical universe arises. Because the soul identifies with your energy field and not with your physical body, your soul knows it cannot die: consequently, it has no fears. Not only does the soul have no fears, it also has no needs. The reason your soul has no needs is because it creates whatever it desires through its thoughts. At the soul level, we live in a state of oneness. There is no separation. At this level of existence, giving becomes the same as receiving: when you give to others, you are giving to another aspect of yourself.
Source: https://www.barrettacademy.com/ego-soul-dynamics