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A six page paper which considers some of the similarities and differences between the western perspective on personality theory and the eastern. The paper focuses particularly on Jungian and gestalt theories as compared to Buddhism. Bibliography lists 5 sources
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a number of ways in which they can be shown to have similar objectives despite their different methodologies, and ways in which they interact or dovetail extremely successfully. For instance,
Fadiman (2003) makes the point that whilst psychotherapy based on the Freudian model is eminently suited to self-exploration (he describes it as a luxury which everyone should enjoy) it is
not efficient at achieving what one actually wants. He notes that an efficient practice is one which achieves ones goals and is structured specifically towards that end: psychotherapy is rather
like ice-fishing, where one casts the line into the water wherever is most convenient and waits to see what bites.
The development of personality needs to be both structured and dynamic: this concept is explored in the gestalt theory of
Perls and others, who moved away from the stylised and hierarchical concept of Freudian psychotherapy towards a much more fluid and flexible model which acknowledges that there is no single,
fixed "core" to the personality but rather one which is constantly changing and adapting in order to make up the whole - the gestalt of the individual. As Daniels (2003)
notes, in other words, people are constantly changing and re-inventing aspects of themselves in order to adapt to the equivalent changes which are taking place in the outside world.
Jung, also, saw this method of self-exploration as valuable in the individuals
search to understand the Self. He asserts, for instance, that neurosis is a kind of cyclical self-inflicted pain which can never be of benefit to the individuals growth: genuine pain,
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