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The Neuroscience Perspective Behind RT

For those of you with a Resource State with a curious bent let me explain in technical terms. Our Resources can be equated to neural pathways and develop with neuroplasticity the ability to change and be rewired. Brain cells use neuro genesis, and there are two main ways this occurs. During normal brain development when...
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Comparing RT & Ego State Therapy

Several important distinctions exist between Resource Personality Theory (also known as Advanced Ego State Therapy) and the Theories of John and Helen Watkins (1997) and their Ego State movement. Both are excellent therapeutic approaches, and both are based on the assumption that the personality is composed of parts. Differences between Resource Therapy and Ego State...
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Why The Name “Resource Therapy”?

From Gordon Emmerson: I called myself an Ego State Therapist for many years, and I have written a number of books and articles on my conception of the personality from an Ego State perspective.  I spent a summer with John and Helen Watkins in Missoula Montana in 2000, which was very meaningful to me. I...
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Brief History of Resource Therapy

Gordon Emmerson had originally learned about the concepts of Ego State Therapy from the teachings of John and Helen Watkins. He practiced and taught Ego State Therapy for a number of years and wrote two books on Ego State Therapy, Ego State Therapy (2003), and Advances Skills and Interventions in Therapeutic Counselling (2007). Even while...
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I sink under the weight

A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in...
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Possession of my entire soul

A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in...
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