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The Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy: Eight Case Studies

DNMS Institute, San Antonio, TX, sjs{at}dnmsinstitute.com

Arthur Hernandez

University of Texas at San Antonio

This study investigates the merits of the Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy (DNMS), a relatively new ego state therapy. The DNMS is based on the assumption that many presenting problems are due to wounded ego states stuck in childhood because of unmet developmental needs. DNMS protocols endeavor to identify and heal the wounded child parts most responsible for a presenting problem. When internal Resource ego states, which serve as competent caregivers, meet the wounded ego states' developmental needs, the wounded ego states become unstuck and heal. Eight participants were recruited from the private practice caseloads of 3 DNMS therapists. All participants reported significant improvement in the targeted problems, with gains maintained at follow-up. These findings suggest that the DNMS has therapeutic potential.

Key Words: Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy • introjects • developmental needs • psychodynamic • ego state therapy

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