Do u know anything about transactional analysis(ta)?

Question

Do u know anything about transactional analysis(ta)

Answer 1

Transactional analysis, commonly known as TA to its adherents, is a psychoanalytic theory of psychology developed by psychiatrist Eric Berne during the late 1950s.

Revising Freud's concept of the human psyche as composed of the id, ego, and super-ego, Berne postulated instead three "ego states" - the Parent, Adult and Child states - which were largely shaped through childhood experiences.

Unhealthy childhood experiences could damage the Child or Parent ego states, which would bring discomfort to an individual and/or others, in a variety of forms including many types of mental illness.

Berne considered how individuals interact with one another, and how the ego states affected each set of transactions. Unproductive or counterproductive transactions were considered to be signs of ego state problems. Analysing these transactions, according to the person's individual developmental history, would enable the person to "get better". Berne thought that virtually everyone has something problematic about their ego states and that negative behaviour would not be addressed by 'treating' only the problematic individual.

Berne identified a typology of common counterproductive social interactions, identifying these as "games".

Berne presented his theories in two popular books on transactional analysis: Games People Play (1964) and What Do You Say After You Say Hello? (1975). As a result, TA came to be disdained in many mainstream mental health circles as an example of "pop psychology". A light rock song, "Games People Play", reinforced the idea of lightweight inanity.

TA was also dismissed by the conventional psychoanalytic community because of its radical departures from Freudian theory. However, by the 1970s, because of its non-technical and non-threatening jargon and model of the human psyche, many of its terms and concepts were adopted by eclectic therapists as part of their individual approaches to psychotherapy. It also served well as a therapy model for groups of patients, or marital/family counselees, where interpersonal (rather than intrapersonal) disturbances were the focus of treatment.

The more dedicated TA purists banded together in 1964 with Berne to form a research and professional accrediting body, the International Transactional Analysis Association, or ITAA. The organization is still active as of 2006.

Answer 2

Yes. I read a book on the subject by Eric Berne called "The Games People Play."

Answer 3

hippie bs from the calif. self-help period (e.g., i am okay and you are okay, dolphing, games people play, all about the same bs.) a few still around sucking up suckers money selling bs books and giving lectures like wayne dyer. run away renee!

Answer 4

According to Berne, we interact in conversation in various "roles"..

According to that school of thought their are modalities of interaction.

Parent < - > Adult <->Child

When the modalities are not peer the interaction is out of balance and one tends to act superior or feel inferior to the other.

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the "highest form" is where both parties interact in an adult fashion and not take on the role of the Parent or Child.