Over the past few years, there has been a growing awareness within the field of trauma therapy of the value of working with ego states, or ‘parts’ with clients who have experienced childhood and/or complex trauma and clients who have a dissociative process.
The concept of ego states was originally devised by psychoanalyst, Paul Federn during the 1940’s and 1950’s. Federn’s work was developed by Eric Berne, the founder of Transactional Analysis, and John Watkins who developed ego state therapy (a variant of hypnotherapy). Theories around ‘parts’ or multiplicity of self are embedded in a number of therapies, ranging from the person-centered concept of configurations of self, to the concept of schema modes from schema therapy. Even recent therapies such as Internal Family Systems which work with ‘parts’ are based on ego state theory.
In this workshop we will explore a number of safe, gentle, tried-and-tested ego state techniques to promote healing from the effects of trauma, integration and to enhance self-soothing and self-compassion.
Course Content
Presenter
PhD, MSc, ECP, TSTA(P)
Mark is a UKCP registered psychotherapist, teaching and supervising transactional analyst and EMDR Europe accredited practitioner. He is passionate about integrating neuroscience into psychotherapy and in finding ways for therapists to make use of research findings in their practice. He is the author of Transactional Analysis: 100 Key Points and Techniques and Transactional Analysis for Depression: A step-by-step treatment manual. He has received two international awards for his research on the effectiveness of TA for depression and is a TEDx speaker. He has a private practice in central Manchester and is a senior lecturer in counselling and psychotherapy at the University of Salford.
This workshop in a collaboration between the Link Centre and Onlinevents
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