WHO AM I NOW?

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WHO AM I NOW?

• Ten years ago?
• Ten years from now?

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Who am I?

• with________________?
• with________________?
• with________________?

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Personal Identity
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For most of us, by the age of 30, the character
has set like plaster and will never soften
again. (William James, 1890)
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Social Identity
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A man has as many social selves as there are
individuals who recognize him and generally shows
a different side of himself to each of these
different groups.(William James, 1890)
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Who am I?

• Personal Identity
• The I

• Social Identity
• The Me

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Identity Over the Life Span

• How do the I Me coexist?
• When do they emerge?
• How do the I Me evolve?
• Implications for counselling?
• Future research?

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Adolescence and Identity

• Eriksons identity vs confusion

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Identity and Young Adulthood

• Identity and intimacy

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Identity and Middle Adulthood

• Mid-Life Astonishment

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Identity and Old Age

• My core has stayed the same ( I ). Everything
  else has changed ( Me).
• Edna, 103 years old

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Implications for Therapy

• Narrative
• Auto-photography
• Multi-sensory

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Future Research

• Different settings, different subjects
• Influences
• AFFECTIVE response

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How does the core of the I cope with the
chaos of the Me?