Transactional Analysis – Ego states
This concept is otherwise called as Personality Structure to understand the root cause of the problem
An ego-state is a set of related behaviors, thoughts and feelings. It is a way in which we manifest a part of our personality at a given time. The model portrays three distinct ego-states. When we use the ego-state model to understand various aspects of personality.
- If I am behaving, thinking and feeling in response to what is going on around me here and now, using all the resources available to me, I am said to be in my Adult ego- state
- At times, I may behave, think and feel in ways which are a copy of one of my parents, or of others who were parent-figures for me as a result of observational learning, When I do so, I am said to be in my Parent ego-state.
- Sometimes I may return to ways of behaving, thinking and feeling which I used in the past. Then I am said to be in my Child ego-state.