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Section 3. Theory

The Altered State: A Missing Link in Ego State Theory?

Pages 295-297
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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Bill Millhollon

Bob Avary is a Certified Transactional Analyst (organizational) in private practice as a management consultant, trainer, and personal coach to organizational leaders. He has written Transactional Analysis for Management (a leader's guide for teaching transactional analysis to managers) and devised several self-analysis questionnaires for use in personal growth through transactional analysis. Bob has been studying, teaching, and writing about transactional analysis and ego states for over 25 years.
Bill Millhollon is a member of the USA Transactional Analysis Association. He is an independent realtor, businessman, and writer who studies transactional analysis and regularly practices meditation through prayer. The authors welcome contact and exchange with others who have an interest in the further study of functional ego states.
The authors suggest that an altered state of consciousness is a form of a functional ego state and encourage further study into its function and meaning with regard to transactional analysis.