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adult ego state

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

Hypnotic induction and ulterior transactions

July 14, 2018 //  by Tony White

The importance of emotional catharsis in psychotherapy has been known since the time of Freud. Maybe there are two factors involved in this observation. Yes the expression of feelings can be psychologically beneficial for the client but also the client picks up hypnotic inductions at the same time.

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Category: PsychotherapyTag: adult ego state, child ego state, hypnosis, life script

Introjection and the integrated Adult

June 22, 2018 //  by Tony White

People are adding new introjections to their Parent ego state continuously through out life as part of normal psychological functioning.

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Category: child developmentTag: adult ego state, Ego states, introjection, Transactional analysis

Naming a child

December 12, 2015 //  by Tony White

Naming a child after a family member or a famous person can be a particularly hazardous task. If a chid is named after uncle Harry, that is all good and well, except that uncle Harry was a boozer and a womaniser. The child is being given that label to wear for its life time.

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Category: child development, familyTag: adult ego state, life script

The role of magical thinking in suicide risk assessment

July 11, 2015 //  by Tony White

Obviously if one is doing a suicide risk assessment they need to assess how much A1 thinking is going on for the person and how influential it is as the executive of the personality. The more it is the higher the imminent risk of suicide.

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Category: child development, suicideTag: adult ego state, magical thinking, Suicide risk assessment

Black and white thinking – Normal and abnormal.

September 24, 2014 //  by Tony White

The literature on black and white thinking often carries some confusion about the explanation of what it is. Or more correctly what are the underlying psychological causes that result in a person displaying this childlike type of thinking.

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Category: child development, Child ego state, dissociation, ego statesTag: A1 ego state, adult ego state, Black and white thinking, borderline personality, cognitive development

The four Cs model of relationships

September 21, 2014 //  by Tony White

If two people can at times be caring and considerate of the other party that is a very good thing in a long term friendship (marriage). Random acts of kindness, unsolicited, can generate so much good will.

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Category: Marriage, Personality, RelationshipTag: adult ego state, caring, Marriage

Children – winners & losers

July 30, 2014 //  by Tony White

Discounting a child’s perception of reality. I was doing some mother-son therapy the other day. As a consequence of our discussions she asked if I would put my views in writing. I was informed by mother that at the boy’s school in years 1 to 3 they do not have winning and loosing. When the …

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Category: child development, Personality, Social developmentTag: adult ego state, child, competition, discounting

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