Grave’s Values Model for Psychological Development

by Scott Jeffrey

Why do you humans have so much conflict with one another?

How can two intelligent beings be unable to see eye to eye?

What’s at the root of so much of our internal conflict and our frequent inflexibility to adopt different perspectives?

The model described below addresses all of these questions and more.

If you’re interested in understanding human behavior, psychological development, cultural dynamics, leadership, and communication, jump in! 

Table of Contents

• What is Grave’s Levels of Existence?
• The Origins of Grave’s Model
• The Eight Stages of Grave’s Model
  • The Instinctive Self
  • The Magical Self
  • The Impulsive Self
  • The Rule/Role Self
  • The Achiever Self
  • The Sensitive Self
  • The Integral Self
  • The Holistic Self
• The Relationship between Grave’s and Maslow’s Model
• The Importance of Integration
• The Dance of Masculine and Feminine Energies
• How Grave’s Model Explains Human Conflict
• How to Use Grave’s Model for Business
• How Values Influences Psychological Development
  • Achievement versus the Sensitive Self
  • Including versus Dissociating
• The Vital Shift to Integration
• How to Use this Model for Shadow Work
• How to Use this Model for Self Development
• What Do You Think?