Chapter 3:

I Am Whole and Steady－

Wholeness and Balance in Life.
 What is Wholeness?
Wholeness,  It has 4 Different
aspects－mental,
essentially, is an emotional, physical,
integral sense of social, and spiritual
integration. are in harmony or
balanced.
 Wholenesss is a
 Harmony or feeling
transcendental of balance is
life goal.It is a important for self-
esteem and self
lifelong pursuit. actualization.
 MAN AS A WHOLE BEING
 Man, a multifaceted being, is essentially a
whole person at first breath of life. In the
course of time, we begin to see life as
becoming complex, if not hard. each part of
our life deserves equal share of our
attention. But experience would show that
certain areas of life take the bigger share of
the whole.
 Emeth and Greenhut
(1991)
• wrote that we are all
pilgrims on a journey
towards wholeness and
fullness of life.
• It is an ideal human goal
given its good
implications to the total
functioning of the
individual as well as the
meaning to life.
Carl Jung
(1875-1961)
is one of the few
classical thinkers
and psychologists
during his time who
seriously put
forward the concept
of wholenesss in
theory and practice.
• At the time, psychologists like Freud
were busy looking into insticts, while
others were interested in
understanding behaviors.
• Interestingly, Jung viewed life to be
full of opposites
• For Jung, wholeness is a unifying
element of his psychological, attained
by way of an individuation process.
What is this so-called individuation process?

 individuation is the process of

transforming one’s psyche by
bringing the personal and collective
unconscious into conscious.
(1972) June Singer's Book of Boundaries of the Soul

 Boundaries Of The Soul has become

recognized as THE classic introduction
to Jung and the practice of Jung's
psychology.
 Gestaltism theory

 Gestalism theory holds that

psychological distress or mental
problems are caused significantly by
the spilt self. It also takes a bodily
orientation (physical self) intergrated
with psychological functioning in
treating an individual.
 This intergrated approach also brings
in the soma (body) and psyche (mind)
to come into light.
 Kepner (1987)
“an intergrated
approach aims to
bring together al
aspects of the
person so that the
person can
experience himself
or herself as a
unitary organism.”
This holistic view that Gestalt
adapts sees the whole as
greater than the sum of its
parts. In short, man is a whole
being and functioning unit.
 ASPECTS OF HOLISTIC
DEVELOPMENT:
DEVELOPING THE WHOLE
PERSON
 Physical Development
• It points to the body and its functioning.
the period of adolescence brings major
changes in the physical make-up of an
individual.
• Growth spurts are at its peak brought
about by hormonal changes. This is the
time when you become conscious of
your body and strive to be in good
shape.
ARIGATO!