The Child ego state develops through early decisions and the Parent ego state develops through introjections. Read more »
Desensitisation and hyper sensitisation
However it also works the other way. If we are in an environment where we have little confrontational input then the Free Child will assume that is going to continue and it will come out more and more so we become hyper sensitised. Read more »
Smothering on the separation scale
However as is the case with human behaviour once the script gets set the person will start to do things that promote the life script even as they protest against it. Read more »
Symbiosis and identity formation in the teenager
However maybe this is not so true with every adolescent especially the 20% I am referring to. Perhaps there is just not a strong drive or need in this group of people and the assumption that all people have this need is an incorrect assumption. Read more »
Opposites in the human mind
People in their desire to be more in control, end up being more out of control. Paradoxically the more you let self be out of control, the more in control of self you will actually be. Read more »
Children and emotional situations
When a child is in a new and unknown situation that is emotionally charged it will try and read how mother is emotionally reacting in its attempt to get a base line for itself. Read more »
Murder suicide
It suggests that murder suicide is really a subtype of suicide. That the decision to murder others first, comes as an after thought to the decision to kill self. Read more »
Suicide and family relationships
If you are working with a suicidal person and their family then you know that at least some members will be supportive of the suicide from their Free Child point of view. Read more »
Play therapy and the aggressive child
In my office I have a dolls house, which I use when I see children and their parents for therapy. I find it can produce valuable information about the psyche of the child. What is going on inside the child’s head at that time. Read more »
Working with the rebellious person
Listening to a person talk about how they cut self is stress producing for most people including therapists. The therapist needs to be clear they do not fall into subtly pressuring the client into making the contract due to their own anxieties. Read more »