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Nonconscious Processes and Self-Development: Key Concepts from Eric Berne and Christopher Bollas

Pages 200-217
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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Eric Berne proposed but never fully elaborated his ideas about nonconscious human processes and their role in developing a sense of self. In the early work of contemporary psychoanalyst Christopher Bollas, there are parallels to Berne's thinking that can be used to more fully develop Berne's vision of human functioning and maturing.

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N. Michel Landaiche

William F. Cornell, M.A., Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy), is a psychotherapist, supervisor, consultant, and trainer. He is editor of the ITAA newsletter, The Script and a coeditor of the Transactional Analysis Journal. His work reflects his training in transactional analysis, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and body-centered psychotherapy. He may be contacted at 145 44th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, USA, or by e-mail at
N. Michel Landaiche, III, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist for the student counseling center at Carnegie Mellon University. He can be contacted at 515 South Aiken Avenue, #509, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA, or by e-mail at .
 

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