Self Concept - inc. Conditions of Worth, Introjections, Organismic Self and Psychological Tension 

The Elsa (Frozen) example, "conceal dont feel, be the good girl you're supposed to be"😢..... is spot on ❤

I can't tell you how happy I am to have discovered your channel. This is helping so much with my study. Thanks so much.

Studying mental health and counselling, this video has been great for consolidating my knowledge of person-centred therapy! Animations were a great addition

Absolutely brilliant! I have spend days with my head in my Uni books trying to understand something that you have just broken down and explained in 10 minutes. Huge thank you! My mind is blown and the animations were brill!

I am a counsellor in training, I must say this is the best explanation of the self concept i have come across. thankyou so much. You have a new subscriber.

Hi Chris, I'm a Person-Centred counsellor and am building up my practice. I had a baby whilst finishing placement hours, so it stalled my progress a bit. This video reminded me about getting back to basics and not over thinking everything, as well as how effective Person-Centred therapy can be. I'm making an introductory video for my website and wasn't sure how to start. This has given me an idea to just touch on the theory with an emphasis of why the core conditions are so effective. You speak clearly and with conviction. I'm subscribing. Great work.

Understood a whole Chapter from my book in just 10 mins 🙄 ! Thank you so much 🥰

As a therapist in internship this video was sooooo helpful in giving me direction. Subscribe, like, and alert. Thanks!!

Thank you so much for this. I'm currently studying counselling also working through my own issues around self. I found the the little video really useful as I learn better with visuals. 😊

Hello again Chris. I've dusted off my Client-Centered Therapy (and corrected my spelling) and have done some mildly dispiriting trawling through other RU-vid vids to find an equally dispiriting pattern - the more accurate the representation of these circles, the less hits the vid gets and the less accurate, especially those that suggest that we can somehow find our pure, unadulterated 'authentic' self in them get more, proportional to the amount of certainty and, I suspect comfort, they can project. Watching your video has prompted me to revisit places that I haven't been in 20 years and man have they changed, both internally and externally. You have my gratitude.

This video has really made it all so much clearer - never thought I'd be so grateful for a reminder of Frozen, and yet here we are! Thank you, can't wait to see more videos from you, much appreciated!

This, I feel is the absolute truth. 🙏

Such a good explanation!! Thank you 🙏🏻

Fantastic video and using frozen to explain made it easier to understand

Thank you for that, You are a very talented guy.

Thank you, Chris, this is so clear and easy to take in, and I think the animation works great, nice and simple and easy to digest

This is an awesome breakdown

Thanks counselor Chris! Excellent lesson. Double thumbs up for your animation!

Thank you Chris, your video is very helpful in my journey to find who am I 😊

Thank you Chris! This has really helped me understand my studies!

Great video Chris! Studying psychology and your videos are really helping understand theories and concepts, thank you

Chris, thanks for your videos. You explained so clearly PCT concepts. Much appreciated!

Wow, thanks for explaining this Chris. Being gay I can totally understand my behaviour, and my self concept coupled with incongruence. It’s a learning curve and will help me in my journey to become a counsellor. Great work, and thanks again.👍

Thanks, Chris, I love your style and clarity.

Awesome presentation, so clear with relatable examples - Thanks Chris.

This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my RU-vid channel 6 months ago about self development. Now I have 569 subs and > 100 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.

love the animations! Incredibly helpful way of illustrating and reinforcing learning.

thank you for this video ! the exercise you recommended at the end was very useful and enlightening. This has really helped me understand self concept and introjected values well.

Thank you, can i say that your video clip is very clear, informative and enjoyable to watch. The information presented in a very friendly and clear voice, your delivery speed absolutely spot on

Really helpful for my assignment on self concept. Thank you :) You're very clear and make it make sense

Hi Chris Thank you for making this video and explaining this so clearly. I really engaged with this video about Self Concept, the example about Elsa was really good. This is really helpful to my Counselling training. I hope you are keeping safe and healthy at this time. Keep up the brilliant work.

great video, so easy to understand and helpful for my studies! Thank you Chris.

Fantastic video. Really explained it well. Thank you! Animation really helps to visualise it.

Just started my level 2 counselling and honestly your videos are sooo helpful. Very concise and still rich with information and easy to understand. Thank you

This is soo true 😢

Love the animation 👌

Brilliant video, love the diagrams! Much appreciated!

Thank you Chris.. Love your channel.x

Thank you, just revising for external case study exam and found this video very helpful

Really well explained. Watched this before and just revisiting it because it’s put across in such easy to understand way.

chris your so brilliant in your explanation of Rodgers have helped thanks dude x

Thank you Chris fascinating insight, and very good demonstration. As a visual learner, I thought the animation was very good, I will be subscribing and following your channel

Thanks so much for this great explanation. I was struggling with how everything interlinks but it is all much clearer from your video and love the frozen analogy lol I will be watching the film again from a whole different perspective lol

Excellent

Wonderful explanation, love to see animation... Thank you Chris just subscribed your chanel to learn more from you 💜

Amazing content...............

great video

Thanks Chris, this is a very informative video..really helpful :)

Thank you Chris.Your video filled a gap in my knowledge.

The video was helpful to understand Person centre therapy

So helpful thank you!

Very well explained 👍

A great summary of some key concepts - but something i will need to watch and re-watch as so much to fully absorb ( thank goodness for RU-vid) . You have a real gift at explaining things though and i really enjoy the way you present things in such a simplified way. Dawn

Thank you. Easy to understand. I am going to hit it..The subscribe button😊👍👌

Hey Chris! I have a question I've been struggling with. I'm hoping I can articulate it clearly enough. In your video the diagram shows psychological tension being created between the self concept and the organismic self. This is how I've come to understand it and read about in various books. However in other books they split the self concept into three (self image, self worth, ideal self) and then have the psychological tension coming from the incongruence between self image and ideal self. Now I'm confused as to whether the tension comes from within the self concept, or between the self concept and organismic self. Or both. Or alternatively whether I've got myself confused haha I'm still in the process of qualification so it's early days. Thanks again for creating such a useful channel

brilliant, very helpful x

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Hello Chris, I enjoyed watching your vid. Your animation was fine in my opinion. I've noticed a little confusion in the comments about these circles and I admit to some myself. I thought that there were two, self-structure (your self-concept) and the second being experience denied to awareness. Where these overlapped sat an area of what I'm guessing is your organismic self, a kind of undistorted awareness or congruence. It may be that I've either got different circles or that he altered this scematic during his life. Certainly this was one of his earlier diagrams and showed the dynamic nature of his approach - that as therapy progressed, the client would allow more experience into awareness, challenge their condition laden self-structure and increase their congruence thus also increasing the overlap. I can't be sure but I think I'm referring to 'Client Centred Therapy' (spelled in the American way of course).

i liked the reference to frozen!

Hi Chris, thank you for this video. It was really interesting and useful. I liked the examples and the the animation was really helpful. I am coming to the end of my level 3 in counselling and I’ve watched your videos before. Then I saw your training in Hove. I’m investigating various level 4 courses in the area to start in September and I’m very interested in person centred counselling. On my level 3 we were given a diagram of the self-concept where in one circle there is the organismic self (our true authentic self- what we are born with), then another circle with the ideal self (the self/person we truly want to be)within it. The two circles overlap slightly in the middle. We then had introjected values and conditions of worth as arrows impacting on the two selves. You have described the organismic self and self concept within two separate circles and have not mentioned the ‘ideal self’. I am interested to know your view of what I’ve been given on my course as a description of the self-concept. I’ve done reading around this and also was interested in how this all works with self-actualisation. When a person becomes ‘fully functioning’ or ‘self-actualised’ does the organismic self and ideal self become fully integrated? Or in your version, the self concept and organismic self become fully integrated? I’d be very grateful to hear your view or explanation of the above. Thank you, Helen 😊

Hi Chris, I love the animation. Can one's conditions of worth be seen as a growing edge?

thanks..a good explanation 🤓😀

Really good and very clear

Hi Chris, I loved your explanation and the way I which self concept is formed. Brilliant for beginners and a concise summary of introjection. I really cannot stand that jangly music accompanying your animation. It's everywhere these days and the "hack" association cheapens it. It's a no for me though I like the animation itself.

you're quality mate, keep it up and get me my degree

Hello Chris I've enjoyed watching your video. How does self concept work in CBT?

I noticed when I made my list of aspects of myself that I felt one or two were both true to me and likely conditions of worth. I found it really hard to separate, can they be both? Or does the fact that they were formed originally as conditions of worth (being fun in company) preclude them being a real part of my organismic self?

What about if you're experiencing acute depression or anxiety and don't actually know how you feel, or you can't think straight because the depression is clouding your thoughts? Is it still possible to be helped by person centred therapy when you're so overwhelmed?

Hi chris I have to writer process report any recommendations

thanks for explaining it so well..i am often criticized for being strong and i believe this is the REAL ME, cant it be the case or our real selves are only vulnerable ? pls enlighten

You are really great where did you study to become a counsellor?

I want to ask, what is the example of organismic self ?