The examination of the relationship between Fordham's concept and the other models seems to me to be particularly valuable because one's horizons are extended, enabling one by means of this comparison to see with greater clarity the basic components of one's own model.

The polarity to which Fordham draws attention is found in both the Freudian and the Jungian schools, and this shows that the question at issue centres on two basic possibilities. These exist not only in the broad area of our understanding and view of man, but more specifically in the matter of the two fundamental possibilities for man himself: namely that of being autonomous and that of being dependent and related. Both are realities, guiding and influencing the development of adults as well as children. An understanding of man seems attainable to me only if both aspects are given due consideration. We can only do this if we have at our disposal suitable theoretical models for both possibilities.