Abstract
Produced originally as the content for an opening speech and associated workshop at the ITAA/SAATA Conference in Kochi, India in August 2018, the following contains a review of theoretical contributions from authors based in India between 1993 and 2018. In particular, the wide-ranging contributions of Os Summerton and Pearl Drego are described, along with a review of the activities of Father George Kandathil and of others on the subjects of the guru, ethics, universal consciousness and conflict strategies. Two themes are extracted: practical ideas and models, and the cultural and spiritual nature of Indian society, with an expansion of Berne’s concept of autonomy into five components that are linked to Indian philosophy.
Highlights
This material was prepared for the inaugural speech and a following workshop at the international Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA) and South Asian Association of Transactional Analysis (SAATA) joint conference in Kochi, India in August 2018
I was invited to give the opening speech because I had been involved with the TA community in India since I had served as ITAA President 1990-1991
Ethnic Child Writing of yet another keynote speech, this time at the Transactional Analysis World Conference 2008 in South Africa, Drego (2009) extended her ideas about ego states and the Cultural Parent, to propose an Ethnic Child
Summary
This material was prepared for the inaugural speech and a following workshop at the international Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA) and South Asian Association of Transactional Analysis (SAATA) joint conference in Kochi, India in August 2018. I was invited to give the opening speech because I had been involved with the TA community in India since I had served as ITAA President 1990-1991. I have visited India many times, running TA training in many locations, attending further conferences, taking part in multi-level learnings, and running Training Endorsement Workshops including one in January 2018. I began my preparation for the inaugural speech by looking back 25 years, when I realised that I still had my copy of the conference proceedings from 1993. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research & Practice Vol 10 No 2, October 2019 www.ijtarp.org
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