Parts Therapy – Page 15 – Resource Therapy

March 26, 2018April 16, 2018

Huge Differences in Ego State Therapy and Resource Therapy

Resource Therapy has Huge Differences to Ego State Therapy - learn them today.

Resource Therapy is a wonderfully brief therapy which has undoubtedly and proudly evolved from John and Helen Watkin’s Ego State Therapy.

I believe there has been some confusion because of these origins. Resource Therapy is not Ego State Therapy. It has distinct differences and clear protocols and certain advantages with it’s powerful interventions.

Both Ego State and Resource Therapy (RT) are ‘Parts’ Therapies. Go to see legends like Pat Ogden, Kathy Steele, Roger Solomon, Colin Ross, Norman Doidge or Maggie Phillips and other experienced leaders in the therapy world

Trauma informed therapies are a must in psychological practice.

and you will all hear them repeatedly mention ‘Part’s. Both Ego State and RT find the part of the personality that needs to change in order to do therapeutic work. This is especially useful in trauma informed therapy.

Resource Therapy has a variety of tools that Ego State Therapy does not.

New with Resource Therapy

No need for Hypnosis: Ego State Therapy required therapists to be trained in hypnosis. Resource Therapists do not need to be clinical hypnotherapists or
Hypnosis is a powerful intervention however it is not a requirement in Resource Therapy.

learn hypnotic induction. All well and good if you are though! Resource Therapy’s protocols and actions are sufficient to address client issues.

Introjects are NOT Ego States. Resource Therapy holds that Introjects are merely internalized impressions of a person, animal or animate. These are Resource State specific. Ego State Therapy sees Introjects as needing to be transformed into Ego States which with therapist must worked with extensively and changed. RT works with Introjects in new and refreshing ways.

No need for an arrest

I attended a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT Imaginal Re-scripting workshop last year. Here we were fighting with the perpetrator Introject, sending the Introject to the police or the moon or wherever. We then had to repeat the process several times from each Ego State perspective, child, adult and so forth. Time consuming! While it was hilarious, in my opinion it may not have been as beneficial to the client.

Inner peace can be achieved with Parts Therapy

RT therapists do not attempt to change the Introject, we stick with the client and it is the client who decides what actions (if any) happen for the Introject. This is usually achieved in the one session.

RT is certainly positively client focused. This further empowers the client in processing trauma, or rejection to feel safe and loved. RT Therapists have been trained in systemic protocols to facilitate this quickly and efficiently.

All our parts (Resource States) are there to help.py - learn them today. — All our parts (Resource States) are there to help and deserve unconditional love.

Resource Therapy has straightforward Diagnostic Criteria and Treatment Actions. Resource Therapists are skilled in working with the clients presenting problems by diagnosing the concern, NOT the person. They then work according to the prescribed 15 Treatment Actions. These are systematic protocols for working with clients impacted by depression, anxiety, chronic pain, grief and loss, below par performance, and so much more.

Resource Therapy helps speed clients to their goals quickly.

Resource Therapy Personality Theory. Resource States are physical and develop as coping mechanism over time, usually in childhood according to RT Personality Theory. Ego State Therapy’s define Ego States as split offs from the personality, this is derivative of a psycho dynamic perspective.

Neuropsychologists knows the brain can adapt and grow

Resource Therapy’s theory is supported by contemporary neuroscience and our understanding of the brains unique ability to rewire and adapt. Read more here Neuroscience and Resource Therapy. RT taps directly into this key element of psychological therapy, as it harnesses our neurons ability to heal with defined interventions – Resource Therapy Actions 1-15.

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March 23, 2018July 12, 2019

Save the dates! Resource Therapy Clinical Training 2019 Sydney NSW.

I am super excited the workshop dates are September 19, 20, 21, 22 and October 24, 25, 26 & 27 in Randwick Sydney

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We are holding this session in two blocks, so you get the advantage of learning, and applying Resource Therapy into your practice. Returning for the second block for supervision and mentoring. This means you get an opportunity to hone your Resource Therapy skills after working with your clients. While continuing to learn in a safe supportive environment. Find out more here :

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Prerequisite: To attend you must have completed the Foundation Training – the two day introduction to Resource Therapy.

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November 24, 2017March 24, 2018

Resource Therapy and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Complimentary Models.

Pat Ogden applies a Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Approach to working with Complex PTSD.

So excited to have attended Pat Ogden’s Sydney workshop Wisdom of the Body, Lost & Found. A Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Approach, with Yvette Allen recently.

Pat was truly inspirational, it is heartening ot hear of including the bodies wisdom into psychotherapy. The content and video examples of her work were awesome, not to mention her humility and contextualisation.

This fits in so well with Resource Therapy and can help many inform many RT Actions. Vivify Specific, Bridging and especially Expression, Removal And Relief Protocols. I’d love to hear anyone else’s experience.

What I found fascinating was Pat’s use of our innate gestures. How a facial expression is fairly empty without the body psoture informing it. In particular how we reach, grasp, pull, push and yield. One of the exercises was to reach out your arms. These were the only instructions given. I would encourage you to do this right now and just notice this. Babies instinctly do all the above movements. I asked a friend who has suffered family violence to do this. Her arms went out limply with her hands limp and down cast. As I saw this I said wow, it looks like you don’t expect anyone to be there. She said “No, I don’t beleive, I will get any help.” All that meaning from a simple gesture.

Naturally I wanted to apply this to Resource Therapy in my sessions tentatively. As I work with both couples and complex PTSD. Indeed RT is so effective for trauma processing, I continue to be amazed.

Working with a couple on when the wife said clearly to her husband “I need support.” I asked her to let her body posture show this. She immediately nestled into his side, where he put his arm around her. They both remarked, “Oh we used to do this all the time earlier in our relationship, it feels good to do it again.” Exploring this connection with them in this moment was a power intervention. Very heartening work!

To assist with Vivifying and Bridging, I suggested to people allow their body to really exaggerate or collapse ( using their words) the sense of helpless and hopelessness or whatever they expressed.

In a parts mapping session, this lead to working with a six month old part who was scared and alone. In the Relief section I got “Dad” who was there for nurturing ( I love RT action 6, as it totally works for attachment related trauma) to use the body to show him. The clients arms encircled himself in a big hug and you certainly could see the relief this provided and I would suggest amplified.

I have also played with using gesture and movement in RT sessions working with parts vaded in fear and rejection. One client I suggested she push back the responsility she felt in healed form back to the person it belonged to, in this case a parental introject. I watched as she scraped the heel of her hands along her thighs away from her in a pushing motion that looked like sewere psuhing away a real heaviness. In the debrief she spoke of how it felt like she were moving concrete rubble and could hear the sound of this as she was doing it, and her tears felt like concrete tears in that moment. This was said as she was crying tears of relief, she said felt like water bombs of joy at the session end.

For me Resource Therapy being a brief parts therapy has so many applications in psychotherapy change. Adding brief touches of Senorimotor Psychotherapy appeared to enhance clients processing and to use Pat’s Ogden’s terminology may have opened their window of tolerance.

I certainly believe Resource Therapy to be complimentary to effective practice. So practice practice your artfulness today!