Tom Condon

Beyond our biological need for identity is the desire to know who we are in a deep, personal sense. Each of us maintains a self-image that is based on who we once were within our family of origin, culture and subculture.

Our self-image partially reflects how others first saw us. Therapist Salvador Minuchin has observed that “families create specialists.” That is, children often feel typecast within their family script. Early in life, we were recognized for particular qualit...

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