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self-story en · NOUN

Etymology

From self- + story.

Meanings

1. A story or account specific to oneself.
   • Further, is there a difference between the individual who is writing the self-story and the self whose story is being written? 2018, Jennifer Lodi-Smith, Kenneth G. DeMarree, Self-Concept Clarity:
   • This process facilitates the construction of a more comprehensive and coherent account of the client's self-story. 2004, Hubert J.M. Hermans, Giancarlo Dimaggio, The Dialogical Self in Psychotherapy, page 79:
   • Therapeutically, the goal of ACT is not so much to alter a person's self-story but to weaken their attachment to it. 2014, John Marzillier, The Trauma Therapies:

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