The term character is used here in the dynamic sense in which Freud speaks of character. In this sense it refers not to the sum total of behavior patterns characteristic […]
Author: Rainer Funk
biophilia; love of life (biophilia)
Biophilia is the passionate love of life and of all that is alive; it is the wish to further growth, whether in a person, a plant, an idea, or a […]
therapeutic relationship
The most fundamental point is the transformation of the whole analytic situation from one in which a detached observer studies an „object“ to one of interpersonal communication. (…) This is […]
consciousness
Consciousness is the mental activity in our state of being preoccupied with external reality-with acting. The unconscious is the mental experience in a state of existence in which we have […]
social needs; needs, social
Man is not only a member of society. Man is a member of the human race. Man has necessities of his own which exist quite independently from any other society. […]