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Autopsychotherapy

Autopsychotherapy is the practice of guiding one’s own development by engaging in self-reflection, ethical self-evaluation, and inner conflict resolution. For Dąbrowski, this is a core component of higher-level development.

Key features:
• Self-observation and moral critique
• Deliberate self-education
• Integration of ideal and actual self
• Emotional growth through crisis and resolution

It is both a method and an outcome of advanced personality structure.