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Archives for March 2020

Identification – Post 2

March 30, 2020 //  by Tony White

Identification allows for humans to have their own vicarious experiences Definition of vicarious experience –  1. Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another 2. Experienced or realised through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another Both of these talk of imagination and thus we could say this process works …

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Category: epi script, self harm, teenagerTag: epi script, identification, magical thinking, ugly parent syndrome, vicarious experience

Identification – Post 1

March 29, 2020 //  by Tony White

Human identity is a fragile thing. Who am I? is a question we all ask and how we get our answer can depend on a lot of things.  Identification is a psychological process that we all engage in, some more than others. Probably all parents identity with their own children to some degree. In their …

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Category: PersonalityTag: Ego states, identification

Self control. Therapeutic implications

March 28, 2020 //  by Tony White

This picture shows a common thought which the eating disordered person can have. Self starvation can be about an attempt at self control and of course we also have binge eating which is out of control eating behaviour. As soon as you start to try and control the Child ego state you are eventually going …

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Category: Eating disorder, ego states, emotionsTag: Ego states, obsessive compulsive, panic attack, self control

Adult ego state strengthening – Post 4

March 25, 2020 //  by Tony White

The final part of this composition on strengthening the Adult ego state seeks a different path. The previous three parts are examining behavioural strategies to assist a person to increase their Adult ego state functioning when under stress. This section will look at some of the underlying causes that may lead to poor Adult ego …

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Category: All Blog Posts, child developmentTag: adult ego state, child development, Ego states, Parenting

Adult ego state strengthening – Post 3

March 24, 2020 //  by Tony White

As mentioned in the previous article on Adult ego state strengthening a most valuable skill for a child to learn is to think and feel at the same time. To do this the child learns how to be in two ego states at the one time. The individual maintains Adult ego state function and Child …

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Category: emotionsTag: adult ego state, hysteric personality, thinking and feeling

Adult ego state strengthening – post 2

March 23, 2020 //  by Tony White

As mentioned in the previous article the Adult ego state is in the here and now whereas the Parent and Child ego states are living in the past. This diagram shows how one can avoid the here and now (H&N). One way to strengthen the Adult ego state is to practice being in the H&N. …

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Category: All Blog PostsTag: adult ego state, here and now, thinking and feeling

Adult ego state strengthening – post 1

March 23, 2020 //  by Tony White

The Adult ego state is suggested in many psychological theories as the state of psychological health. In the Adult ego state the person sees the world as it is in the here and now and the person is not reacting to the world as they did when they were a child. (i.e. not in the …

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Category: ego states, PsychotherapyTag: adult ego state

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