Well, it was certainly interesting to hear Professor Gordon Emmerson’s Ph.D. backstory. Born in Missouri USA Gordon moved to Australia as a young man. We had an international group – Australia, Germany, and the Netherlands.
Gordon shared how Resource Therapy was influenced by Ego State origins. Gordon said after using it for many years, aspects of Ego State therapy did not work for his clients. Hence he developed Resource Therapy (RT) by revisiting the work of Paul Federn.
Having trained in Gordon’s Ego State course just prior to the emergence of RT I could already see these changes. I was overjoyed when the Primer came out. Brilliant to have the RT Action steps and a shortcut guide to work by. We give this out at our Foundation Program the two-day introduction to RT.
For those experienced RTer’s, you will really enjoy Gordon’s explanations to a supervision question on the Retro-Avoiding States. Recall Retro Avoiding parts are those that carry on addictive or repetitive behaviors to avoid Vaded states surfacing out on deck.
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Please enjoy this free, fun, and engaging RT fireside chat on Parts Therapy with Gordon on the Resourceful Therapist YouTube here https://youtu.be/fquRXk0bAhw