“If You're So Smart, Why Do You Need Counseling?”
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Deborah Ruf
Deborah L. Ruf, Ph.D. founded Educational Options to “help the families of gifted children, particularly highly and profoundly gifted children, to know where to begin their search for answers related to gifted issues.” She is author of Losing Our Minds: Gifted Children Left Behind.
By Deborah Ruf
Published on 10/15/2006
A reasonably clear perception of self appears to be one prerequisite to
advanced emotional development. For people who are outside the norm in
any significant way, as gifted people are, obtaining accurate feedback
about their abilities, strengths, weaknesses, and the acceptability of
their personality characteristics is difficult.