Ego State Relational Units and Resistance to Change

Abstract

In this article the author attempts to make sense of what seems to be a difficulty some clients have in letting go of self-defeating behaviors and old ways of relating, that is, why some clients resist the process of therapy. The author explores how the ego state model explains this resistance and how a model of ego state relational units helps the therapist to understand and work more effectively with this process.

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Ray Little

Ray Little is a Certified Transactional Analyst (Clinical) and maintains a private adult psychotherapy practice in Edinburgh, Scotland. He also supervises psychotherapists and counselors and facilitates professional development seminars in both London and Edinburgh. Ray can be reached at 4/1F2 Oxford Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9PJ, Scotland; e-mail: [email protected].