Frame of reference and ego statesTransactional Analysis

Prepared By Manu Melwin Joy

Assistant ProfessorIlahia School of Management Studies

Kerala, India.Phone – 9744551114

Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com

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Frame of reference and ego states

• As an further aid to

understanding the frame

of reference, the Schiffs

suggest that it can be

thought of as a “skin that

surrounds the ego states

binding them together.

Frame of reference and ego states

• As I perceive the world

according to my unique frame

of reference, I make my own

unique set of ego state

responses to that perceived

world. It is in this way that the

frame of reference integrates

the various ego states.

Frame of reference and ego states

• As you and I looked into the

room, I got into Adult and

made a comment on shapes,

sizes and colors I saw in the

here and now. You were in the

child, replaying happy

memories of family scenes

which you had enjoyed in your

own childhood.

Frame of reference and ego states

• Having made these ego

state shifts internally, we

transacted with each

other externally from the

ego states we had

chosen.

Frame of reference and ego states

• Our frame of reference

gives us the patterns in

which we integrates our

ego state responses so as

to express our overall

personality.

References

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