Exploring Relationship to Self and Others

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The purpose of this paper is to explore relationships, which emerge, between self and others. As a foundation for understanding, “what it means to be a human being?” I will investigate the theory of the self, focusing on the philosopher Martin Heidegger. Heidegger depicts the human “being”, which he refers to as “Dasein” meaning, “to be there” (Solomon 1972), as an entity that can only be described by its relationship with the world and its environment. He talks about the interties between the tangible day-to-day world and the development of what is described as a human being (Warnock 1970). To have a clearer perspective of the “human being” it is important to understand man’s past as well as the present. Carl G Jung explores self through imagery; he makes distinct connections between myths and symbols to the unconscious mind. Jung unravels the active imagination, the dream world, referring to dreams as unconscious messages, which conveys influences exposed to the “self” which we may not be aware of.

I aim to explore the different art forms observing their attributes to a therapeutic environment. Through investigating our ability to create imagery, I hope to discover how artist media can help to communicate and clarify feelings and emotions in a safe setting. Employing a method of analogy, I aim to unfold the concept of fantasy. Identifying fantasy as an opportunity to be more exploratory with imagery in a productive manner and not as a form of escape or retreat from reality.

The focus of this essay will be on how difficult relationships can arise and the type characteristics that can be identified as key players in these difficult interactions. Through Donald Winnicott’s extensive research and observation of infant ...

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A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis. Contributors: Sigmund Freud - author, G. Stanley Hall - transltr. Publisher: Horace Liveright. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1920. Page Number: 324.

The Person Who Is Me: Contemporary Perspectives on the True and False Self. Contributors: Val Richards - editor, Gillian Wilce - editor. Publisher: Karnac Books. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1996.

The Dialogical Self in Psychotherapy. Contributors: Hubert J. M. Hermans - editor, Giancarlo Dimaggio - editor. Publisher: Brunner-Routledge.

Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 2004.

John Bowlby and Attachment Theory. Contributors: Jeremy Holmes - author. Publisher: Routledge. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1993.

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