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Eight Stages,
Two Paths:
Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial
Stages of Development
By Rifka Schonfeld, Director of S.O.S.
(Strategies For Optimum Success)
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, I took the one less traveled by,
And sorry I could not travel both ŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ŵĂĚĞ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ͘
And be one traveler, long I stood -Robert Frost
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth; ZŽďĞƌƚ &ƌŽƐƚ͛Ɛ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ƉŽĞŵ ͞dŚĞ
Road Not Taken” tells the story of
Then took the other, as just as fair, two roads in a wood and the poet
ŶĚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƚŚĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ĐůĂŝŵ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ƚŽ ƚƌĂǀĞů ĚŽǁŶ ŽŶĞ
Because it was grassy and wanted and not the other. Without being
wear, aware of this, our whole lives have
Bulletin
Though as for that the passing there been a series of paths in which there
,ĂĚ ǁŽƌŶ ƚŚĞŵ ƌĞĂůůLJ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ are splits and we can take one road
ƐĂŵĞ͕ or another. According to Erik Erik-
ƐŽŶ͕ Ă ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ,ĂƌǀĂƌĚ ƉƐLJĐŚŽůŽŐŝƐƚ͕
ŶĚ ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ĞƋƵĂůůLJ ůĂLJ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĞŝŐŚƚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƐƚĂŐĞƐ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ
In leaves no step had trodden black. lives in which we are faced with two
KŚ͕ / ŬĞƉƚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĚĂLJ͊ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƉĂƚŚƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƉĂƚŚƐ ĚĞƚĞƌ-
Yet knowing how way leads on to way ŵŝŶĞ ŽƵƌ ƉƐLJĐŚŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ĂŶĚ ĞŵŽƟŽŶ-
/ ĚŽƵďƚĞĚ ŝĨ / ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĞǀĞƌ ĐŽŵĞ ďĂĐŬ͘ al well-being.
I shall be telling this with a sigh Erikson’s psychosocial stages of de-
^ŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞ ĂŐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŐĞƐ ŚĞŶĐĞ͗ ǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ĂƌĞ ĚŝǀŝĚĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ĞŝŐŚƚ
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
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