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Ego-State Therapy

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What is Ego-State Therapy?

1. Utilizes Gestalt techniques
2. Treats all parts of the individual
3. Uncovers and resolves "hidden" issues
4. Used with covert, hidden, disassociated, or disconnected ego-states
5. Works on sub personalities
6. Involves energy therapies for quick resolution of the issues
7. Key to resolving trauma and depression

What are covert, hidden, disassociated, or disconnected ego-states
(sub-personalities)?

1. Parts of an individual that are partially or totally split off
2. Created during threatening or traumatic events at an early age
3. Created because we don't have the tools to deal with the threatening situation in the moment
4. They usually exist out of our awareness
5. They show up to help and have specific jobs
6. There thinking is very primitive, critical, judgmental, narrow, black and white, over adapted and contaminated
7. They exist for survival
8. They need new jobs or a purpose for existence
9. MPD/DID are the extreme cases of this phenomena
10. Can be "retrained" or decontaminated quickly with energy therapies like EFT & TAT