The Developmental Minithon

Abstract

Individuls often make powerful, firm, early script decisions during both overtly traumatic and seemingly nontraumatic events. Many of these early traumas are not resolved in talk therapies. The developmental minithon is an easy, low stress, action-oriented experience designed to uncover and resolve issues related to such childhood trauma. This article describes the genesis of the model; what makes it unique; the theory behind it; the structure, process, and safeguards built into it; ways to limit transference in the context of the minithon; and some outcomes of the process.

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Jean Illsley Clarke

Russell E. Osnes, Ph.D., M.Div., M.S.C., is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (clinical and educational), licensed marriage and family therapist, author, and training workshop specialist.

Jean Illsley Clarke, M.A., Honorary Doctor of Human Services, is a Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (educational), a nationally certified parent educator, an author of books that apply transactional analysis to parenting, and a recent recipient of the Eric Berne Memorial Award.