Third-Degree Impasses From a Neurophysiological Perspective

Abstract

This article considers the neurophysiological processes active in forming a third-degree impasse and presents case material to illustrate these ideas. The author also reflects on cultural issues between herself as a Norwegian and her client, who was a Taiwan Chinese, and describes how a neurophysiological understanding of third-degree impasses facilitated the therapy.

• protocol
• the somatic Child
• implicit memory
• implicit memory
• working memory
• memory of emotions
• somatic ego states
• third-degree impasse
• Taiwanese culture

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Funding The author received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Sissel Knibe

Author Biography

Sissel Knibe is a registered nurse and a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy) with a master’s degree in transactional analysis from Middlesex University in conjunction with the Berne Institute. She is now retired from the Taiwan Transactional Analysis Association, which she cofounded and directed for many years. She can be reached at 4532 Oysleboe, Norway; email: [email protected]. The author is grateful to James Allen for encouraging her to write this article.