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Section II. Reviews: Experiment and Theory

Ego States and the Psychology of Memory

Pages 141-149
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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The repression of memory is an attempt to maintain the status quo. To forget we need to dissociate from reality. In our work as psychotherapists, much of what we deal with is the recovery of our clients' traumatic memories, and yet many therapists lack a rudimentary knowledge of the psychology of memory. This article discusses findings from learning and memory research that are relevant to an understanding of regression to a fixated Child ego state and examines the application and usefulness of these ideas to deconfusing the Child.

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Christine Lister-Ford

Jennie McNamara, B.A., C.S.S., is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (clinical) and the codirector of Stockton Psychotherapy Training Institute in the United Kingdom. She is also the cochair of the ITAA Counselling Ad Hoc Steering Committee.
Christine Lister-Ford, B.Ed., Dip.Hum. Psych., is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (clinical), the codirector of Stockton Psychotherapy Training Institute, cochair of the ITAA Training Standards Committee, and chairperson of the supervision working group of the European Association for Psychotherapy.