Self-Concept and the Johari Window (starts at 1.20 mins)
We choose topics for this section from emails that we receive or from posts on our Facebook page. In the Counselling Tutor Facebook group, you can connect with over 33,000 students, tutors, qualified counsellors and supervisors.
It’s a great opportunity to ask any questions and discuss your learning, getting other people’s ideas and input into your learning.
Questions about self-concept crop up quite regularly there. In this podcast, Rory and Ken explore what self-concept is, focusing on the Johari window as a tool that can really help in identifying your self-concept and working towards living fully as your real self.
Named after its creators, Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham, the Johari window comprises four ‘panes’, corresponding to aspects that are:
- known to self and known to others
- not known to self but known to others
- known to self but not known to others
- known neither to self nor to others.
Ken and Rory look at how each of these four areas fits with counselling training and practice, pointing out that the model is relevant to qualified practitioners as well as to new students of counselling and psychotherapy.
As we continue to grow in self-awareness, we gradually reveal more and more of the unknown areas, enabling us to move forward further and further in our personal development.
A new lecture on self-concept- by counsellor and trainer Emma Chapman - has recently been added to the Counselling Study Resource (CSR). In addition, Rory has created a handout on the Johari window, which you can download here or access through the CSR.