character
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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. [...]
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