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“….. is a theory of personality and a
systematic psychotherapy for personal growth and
personal change” (Stewart & Joines TA
Today; 1987)
It is a also a theory of child development and
a theory of communication. TA can be used in any
field of work where an understanding of
relationships, individuals and communication is
needed. See History of Eric Berne for the
background to the development of TA from the ITA
Website.
The Philosophy of TA
People are
OK
( I accept myself as me and
I accept you as you. This is a statement of
essence rather than behaviour)
Everyone has the
capacity to
think
(Therefore it is the
responsibility of each of us to decide what he or
she wants from life)
People decide their
own destiny, and these decisions can be
changed.
(Parents can exert
strong pressure on us to behave in certain ways
but we make our own decisions whether to comply
with these pressures, to rebel against them or to
ignore them).
From these assumptions there follows
two basic principles of TA practice:
Contractual
method
(The client and the
therapist take joint responsibility for achieving
whatever changes you want to make)
Open
communication
(The client
has access to full information about what is going
on in our work together)
It
can be used in a variety of fields and has four
areas of
qualification:
Psychotherapy
Education
Organisational
Counselling
If you want to find out more about
Transactional Analysis visit the Institute of
Transactional
Analysis:
Website: http://www.ita.org.uk/ |
