WORLDVIEW AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION IN THE CONTEXT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING
The article is one of the series of publications, which aims at theoretical description of a concept of differentiation. This concept first appeared in “Theories M. Bowen family systems” - one of the areas of practice of psychological counseling. Unlike the American tradition, the authors suggest the use of this concept in an extended sense, not only as a property of the individual, but also as a general explanatory construct. The article examines the relationship of worldview, and psychological differentiation. On examples of cognitive emotional and rational therapy by A. Ellis the authors study mechanisms to improve the quality of life and efficiency of psychological assistance, related to the complexity of the picture of the world in the process of differentiation. The researchers come up with an idea of the connection of psychological differentiation with maturity of an individual.