Ego State Therapy?

Any one hear of this?

Last session we made our meeting room, and identified our different parts (I'm in a small trauma group) but now, they are leaving us high and dry until mid Nov...

Just wondering if anyone else has done this ego state work and can give insight.

yes I have heard of it, its a type of cognitive behavior modification therapy (some locations call it CBT - cognitive behavioral therapy)where you identify parts of self (parent, Adult, child thinking patterns/behaviors) A person with ego states can have many parentified ego states, Adult Ego States, child like ego states or they can have just one ego state that represents all three thinking patterns.behaviors or even just one of one of the three thinking patterns/behavior patters.

having ego states is different then having dissociative Identity Disorder type alters but it very similar. example with DID the person has to have at least two very special types of alters and with ego states the minimum is one.

Ego state therapy is where everyone is treated like a whole unit, like a family, connected to each other. but each member of the family (ego state) works on what ever conflicts they may have. example if the child behavior pattern in throwing a fit, that ego state needs to work on why they are throwing a fit, recognize the past from the present and understand how to live in the present rather than letting the past behavior thinking pattern interfere.

one ego state I had was a parentified one (one that mimics the behaviors and thinking/beliefs of my parents) was interfering with my parenting my children. through therapy this mindset I was in was able to understand that times have changed. there are new ways to parent children then when I was a child. After that parentified ego state understood and learned to distinguish the past from the present she integrated (became one with me) so that now there is no conflict in my mind with parenting my children.

Thank you for replying, you always make things make more sense haha.

I don't know why it's so hard for me to grasp all this stuff...

So... They expect us to refere to our different parts then?

What if oarts that need to talk don't want too :/

thank you.

no they dont expect you to refer to each part per se. its more of a natural process. if you happen to switch into the mind set/thinking/behavior pattern of that part your treatment provider will continue just like normal except they will switch over to working on what ever problem that you/that ego state is having at that moment...

just like if you were a normal whole person, sitting in therapy with your treatment provider and one moment you as a whole person/aware self was talking about puppies then the topic changed to doing housework, the treatment provider would naturally notice the change of topic and help you with your housework problem. Ego state therapy focuses on unity, treating the person as a whole and working out the problems as they present them selves. its a more normal approach rather than calling out alters (which is illegal in many USA states due to false memory and such problems) the only real difference is that the treatment provider is going to be helping you to understand why one thing causes you to act like a child and another makes you act like a responsible adult and other things make you want to act like a parent with your self and others around you.

Omg thank you so much. Faaaaaaaawk for the first time in FOREVER my head is finally starting to make sense to me OMG.

So... What does that make me anyways. I'm not DID but have to do ego state work... What category or 'label' does that out me in.. I need to know.

Im sorry I cant answer that question because I am not your treatment provider who has diagnosed you. to find out what category/labeling/ diagnosis you have, contact your treatment provider. what ever they have diagnosed you as, thats your category/label/diagnosis.

I have done some ego state work, and I do not have DID though I do dissociate too much-- it is such a crutch for me. The hardest part is trying to get one part to open up to the other. For example, one of my child parts sulks and want no one to talk to her, not even her adult part. Sounds weird, I know. But after you work with it, it starts to make sense.

I can't wait for it to all make sense.