LCCH Masterclasses

Ego-states are a model of personality, based on the assumption that every person consists of parts, which together make up the different aspects of the personality. The concept of ego-states is wider than the concept of parts, as ego-states are composed of beliefs, feelings, cognitions and behaviour at any given moment in time. Ego-states occupy a spectrum, from adaptively functioning and associated to maladaptive dysfunctioning and dissociated.

This Masterclass will look at the concept of ego-state therapy and its application in a clinical hypnotherapy practice. It will focus on 'inner-child ego-states' and teach you how to gently elicit and integrate those states during the therapeutic process. Arrested inner child states, explore child states, which hold memories and dissociated material, how to integrate child states with other parts and how to elicit and integrate playful and creative inner states.

SYLLABUS:

• The concept of ego-states
• Ego-state development
• The 'inner-child ego-state'
  • emotional aspects
  • cognitive aspects
  • belief systems
  • behaviour
• Specific inner-child states
  • trauma states
  • arrested states
  • playful / creative states
• Therapeutic work with inner child states
  • Dissociation techniques
  • Regressive methods
  • Gestalt approaches
  • Indirect methods
  • Arrested child states

London - 11 September 2004
Lisbon - 16 October 2004
Exeter - 27 November 2004

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