By psychodynamics (movement of the psyche) we understand the inner processes which give a person stability, identity, direction and control of his impulses, enabling competence building and social co-existence. These processes crystallise into patterns, which then make certain other processes more likely. Through meta-theoretical analyses of numerous theories developed by psychology, we have identified eight …
To be self-contained and to enjoy it without feeling lonely is a well-adjusted need for distance. For this, you require the ability of holding those, whom you love or who are important to you inwardly present. This ability, which is called object constancy, can hardly be overvalued. If it is missing, then every experience of …
Being close to other people means showing another who you are at that moment without holding back and with a psychological wholeheartedness. Closeness, as one of the two bonding poles, enables moments of security, intimacy and solidarity in an uncertain world. And it enables you to experience, beyond words and understanding, how it feels to …
Not one sound fears the silence that extinguishes it. And no silence exists that is not pregnant with sound. John Cage, 45′ for a Speaker. Silence.
“How lucky those who can still hope to emerge from this sea of errors! What one does not know is just that what one needs, and what one knows one cannot use.” Faust I, Vers 1064 ff.
By conflict dynamics we mean the process about how certain communication patterns develop and stabilise in social systems. They develop an autonomy which is described as conflict-laden. Thus, conflict systems ‘exist’, whose autonomous lives can be described independently of the conflict-laden issue, by the actors in their temporal development and stability. This is because of …
The debate surrounding people’s basic needs is long, muddled, confusing and inconsistent. It is hardly possible to work through all the literature on the subject. At a metatheoretical level, though, one can ultimately identify three basic emotional and psychological needs: the need for bonding, the need for self-determination and the need for self-esteem. Within the context …
Nothing ‘is’, all is ‘in flux’. Within the display format we have given shape to this formative sentence from the “Meta Theory of Change”, presented here. For first time visitors to this site it is therefore often helpful to first read the information presented in the display format, and then to return to the content …