How does it Help Teens?ĭabrowski’s Theory of Positive Disintegration (TPD)(1970) can make it possible for teenagers to find a path back to their strengths, to re-discover a place of security within from which to move forward with promise into their adult lives. In new handbooks on giftedness, Dabrowski’s theory became a chapter (Jackson, Moyle, Piechowski, 2009) or he is the least mentioned (Pfeiffer, 2008). Theory of Positive Disintegration (TPD) receives growing attention and becomes subject of research (Yakmaci-Gu:zel, 2002 Mendaglio, 2008 Daniels & Piechowski, 2009 Kaaij & Mink, 2009 White, 2007). A perspective that can give guidance and support on the moral path that gifted people often step on to and can spontaneously ignite an autonomous personal growth process, called ‘autopsychotherapy’.ĭabrowski (1970) has developed a deep lived through, meaningful and well founded perspective and theory: Theory of Positive Disintegration (TPD), that is seen as the driving force in the social and emotional area of giftedness (Mendaglio, 2008).ĭabrowski has become a very common reference in the gifted area.A perspective that acknowledges and appreciates the crises gifted people often go through, that gives a positive meaning to those crises as necessary elements in their personal growth: there is definitely light at the end of the tunnel.
A perspective that helps teenagers to understand their own emotions, urges and stress in a workable framework, teaches them to appreciate intensity as an indicator for giftedness and not only IQ, and shows them emotions can be the motivator for personality development.A perspective that helps them understand the dynamics in society, politics, between people in all kinds of different situations, in intimate relationships, at school and also (later) at the working place.“As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.” Vincent van Gogh What do we need? More-able neurodiverse children, teenagers and adults need a perspective in which they can see their own experiences, their inner world, highs and lows reflected, their here and now and their dreams.
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