The ego state architecture of the IAP — reframed for personal and relational life. How you give and receive care, hold standards, express yourself, and navigate conflict and adaptation in close relationships.
The PAP uses the same six-ego-state framework as the IAP, but the items are written for personal and relational contexts — close relationships, care, conflict, self-expression, and everyday life. The same person may show a very different profile in personal life than in their leadership role.
The PAP is designed for therapy, coaching, and personal development contexts. It is not appropriate for leadership development or organisational use — for that, use the IAP.
The PAP is designed for facilitated personal development, coaching, and therapeutic contexts. It produces the same kind of profile as the IAP — a starting point for a conversation, not a verdict about a person.
It is particularly useful when a client's relational patterns are the primary focus of the work — when what matters is not how they lead at work, but how they organise themselves in close relationship.
The PAP is available to registered practitioners through the Inner Authority Suite portal. Register or sign in to add clients and send instruments.
The ego state profile in personal life often looks quite different from the one that emerges in professional contexts. If you have completed the IAP, compare the two. Where the profiles diverge is often where the most interesting material lives — the places where who you are at work and who you are in close relationships have drifted apart.
Look first at the gaps. High Nurturing Parent alongside low Free Child describes a particular relational pattern — care that has crowded out aliveness. High Adapted Child alongside low Adult describes someone reading the room at the cost of their own thinking. The meaning lives in the relationships between scales.
Notice which results surprise you. The surprises are usually more useful than the confirmations. A result that contradicts what you thought about yourself in close relationship is the one worth bringing into the session.
This profile was generated from self-report. It reflects how you experience yourself in personal and intimate contexts. The conversation that follows is where the real work begins.