The New England Society  of Clinical Hypnosis A component society of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis

                        The Evolution of Ego State Therapy:
                                Theory and Clinical Practice
 

                                         Claire Frederick, M. D.

June 27-28, 2009
9:00am--4:00pm

Allen-Riddle Hall
Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Ego State Therapy has evolved from its creation  in the 1970’s.  This was foreseen by its co-creators 
who anticipated that their theories would eventually be replaced by others (Watkins & Watkins, 1997) 
and predicted that the fundaments of their models would receive confirmation through biological research.
Many developments in mind sciences have emerged over the years. Among them are the elaborations of
object relations theories and Self Psychology, the emergence of the intersubjective model, physiological
and neuroimaging explorations of brain/mind/body phenomena, the emergence of epigenetics,
the psychology and neurophysiology of affect development and of attachment, and the integration of
Ego State Therapy with other therapeutic modalities an techniques such as EMDR, Somatic Experiencing,
energy therapies, and social construction therapies.

In this workshop the foundations of Ego State Therapy will be reviewed and integrated with contemporary
neurophysiology. Several advanced topics that are of primary significance to Ego State Therapy will be presented.
These include:

► a post-modern approach to phase-oriented treatment models 
►how to form healing therapeutic alliances
►the introduction of developmental repair into therapy
►the use of the transference/countertransference field
►the countertransference trance
►grief resolution
►the creation/activation of positive ego states
►the integration of Ego State Therapy with the social construction therapy, Personal Mythology
   (with emphasis on the use of “The Hero’s Journey” in work with trauma victims).

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