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Sense of safety dynamics – what processes build, protect and reveal Humpty’s sense of safety?
Published in Johanna Lynch, A Whole Person Approach to Wellbeing, 2020
Current therapeutic modalities that work with fragmented or disowned parts of self and with self-criticism add relevant literature to this theme. Those who work to increase reflective function of mentalisation (Fonagy, Gergely, and Jurist 2004), mindfulness (Ford 2015), mindsight (Siegel 2010), shame-resilience (Brown 2006), self-efficacy (Bandura and Schunk 1981) and self-compassion (Neff, Kirkpatrick, and Rude 2007) also seem to be working to increase owning of the self. Therapists working with the dialogical self (Hermans and Dimaggio 2004) or ego-state therapy (Forgash and Copeley 2008) move towards a unified owning of all parts of the self. Those who work using the Internal Family Systems model that assumes a need for multiple parts of self to collaborate in owning themselves would describe this inner integrity as aligning with and being led by your true self (or spiritual centre) (Schwartz and Falconer 2017). Rather than exiled, protective or managerial aspects of self, they note the healing characteristics of self that can lead a person forward. These include creativity, clarity, compassion, curiosity, calmness, and connectedness (Schwartz and Sweezy 2019).
The Roots and Evolution of Ego-State Theory and Therapy
Published in International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 2018
Eitan G. Abramowitz, Moshe S. Torem
The term ego state refers to “a body of behaviors and experiences which are bound together by some common principle and separated from other such states by a boundary which is more or less permeable” (Watkins, 1976, 1978; Watkins & Watkins, 1979; Watkins & Barabasz, 2008). Ego-state therapy has been defined as: The application of group and family therapy techniques to the resolution of conflicts between ego states which constitute a “family of self” within a single individual. … Ego state therapy seeks to render the boundaries between ego states more permeable, to increase communication between these entities, and to establish greater unity for the entire person. (Watkins & Watkins, 1979, p. 7)
It Takes More Than Two to Tango: Building Secure Attachment Through Hypnotic and Ego-State Relationships
Published in American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 2019
Finally, Jack Watkins wrote about the importance of the therapeutic self and of emotional resonance with the patient from a hypnoanalytic perspective. Jack and his wife Helen Watkins (1997) created ego-state therapy as a model for how therapists and clients can relate to and work with self states in the inner family of self. The theory and practice of ego-state therapy provides a framework to teach the client how to build healthy relationships with inner states to resolve symptoms and inner conflicts while also helping to actualize more effective interactive relationships with others, especially the therapist.