Understanding Self 09/20/2018 The central model of Personality in Transactional Analysis is the ego stare model. It is designed to help you understand yourself and your relationship with others using some very simple concepts It is a great tool for developing self-awareness personal growth
The central model of Personality in Transactional Analysis is the ego stare model. It is designed to help you understand yourself and your relationship with others using some very simple concepts It is a great tool for developing self-awareness personal growth
How Our Thoughts Affect Our Anger 07/21/2018 “We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” These are the opening lines of a famous Buddhist text and this teaching seems really relevant to the model of Anger we shall explore today Any emotion can be considered to be made up of 3 component parts; Our thought, our bodily sensations, and our behaviors. Think about this in relation to your anger: your angry thought might be “he doesn't care about me” or “she is trying to put me down”.
“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” These are the opening lines of a famous Buddhist text and this teaching seems really relevant to the model of Anger we shall explore today Any emotion can be considered to be made up of 3 component parts; Our thought, our bodily sensations, and our behaviors. Think about this in relation to your anger: your angry thought might be “he doesn't care about me” or “she is trying to put me down”.
The Couples Stroke Bank in the Therapy Room 04/02/2018 In this week's blog, my colleague Anthony Woods explores how he uses the concept of the Stroke Bank to help couples in therapy with him. The original version of this blog can be found at https://www.anthonywoodscounselling.co.uk/leeds-bingley/blog/the-couple-stroking-bank/ "Since calling and creating my custom-made Couple Stroking Bank – picture above – it has become a regular part of my practice for some years now with my couples. It’s designed for you when considering your relationship,
In this week's blog, my colleague Anthony Woods explores how he uses the concept of the Stroke Bank to help couples in therapy with him. The original version of this blog can be found at https://www.anthonywoodscounselling.co.uk/leeds-bingley/blog/the-couple-stroking-bank/ "Since calling and creating my custom-made Couple Stroking Bank – picture above – it has become a regular part of my practice for some years now with my couples. It’s designed for you when considering your relationship,
You Make this Important Relationship Choice Every Day Without Knowing It 03/12/2018 To move towards or to move away? This is the simple choice we are being asked by our partner in almost every transaction we make. What message does your response currently say? Are you being supportive, dismissive or ambivalent? One of our basic human requirements is to be recognized, especially by those we love. When we are not recognized this brings feelings of pain, isolation and perhaps rejection or abandonment. Our need for recognition and our unconscious asking for it is encoded in even
To move towards or to move away? This is the simple choice we are being asked by our partner in almost every transaction we make. What message does your response currently say? Are you being supportive, dismissive or ambivalent? One of our basic human requirements is to be recognized, especially by those we love. When we are not recognized this brings feelings of pain, isolation and perhaps rejection or abandonment. Our need for recognition and our unconscious asking for it is encoded in even
Working with the Person not the Diagnosis 11/24/2017 I dislike the term mental illness. I find it unhelpful. It seems to make assumptions that I find not to be true. The first of these assumptions is the seemingly arbitrary line drawn between mental health and ill-health. In physical medicine, this can often make sense. My arm is broken or it is not. I have the flu virus or I do not. I do not believe this can be applied to psychological well-being in the same way. There is not a clear line to be drawn on one side of which I have depression and on
I dislike the term mental illness. I find it unhelpful. It seems to make assumptions that I find not to be true. The first of these assumptions is the seemingly arbitrary line drawn between mental health and ill-health. In physical medicine, this can often make sense. My arm is broken or it is not. I have the flu virus or I do not. I do not believe this can be applied to psychological well-being in the same way. There is not a clear line to be drawn on one side of which I have depression and on
The Stroke Bank Challenge 10/21/2017 How much are you depositing in the Stroke Bank? This simple concept might just be the easiest way to start improving your relationship. Take the challenge today and see improvements in your relationship within 5 days. In the 1960’s Eric Berne, a Canadian born Psychiatrist and developer of Transactional Analysis, introduced us to the concept of Psychological strokes (Berne 1961). Berne defined a stroke as a unit of human recognition. More broadly the term stroke can encompass any human
How much are you depositing in the Stroke Bank? This simple concept might just be the easiest way to start improving your relationship. Take the challenge today and see improvements in your relationship within 5 days. In the 1960’s Eric Berne, a Canadian born Psychiatrist and developer of Transactional Analysis, introduced us to the concept of Psychological strokes (Berne 1961). Berne defined a stroke as a unit of human recognition. More broadly the term stroke can encompass any human
