JOHARI WINDOWS

Most human beings think they know themselves. They think what they consciously know is all there is to know about themselves. Johari Window shows that there is more than meet the eyes. We can know our selves and others can also know our selves. According to the Window, there are four part of our selves that gives us life that we know it.

Public Self
Public Self is what is known to me and others. This is the public knowledge about my self, such as appearance, persona (public self), identity (name, religion, school, job, etc), and other public knowledge.

Private Self
What is known to me only. This is the private knowledge about my self, such as secret, secret thoughts, lie to others, and other secret.

Hidden Self
What is know to others, but not to me. This is the hidden knowledge about my self, such as shadow, bias, thinking distortions, anything that we are not aware of.

Unknown self
Not known to me and others. This is the unknown knowledge about my self. This includes our unconscious, potential that hasn't materialized yet.

Problems in our life is mostly caused not by public self or unknown self, but caused by private self and hidden self. Most people comes to counseling and therapy for problems caused by private and hidden self. There is no problem caused by Public self is the self is open for public. Most problems in our life is caused by something hidden, either by ignorance or denial. There is a saying that "all criminal behaviors are committed at night".

If we have a problem and experience stress, ask ourselves a question if we are keeping a secret or there is something that we don't know.