Erik Erikson

The chronicler of the lifelong identity, Erikson expanded the gaze of psychoanalysis beyond childhood to the entire span of the human horizon. He framed life as a series of eight "Psychosocial Crises," from the "Trust" of the newborn to the "Integrity" of the dying elder. He is the master of the "Identity Crisis," the one who understood that we are constantly reinventing ourselves at every crossroad of age. He represents the narrative arc of the self, the one who reminds us that the story is never finished until the final breath is drawn.