Motifs:

About the Book

Just as DNA determines the genetic makeup of every individual, a motif determines individual bio¬psycho-social, emotional, and spiritual behaviors and attitudes. This epigenetic theory of individuality describes the motif as a unique artistry of organizing principles. The author uses the concept of motif to explain physiology, behavior, and attitude and to show how each person has his or her own unique system of motifs that comprises the fabric of every level of personality. Case studies exemplify the way in which motifs manifest the ""self"" and how the core personality is understood once the individual's motif is revealed. Of interest to graduate students in psychology and clinicians and counselors in the field of humanistic and clinical psychology, holistic medicine, wellness and mind-body healing, psycho-biology, and spirituality this book will bring new understanding to personality and behavior studies.

About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Don J. Feeney, Jr. is the founder and director of Consulting Psychological Services, P.C., in Downers Grove and Chicago, Illinois, where he functions as a licensed clinical psychologist. He earned his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Loyola University of Chicago in 1979 and has been fascinated with the study of life purpose dynamics and motifs for more than twenty-nine years. He completed postdoctoral studies at the University of Chicago and attended the Adler Institute of Chicago. He is a certified alcohol and drug counselor and has published numerous articles on addictions. He has been on many national talk shows and recently completed Motifs: The Transformative Creation of Self and is currently working on new material related to the Psychology of Terrorism. He is a certified neurolinguistic programmer, using Ericksonian hypnosis in his therapy and publications. He has drawn extensively from many theoretical and clinical fields in formulating his particular brand of therapeutic intervention involving healing and sensory motifs.