Transactional Analysis
Transactional Analysis Theories of Counseling Gabriele Lauer-Ballard Baker College of Jackson May 27, 2013
Transactional Analysis Transactional Analysis is one of the most accessible theories of modern psychology. Transactional Analysis was founded by Eric Berne, and the famous 'parent adult child ' theory is still being developed today. Transactional Analysis has wide applications in clinical, therapeutic, organizational and personal development, encompassing communications, management, personality, relationships and behavior. Whether you 're in business, a parent, and social worker or interested in personal development, his transactional analysis theories, and those of his followers, will enrich your dealings with people, and your understanding of yourself (Strisik, 2010). In the 1950 's Eric Berne began to develop his theories of transactional analysis. He said that verbal communication, particularly face to face, is at the center of human social relationships and psychoanalysis. His starting-point was that when two people encounter each other, one of them will speak to the other. This he called the transaction stimulus. The reaction from the other person he called the transaction response. The person sending the stimulus is called the agent. The person who responds is called the respondent. Transactional analysis became the method of examining the transaction where I do something to you, and you do something back. Berne also said that each person is made up of three alter ego states: Parent, adult and child. These terms have different definitions than in normal language (Parrott, 2003). The parent represents our ingrained voice of authority, absorbed conditioning, learning and attitudes from when we were young. We were conditioned by our real parents, teachers, older people, next door neighbors, aunts and uncles. Our parent is made up of a huge number of hidden and overt recorded playbacks. Typically embodied by phrases and attitudes starting
Transactional Analysis Transactional Analysis is one of the most accessible theories of modern psychology. Transactional Analysis was founded by Eric Berne, and the famous 'parent adult child ' theory is still being developed today. Transactional Analysis has wide applications in clinical, therapeutic, organizational and personal development, encompassing communications, management, personality, relationships and behavior. Whether you 're in business, a parent, and social worker or interested in personal development, his transactional analysis theories, and those of his followers, will enrich your dealings with people, and your understanding of yourself (Strisik, 2010). In the 1950 's Eric Berne began to develop his theories of transactional analysis. He said that verbal communication, particularly face to face, is at the center of human social relationships and psychoanalysis. His starting-point was that when two people encounter each other, one of them will speak to the other. This he called the transaction stimulus. The reaction from the other person he called the transaction response. The person sending the stimulus is called the agent. The person who responds is called the respondent. Transactional analysis became the method of examining the transaction where I do something to you, and you do something back. Berne also said that each person is made up of three alter ego states: Parent, adult and child. These terms have different definitions than in normal language (Parrott, 2003). The parent represents our ingrained voice of authority, absorbed conditioning, learning and attitudes from when we were young. We were conditioned by our real parents, teachers, older people, next door neighbors, aunts and uncles. Our parent is made up of a huge number of hidden and overt recorded playbacks. Typically embodied by phrases and attitudes starting
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