Resource Therapy – Introduction

Resource Therapy is a psychodynamic therapy that is based on the idea that a personality is composed of Parts  (or Resource States).  A personality has many  parts e.g. Work Part, Creative Part, Parent Part, Fun Part, Assertive Part, Sad Part, Child Part, Fragile Part etc. All Parts have a role or a skill or their own “personality”.  The person experience life from the Part that is currently in the person’s conscious.  Other Parts can be observing or  underlying. When a  person’s Parts are all functioning in a normal way, the person is psychologically healthy.   Ideally, all Parts should be able to communicate and accommodate each other.  Parts like to be useful and valued and appreciated by other Parts.

Some Parts can be imprinted by a traumatic or negative experience.   This Part can be familiar with the traumatic territory and will step to the fore when it recognises the territory or situation.  When that Part comes into the conscious, it brings with it the feelings, thoughts, behaviour and sensory experience associated with that Part’s past imprint and causes the person to react in an unhelpful and unhealthy way.  Pathological Parts can be brought back to a normal condition.  Resource Therapy assist these Pathological Parts to become healthy and empowered and gain feelings of safety and support from the  other Parts in the personality. 

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