Sublime

Berne based TA on a humanistic principle. Important characteristics within this are consciousness, free will, and self-actualisation.

Feeling unseen and uncared for probably reflects a yearning for belonging. A sense of emptiness or feeling stuck suggests a lack of self-directed meaning.

If you cultivate the capacity to drop into your core emotional truth at any moment, you will be unshakeable in your authenticity, and others will feel

An “internal” egogram, also known as a psychogram, can only be done by the person in question. This is where the internal measure of ego states is brought into view. Hay (1992) speaks of “styles of thought”, in contrast to the “communication styles” that others attribute to a person in an egogram.

The most exciting characteristic of all is the fact that a felt sense, when you focus on it well, has the power to change.

Once a distinction is made between “I” or “self” and “this” or “it,” this opens the way to the possibility of an inner relational dialogue in which the “I” listens to what the “it” is revealing. But in Focusing, the “it” is not considered an entity. It is an emergent process and may change to the point of dissolution without fighting for “its”

The following model of how we contract and compartmentalize was developed by Wilhelm Reich (Austrian, 1897–1957). He was a student of Elsa Gindler (German, 1885–1961). Many Western-based somatics traditions use this model.