Description
Quick, essential techniques to practice ego state therapy, a popular therapeutic approach.
Most of us have different aspects, “parts,” or “ego states” of ourselves—the silly and imaginative five-year-old part, for example, or the depressed, anxious, or angry adolescent—which manifest as particular moods, behaviors, and reactions depending on the demands of our external and internal environments. “Ego state therapy” refers to a powerful, flexible therapy that helps clients integrate and reconcile these distinct aspects of themselves.
This book offers a grab bag of ego state interventions—simple, practical techniques for a range of client issues—that any therapist can incorporate in his or her practice. In her characteristic wise, compassionate, and user-friendly writing style, Robin Shapiro explains what ego states are, how to access them in clients, and how to use them for a variety of treatment issues. After covering foundational interventions for accessing positive adult states, creating internal caregivers, and working with infant and child states in Part I: Getting Started With Ego State Work, Shapiro walks readers step-by-step through a variety of specific interventions for specific problems, each ready for immediate application with clients. Part II: Problem-Specific Interventions includes chapters devoted to working with trauma, relationship challenges, personality disorders, suicidal ideation, and more.
Ego state work blends easily, and often seamlessly, with most other modalities. The powerful techniques and interventions in this book can be used alone or combined with other therapies. They are suitable for garden-variety clients with normal developmental issues like self-care challenges, depression, grief, anxiety, and differentiation from families and peer groups. Many of the interventions included in this book are also effective with clients across the dissociation spectrum—dissociation is a condition particularly well suited to ego state work—including clients who suffer trauma and complex trauma. Rich with case examples, this book is both a pragmatic introduction for clinicians who have never before utilized parts work and a trove of proven interventions for experienced hands to add to their therapeutic toolbox. Welcome to a powerful, flexible resource to help even the most difficult clients build a sense of themselves as adult, loveable, worthwhile, and competent.
Pro_(e)vidence (verified owner) –
Das Buch fasst kurz die grundlegenden Erkenntnisse und Verfahrensweisen der Ego State Therapie zusammen. Es werden verschiedene Fallbeispiele aufgezeigt, wobei sehr genau auf die Gesprächsführung eingegangen wird, d.h. wie man Zugang zu den Anteilen findet, den Dialog aufrechterhalten kann und wie mit den Aspekten umzugehen ist
Fazit: Gut strukturiertes Buch, einfach und verständlich und dem ein oder anderen wird ein langes Einarbeiten in die Thematik erspart.
Sandra (verified owner) –
I have had the pleasure of hearing Robin Shapiro speak on ego state therapy, and she has provided consultation on a variety of cases that has tremendously benefited my clients and my practice. She is both insightful and practical in her approach, and this book captures key elements of her easy ego state interventions and techniques in a very accessible manner. This book is highly recommended.
amygdala (verified owner) –
Dieses Buch bietet gerade auch für Berufsanfänger einen guten Einblick in die Ego State Therapie. Durch die vielen Beispiele aus dem Praxisalltag bekommt man eine genaue Vorstellung.
David M. Bell (verified owner) –
I have been dying for a more how-to, intervention book on working with parts and ego states ever since coming across IFS in 2012. I use ego state work frequently in my psychotherapy practice, but it’s what I have gathered from several sources, including my AEDP training which has been integrating parts work into it recently. Also Emotion Focused Therapy, IFS literature and videos, and Coherence Therapy interventions. But I still felt that I was simply figuring this stuff out from fragments without something definitive to assist with the techniques and nuts and bolts of the work. Now I have a superb comprehensive piece of work that will take my parts work to a new level!
I highly recommend this work, as it is surprising the changes that can occur. Great for expanded empty chair work as well.
Ejanee (verified owner) –
I am an EMDR therapist who loves this book! It’s simple and you can start using these strategies right away! I’ve read other ego state books and I find most to be terribly time consuming and complicated. This book also captures trauma theory very well!
Alexandra Hepburn (verified owner) –
A very useful, accessible resource, with example scripts and an excellent range of applications for ego state work.
Colette Lord (verified owner) –
Easily accessible interventions for anyone working with parts. Great step by step guide.
Coop (verified owner) –
Reading this as a client and curious about the work. So accessible. So magical. Healing is possible! Recommend highly for sure.
Rose (verified owner) –
I learned so much from this book. Very helpful practical examples.
Diana G. (verified owner) –
Excellent writer with valuable content.
angela mohr (verified owner) –
Extremely helpful for survivors of sexual assault/abuse.
JMC (verified owner) –
While many have written about the theory of ego states (/parts/subpersonalities), this book walks you through case studies and transcripts for effectively dealing with them, helping clients to heal and integrate.
Lisa Levy (verified owner) –
Extremely valuable for the field and EMDR. Great insights to apply ego state therapy into the most effective and efficient treatment of EMDR to gain control of your life. I am amazed how EMDR practitioners have taken a simple technique and have developed it with these kinds of concepts to produce unbelievable results. Usable ego state application into EMDR has furthered the field immensely and this book makes it easier to deliver the highest quality of treatment.
Wendy Reimann (verified owner) –
great book with amazing information. Very useful for working with adolescents that I work with.
DIMAS ALOISIO (verified owner) –
It’s an amazing book for someone who wants to know about the integration of Ego States Theory and EMDR.
KC L (verified owner) –
Good, clear, practical description of working with parts.
Kbar11 (verified owner) –
Great!
JMM (verified owner) –
Easy Ego State Interventions, for working with parts by Robin Shapiro is easy to read, greatly understandable and extreamly helpful when working with the severely dissociative clientpatient. This book offers so many interventions to help clientians help their clients focus in on the heart of their issue Disociative Identity Disordered person. I recommend this book to any serious reader from student or seasoned therapist. Get this book and get learned. Easy read awsome return.
Dmanf (verified owner) –
The title is misleading. Makes it sound like a primer on the basics. In my view, it’s a comprehensive review of solid ego state interventions. Worthwhile for any practitioner who wants to refine his/her ego state work. Nicely done! I recommend it to all my consultees and therapists in training.
Christine (verified owner) –
I’ve used Robin Shapiro’s work in teaching. Students love her down to earth writing style and her use of relevant examples. Any professional, whether specializing in trauma Orin general practice MUST have this book in their libraries. The dialogues and case examples provide a tangible blueprint for practice. Ego State Interventions takes cognitive restructuring to a new level.
Mark Beal (verified owner) –
Excellent for the subject
Mrs J McDermott (verified owner) –
A great book for therapists who use ego state theory
Ann Horton (verified owner) –
As always, more great information from Robin to use with traumatize clients. Book arrived in perfect condition.
Tara (verified owner) –
Love this book! It’s a great tool to have for therapists working with clients with complex trauma. Verbatim/vignettes intervention techniques were very helpful.
Customer (verified owner) –
I love this book. I’ve been an LCSW for 15 years and these strategies have helped to freshen my practice as well as enhance EMDR resourcing. I love Robin Shapiro’s work.
Janicetca (verified owner) –
Simple, great read, lots of great examples
Anthony (verified owner) –
Easy read. Very helpful for beginners of ego state work to integrate into treatment with current clients.
Jeni (verified owner) –
Still reading it and so far it has a lot of great information. I’m reading on recommendation of my EMDR supervisor but have found things to use in all areas of my practice.
skibo1 (verified owner) –
Great book, very helpful. It’s an easy read for counselors or clients
AnnaMaris (verified owner) –
Every single mental health professional needs this book, that’s the bottom line. Effective, simple, and profound.
Christy Dunn (verified owner) –
Very helpful text for EMDR therapists!
Mike Mandel (verified owner) –
Really well-written and full of examples. I work with ego states a lot, and this book adds a lot of great methods I’d never seen before. Robin Shapiro is a gifted and creative therapist, and this book is an important addition to the literature, belonging with the work of Paul Federn, Watkins and Watkins, and Gordon Emmerson.
Levonne (verified owner) –
Enjoyed this book
Kp (verified owner) –
So much useful information, excellent book.
Pam Weinberger (verified owner) –
This book has great guided interventions to use. It was recommended to me during a training and I’ve found it to be a great resource.
Mr P Mcnally (verified owner) –
Excellent. Easy read!
Susan Pease Banitt, LCSW (verified owner) –
As a therapist I really love this book and have recommended to both colleagues and clients. I particularly like the conceptualization of personality disorders as needing ego state work along with clear examples of how to do this work effectively and in a non-threatening way. Robin really is a wise practitioner.
Amanda Lyn Baldwin (verified owner) –
Reading this text helped me to throw out a number of introjects in my personal life as well as forged an understanding of how to help my counselling clients to do the same.
Liz (verified owner) –
Wonderful book!
Jennifer Frary (verified owner) –
Well written, exciting material!
みこものこころ (verified owner) –
セラピーでの自我状態療法の適用の仕方について超実践的に解説してくれています。複雑性トラウマやパーソナリティの問題を抱える方々の自我状態への介入の有効性がよく理解できるでしょう。
早く邦訳されることを願っています。
M. Josephsohn (verified owner) –
This book gave me a great overview and intro to ego state & interventions. Highly recommend
Patricia<span class="a-icon a-profile-verified-badge"><span class="a-profile-verified-text"></span></span> (verified owner) –
Full of practical tips, case examples and application of the theory. This is a MUST read!