Yamini Meduri

Contents
What is Transactional Analysis Structural Analysis of Ego States Functional Analysis of Ego States

Rules of Communication
Life Positions Script Games

What is Transactional Analysis

Theory of personality and behavior and a systematic psychotherapy tool for personal growth and personal change.

Gives a picture of how people are structured psychologically.

PHILOSOPHY OF TA

We are all born OK, as princes and princesses All of us have the capacity to think. We decide our destiny and these decisions can be changed.

Structural Analysis of Ego States

The Parent Ego State is the set of feelings, attitudes, values and prejudices and behaviors taken in from parents and significant parental figures. The Adult Ego State is those feelings, attitudes, behaviors which are direct response to current here-and-now reality.

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The Child Ego State is the archaic feelings, emotions, attitudes, and behaviors, which are remnants of the persons past significantly from childhood and childhood decisions

Taught concepts

P A

Thought concepts Felt concepts

Functional Representation of Ego States

Parent Ego States

Contamination

Parent Contamination

Child Contamination

Double Contamination

Egogram

--Jack Dusay

Amount of psychic energy in a person remains constant.

It is distributed amongst different ego states.

Transactions
A transaction is a combination of transactional stimulus and transactional response. It is a basic unit of social discourse or communication.

Complementary Transaction

Crossed Transaction

Ulterior Transactions

Duplex Transaction

Angular Transaction

This report is hopeless

Shut-Up!! Do it yourself next time

This report is hopeless

I am so sorry !! I cant do any work properly

Rules of Communication
First
So long as the transactions remain complementary, communication can continue indefinitely.

Second

When a transaction is crossed, a break in communication results and one or both individuals will need to shift ego states in order for communication to be re-established.

Third

The behavioral outcome of ulterior transactions is determined at the psychological level and not at the social level.

Basic Hungers

Stimulus Hunger: A need for physical, emotional, intellectual contact with others.
Recognition Hunger: A need to have ones existence as an individual recognized. Structure Hunger: A need to structure ones time to meet the need for strokes

Strokes
Stroke is defined as a unit of recognition. Strokes fulfill our hunger for stimulus and recognition.

Types of strokes:
Verbal/Non-Verbal Positive/Negative Conditional/Unconditional

A negative stroke is better than no stroke

Time Structuring

Life Positions

Ego States & Life Positions

Script
All the world is a stage and all men and women the actors -- William Shakespeare

Life scripts consist of a set of decisions that are made by the child in response to the parental messages about self, others and the world. Script is a life plan made in early childhood, reinforced by the parents, justified by subsequent events, and culminating in choosing an alternative.

Drivers

The Do messages of how to please our parents

DRIVERS Be Perfect PARENTAL MESSAGES You are only OK if you get everything right. ALLOWERS Its OK to be yourself. Its OK to make mistakes.

Please others
Be Strong

You are only OK if you please others.

You are only OK if you hide your and wants from people.

Its OK to consider and please yourself.

Its OK to be open and take care of your own needs.

Try Hard

You are only OK if you keep trying hard to do things.

You are only OK if you do everything right now.

Its OK to do it.

Hurry Up

Its OK to take your time.

Games
A Game is an ongoing series of complementary ulterior transactions progressing to a well-defined predictable outcome.

Why People Play Games? To satisfy their stroke needs To reinforce their life position To further our script To structure time

The Drama Triangle --Stephen Karpman

Persecutor

A Persecutor is one who puts others down and belittles them. A Rescuer responds by offering help from a one-up position, without verifying whether help is needed, and puts others down. A victim may be in search of rescuer who will confirm the Victims belief I cant cope on my own.

Rescuer

Victim

Goal of Transactional Analysis

Awareness Spontaneity

Intimacy

Autonomy

Thank you