Eric Berne proposed but never fully elaborated his ideas about nonconscious human processes and their role in developing a sense of self. In the early work of contemporary psychoanalyst Christopher Bollas, there are parallels to Berne's thinking that can be used to more fully develop Berne's vision of human functioning and maturing.
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