ABSTRACT
Jon's transcript will illustrate many of the major theoretical underpinnings of integrative psychotherapy. Jon is a heavyset, awkward young man, a psychiatric nurse who describes himself as ill at ease in social situations. The primary "maps" of client dynamics used in integrative psychotherapy are the notions of ego states and life script. Within the context of the script system, intervention may be made so as to change the script beliefs themselves, to change the script behaviors, or to change the reinforcing memories. Work in the area of script beliefs and repressed feelings, then, requires that the client cathect either Parent ego state or Child ego state. Working with the script behaviors, in contrast, is most usefully done when the client is operating out of a clear Adult ego state. Finally, the piece terminates with a return to Adult ego state and a suggestion that Jon continue the redecision process on his own.
