The Two of Me

How much of what we do is directed by conscious, deliberate decisions and how much originates in unconscious, automatic directives? This is the question explored in The Two of Me.

John Birtchnell is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry in London and author of Relating in Psychotherapy and How Humans Relate.

Contents. Preface. Part 1: The Outer Me/Inner Me Dichotomy. The Birth of an Idea. The Outer Me. The Inner Me. Part 2: Other Conscious/Unconscious Distinctions. Psychodynamic Distinctions. Cognitive Distinctions. Part 3: The Human Objectives. Survival. Reproduction. Relating. Part 4: The Receptive and Responsive Me. Sensory Input. Emotion. Memory. Part 5: The Active Me. Motor Action. Communication and Language. Mental Activity. Part 6: The Complex Me. Deception and Self-Deception. Delusions and Hallucinations. Dreams. Part 7: The Social Me. The Arts. Humour. Religion. Bibliography. Author Index. Subject Index.