Revisiting the Health System: Framing Transactional Analysis as Positive Social Psychology. Eric Berne Memorial Award Acceptance Speech

Abstract

This article is an expanded version of the acceptance speech for the 2023 Eric Berne Memorial Award. In it the recipient offers thanks both to those who submitted the nomination and to the many colleagues, friends, and students who contributed to the ideas that resulted in the development of the health system model. She goes on to reflect on collaboration and mutual and reciprocal learning in the transactional analysis (TA) community, marginality as a creative place, and the connections between metaphor, framing, and transactional analysis as a positive social psychology. The article concludes with some thoughts on the future potential for an educational perspective and the growth of the positive and resilience aspects of TA.