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Interesting Models from TA (Transactional Analysis) - The Permission Wheel (Jaoui, 1988)
TA offers plentiful models for self-awareness and use with others (As therapists, coaches and counsellors). In this series, I introduce you to some. Today, meet the Permission Wheel!
Permissions mean freedom, acceptance and license. Much of parental teaching happens at an unspoken level. If children are allowed to play with other children, they receive the permission to be joyful. If their opinion is sought and listened to, they receive the permission to think and be important. When parents are excited by, or approve of a child's behaviour, the child often takes it in as a permission. The opposite of permissions are injunctions or prohibitions. A child who is not allowed to play, receives the injunction Don't have fun. This child as a grown up may not be able to be joyful. A child whose thinking is belittled or judged, may receive the injunction Don't think. This adult, will second guess themselves and need validation for their thinking.
The permission wheel is a visual representation of the permissions we believe we have received. Each permission is seen as a slice of the pie chart, more or less extended depending on how free one is in that domain. So, if we imagine the person standing in the center of the chart, he or she can turn and look about, seeing how far his or her freedom extends before being blocked by prohibition. Within those walls, one is safe, in the confines of the enclosure. If it is big, we have lots of wiggle space in which to live freely. If it is small, our script is very limiting. Beyond those confines lies danger: of being rejected, banned, shamed, judged, unloved-or simply of the unknown. The permissions are clustered into four quadrants. These clusters are connected to permissions to feel, engage with the world, develop close and trusting relationships and be oneself.
The permission wheel becomes a powerful starting point to thinking about what permissions we have and how we could give ourselves the permissions we need.
Interesting Models from TA (Transactional Analysis) - The Permission Wheel (Jaoui, 1988)
TA offers plentiful models for self-awareness and use with others (As therapists, coaches and counsellors). In this series, I introduce you to some. Today, meet the Permission Wheel!
Permissions mean freedom, acceptance and license. Much of parental teaching happens at an unspoken level. If children are allowed to play with other children, they receive the permission to be joyful. If their opinion is sought and listened to, they receive the permission to think and be important. When parents are excited by, or approve of a child's behaviour, the child often takes it in as a permission. The opposite of permissions are injunctions or prohibitions. A child who is not allowed to play, receives the injunction Don't have fun. This child as a grown up may not be able to be joyful. A child whose thinking is belittled or judged, may receive the injunction Don't think. This adult, will second guess themselves and need validation for their thinking.
The permission wheel is a visual representation of the permissions we believe we have received. Each permission is seen as a slice of the pie chart, more or less extended depending on how free one is in that domain. So, if we imagine the person standing in the center of the chart, he or she can turn and look about, seeing how far his or her freedom extends before being blocked by prohibition. Within those walls, one is safe, in the confines of the enclosure. If it is big, we have lots of wiggle space in which to live freely. If it is small, our script is very limiting. Beyond those confines lies danger: of being rejected, banned, shamed, judged, unloved-or simply of the unknown. The permissions are clustered into four quadrants. These clusters are connected to permissions to feel, engage with the world, develop close and trusting relationships and be oneself.
The permission wheel becomes a powerful starting point to thinking about what permissions we have and how we could give ourselves the permissions we need.