The Ego State Timeline Model

Abstract

The author presents another way to think about personality adaptations and the communication process based on a framework drawn from neurolinguistic programming about how we characterise chronological time in the space around us. It presents a model in which ego states might be diagnosed and worked with in terms of whether they are considered as in the past, the current or the future.

Keywords

• transactional analysis, ego states, timeline, personality adaptations, interpersonal communication, personal change, NLP