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The Case of Donna

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Donna is a 51-year-old divorced mother of Dutch descent. She has two children, ages 10 and 12. Donna is not an outwardly demonstrable mother. However, she takes pride in making sure her children do the right thing at all times, as it causes her distress if people think poorly of [...]

Motivation and the Sense of Self

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The two conceptual issues that are of interest to the Novice Counselor in regards to the study of personality are the motivations of behavior and the issue of self-concept or sense of self and how self-concept forms and changes.
As far as the motivations for certain individual behaviors, the Novice Counselor [...]