The Theory of Strokes from the Unconditional Position ”I’m — OK, You’re — OK” on the Example of the TV Series ”Ted Lasso”

Abstract

This article presents an analysis of the theory of strokes used in the framework of Transactional Analysis, with an illustration of this theory on the example of the TV series “Ted Lasso” (2020-2023). The main character of this story uses all kinds of strokes described by Mary and Robert Goulding, and also acts as a carrier of the unconditional existential position “I’m — OK, You’re — OK”, which is healing both within the framework of human relationships and within the framework of the psychotherapeutic process. The author draws interesting parallels, noting the similarity between the group psychotherapeutic process and the work of a coach in a football team.