Understanding Ego States and the Inner Critic: Tools for Transformative Healing

Explore a powerful and accessible introduction to ego states and the inner critic, drawing from the theory of Transactional Analysis. This session offers a clear and practical understanding of how internal voices shape behaviour, self-belief, and emotional regulation.

This video includes:
A breakdown of the Parent, Adult, and Child ego states
Insight into how the inner critic forms through the interaction between the Critical Parent and Adaptive Child
Practical examples of internal dialogue, especially around procrastination and self-sabotage
Techniques for turning up the volume on the Nurturing Parent and Adult ego states
How therapists and clients can work together to reality test limiting beliefs and rewrite internal scripts

00:00 – Introduction and context: trauma, script beliefs, and healing
02:05 – Overview of ego states (Parent, Adult, Child)
03:35 – What are ego states and how do they operate internally?
05:00 – The Parent ego state: critical vs nurturing
08:40 – The Adult ego state: logic, objectivity, and emotional regulation
10:00 – The Child ego state: adapted vs free child
13:00 – How the inner critic forms from Critical Parent and Adaptive Child
15:20 – Turning up the volume on the Nurturing Parent and Adult
17:30 – Reality testing and challenging internal beliefs
19:00 – Supporting clients through reparenting and internal dialogue transformation

This is an excerpt from the full workshop “Transforming Trauma Imprints: Practical Tools for Deep Healing” with Jill Nicholson and Emma Starling. The full workshop includes additional tools, demonstrations, and resources.

Watch the full workshop here:
https://onlinevents.co.uk/courses/tra...