A Relational Approach to Working with Confusion and Deconfusion

Heather Fowlie
A Relational Approach to Working with Confusion and Deconfusion

In this engaging recorded webinar, Heather explores a relational approach to working with confusion in psychotherapy. Drawing on her article “Confusion and Introjection: A Model for Understanding the Defensive Structure of the Parent and Child Ego States” (Transactional Analysis Journal, April 2005), she unpacks how childhood trauma can create confusion as a creative, protective response to unbearable experiences.

This confusion helps a child stay connected to the caregivers they depend on — but the defensive system built around it can profoundly affect adult relationships. Heather explains how a relational approach can help therapists and clients re-engage with this system to explore, unearth, challenge, and deconfuse the protective layers that keep confusion in place.

This recording is ideal for psychotherapists wanting to deepen their understanding and gain practical insights for working with confusion in the therapy room.

This webinar was originally recorded on the 11th Nov 2022 and is based on Heather’s article “Confusion and introjection”: A model for understanding the defensive structure of the Parent and Child ego states” which appeared in the Transactional Analysis Journal, April 2005, Vol 35, No 2.

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Video lecture with PowerPoint – 1hr and 46 mins

Read More About the Speaker – Heather Fowlie is a TSTA working in private practice as a psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer in Surrey. She is a founder member of IARTA and is particularly interested in integrating other models of psychotherapy, especially object relations, within a relational approach to transactional analysis.