strengthen the healthy adult mode which may be a bit underdeveloped emotional regulation disorders strengthen the healthy adult mode which may be a bit underdeveloped confront the punitive parent mode which may not have anything helpful to offer ‘limited reparenting’ may be very helpful in working with healthy adult, punitive parent, ‘protector’ & both child modes constructive assertiveness can be helped to evolve from the child’s understandable fury reduce the need for the ‘protector’ mode which switches off from inner pain using emotional, physical and chemical withdrawal healing the pain and despair of the abandoned, abused child is some of the deepest work needed