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Section 1. Theory

Psychic Organs, Ego States, and Visual Metaphors: Speculation on Berne's Integration of Ego States

Pages 10-22
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article offers a three-dimensional, developmental visual model to expand the traditional Bernian three-circle ego-state diagram. It proposes that ego states grow from the inside out: Child, Parent, and Adult respectively. It raises questions motivated by a constructivist perspective, presented in the transactional analysis literature by Allen and Allen (1991, 1995) and Loria (1991a, 1991b). Finally, it explores the language of visual symbol or metaphor by way of establishing a justification for the alternative diagram.