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    ‘eSNG Hanlon0k of Counseling and Pychothy O06 . 5.23 Transactional Analysis ek by © 7 th. 000 Uvidon {Eric Berne, 1910-1970) KEITH TUDOR AND CHARLOTTE SILLS. Brief history Licnsitional Analysis CEA) iva theory of personal: ‘ty, including theories of child development and psychopathology all of whiel provi the basis for a Aeory f psychotherapy. Italo provides a theory of ‘outntameation. which anay be applica to indivi alvand systems sich as groups and orygnizations Founded by Hrie Berne, a Canadian psyehiutist who originally trained as a psychoanalyst TA has Uicoretical roots in the pxyehosnalytic tradition, although itis also substantially tnducnced by the cr: nitive behavioural and bunaniticlesistentil tradi tions, Beme was particularly induced by Maul esl who, from 1941, vas his tainiog analyst in New York, Faler’s system of ego paycloly wis seaninal in Borne’ later development af the ego state tiicory of personality. In 1943 Bsae joined the US Annay Medical Corps whore aa psychiatrist, he eon ducted group psychotherapy and pursed his stulies in the field of intuition, the results of whieh again ay ie soon in is Iter development af TA theory, ‘specially the importance of checking intuitive judge incrts apts! objective observations. Having eft the Amy, Bene meved to California ard in 1947 became an awalysml of Eric Bikson, ram hon he Feared about sequential life stages and the impor lune of the social influenees in psycho-social devel ‘opment. tu the early 1950s lexte was heginng 10 ica view of psychoanalysis adits co ‘xptuatizition of the unconsciousy his bacak with it ‘cate in 1956 withthe rejection of his aplication for rcmbership of the San Prancisay Psychoanalytic Institute. Remne threw himself inte activity ~ in his public psychiatric posts and, by now ix bis private practice 2s well as his writing, By 1958, he had published articles which contained all the prinipyl Ferins and concepts "VA. Wt 1956 le ets 4 series of weekly meetings of sue sionals interested iA, under the name The Sin rancisco Social Psychiatry Seminar whieh in Ist Fbecanne am incoxporatd essa oly whi, in tun, lel to the founslation in 1964 ofthe Inet. ional ransactional \valysis Association (CUA). In 1961 Berne published “Thausrctional Auaissis iy Paychotherapy, whic drew teypther all bis previous writings on TA and sill presents a couple view of TA personality, psyehuiherapy and cousin theory. he pabliation in TG of Herne’ Gey People Play woushed « blsicxatny of interes int, strengthening the clients Atul 5. Musration ~ using an anecdote, silo or comport sn 0 nore a confrontation or explanation, 6 Confiemation using new confrontations to cfian the lsues and pattors that emenge in the eles dliscourse, 2. Interpretation ~ offering ways of uncerstanding nes undeying motives designed t stale the lien’ Adult control an decontuse is il, 8 Crystalization ~ making summary staenvents to ‘nlp the cent make autonomous choices, nee the carly cays, the original metiedoloy been developed in a nusaber of ways. ‘The n'y approaches (Classical, Cathexis smd Redecision) selied on the‘concrete’ analysis of script wleits th Were ansible to couscious oxguitive aware ater developments have reflected changes in the wider fol of psychothrapy. These inclule nara tive or constructivist approaches that take account Of new understandings in relation to mewory and meaning making ‘they als include psychoanalytic 1IA (eg, Moiso and Novello, 2000) and relational HA where the relationship between therapist and client is the vehicle in which the client can express yybas he SAG Hanalboekaf Counseling and Psychotherapy his or hen sometimes unconscions, seFexpetience ‘and patterns of relating. Relational TA (Hlargeden ‘and Sills, 2002) and Co-creative TA (Sumer and ‘dor, 2000) alto intraluce the intersubjective into their understanding of the therapeutic endesvou, the former in examining the ‘deconfusion? of the Child (elaborating Berne's operations into empathic nsaciions) and the latter in describing 2 present red theory of expanding Adult (seer, 2003), Research evidence Berne (1966) argues that esearch and therapy must be cleanly separated, wo dhe extent that a research gaoup should be desighated av such and any therapeutic results regarded as secondary. Heal discusses issues fof motivation and possible psychological gumes involved in rescarch, as well asthe effect of the pres: tence of the investigator. Nevertheless, erne himself pre-figured the more recent concept ofthe reflective practitioner who is more aware of research. Berne’ ‘own writing, aswell asthatof other IA practitioners, reflects a broad conosra in the TA commmity t0 dobeerve the external manifestations of internal, phe rnomencloyical rsalitiee anel to operationalize the conclusions. 1 follows that most "TA concepts sre amenable to research ~ the life script through questionvaires, Vanctignal anodes of ego sates through che egogeam, passivity and discounting through the

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