2002_Piechowski_Experiencing in a Higher Key

Piechowski introduces Dąbrowski’s theory to a gifted education audience, presenting the five overexcitabilities as the foundation of developmental potential and offering practical guidance for accepting and accommodating intensities in children. The article illustrates multilevelness through adolescent responses to the Overexcitability Questionnaire, including a case showing the shift from egocentric self-fulfillment to moral conflict, and draws on Eleanor Roosevelt’s reflections on self-knowledge to convey the inner work of positive disintegration.