The theory of subpersonalities is a rapidly emerging theory of personality. In this article, the author offers a critique of the theory and urges that it be viewed and developed within the context of well-established holistic principles and theory.
Any concept of fragmentation presupposes some unity of which it is a fragmentation.
-Rollo May
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