What is the experience of having this thing we call a 'self ' like? It's common to think of the self as a single unit and that's great but actually what we quite often find in counselling is that the self is a mixture of parts The image of an orchestra comes to mind - with separate tones and qualities of sound coming from all the very different instruments and a conductor making sure all the instruments play the same tune together at the same time harmoniously - all followin