Transactional Analysis Perspective Research Articles

Love Addiction: From Attachment Theory to Affective Dependency. A Transactional Analysis Perspective and Treatment Protocol

The authors briefly describe the etiopathogenetic origins of love addiction, including how they relate to the concepts of script protocol, symbiosis, and the stroke economy. They also consider the connection between attachment and love addiction and the various forms of love addiction. Finally, they propose a protocol for working with love addiction using transactional analysis.

Transactional Analysis and Burnout: For Individuals and Organizations

In this article the authors share with a wider readership some of the core concepts from a book they published in Dutch about a transactional analysis perspective on the interactions between the organization and the individual in cases of burnout. Burnout has taken on epidemic proportions in the Western world. Some theories on burnout focus on individual vulnerabilities, whereas others suggest burnout is the fault of organizations. The authors combine the two approaches and view burnout as the result of interlocking scripts of individual and organization: two script circles intertwining to the detriment of both. They present an analysis and an action model with which organizations and individuals together can prevent burnout. Setting firm, clear boundaries is essential in this model.

Looking at the Impasse Theory Through the Lens of Immigration

This article examines the phenomenon of immigration in the context of psychology in general and from the perspective of Transactional Analysis in particular, using the theory of impasses. The purpose of this article is to examine the impact of the immigration experience on the human psyche and the ways in which it can activate the impasse state.

Applied Managerial Communication: Comments from the Perspective of Transactional Analysis

Applied Managerial Communication: Comments from the Perspective of Transactional Analysis

The Experience of Anxiety in Body and Mind: A Transactional Analysis Perspective

Anxiety occurs in both the body and the mind, with explicit aspects (e.g., reported symptoms and emotions) and implicit aspects (e.g., thoughts, prejudices, and internalized traumatic experiences) that are unexplored even by the anxious individual. During the diagnosis and treatment process, the goal is to build bridges between these aspects, give new meanings to them, and foster the growth of individuals trapped in their symptoms. The body, which was previously anxious, unpredictable, and insecure, gradually becomes a source of needs, desires, and resources that can be understood and addressed. Transactional analysis (especially the concepts of ego states and script) can be a guide to interpreting the transformation of internalized relationships that reverberate in the therapeutic relationship. The clinical dialogue is a space in which the body, once deadened by symptoms, can rediscover its potential. Some clinical examples accompany theoretical reflections.

The Three-Cornered Contract in Psychotherapy of the Adolescent and their parents

Transactional analysis has made an indisputable contribution to thinking about the contract, its formulation, and its importance in the process of psychotherapy. The article presents the con- cept of contract and the process of contracting in the perspective of transactional analysis and its implications in the field of psychotherapeutic practice, with particular emphasis on individual psy- chotherapy of adolescent patients. Erik Berne’s (1966) classic concept of the contract and Fanita English’s (1975) three-cornered contract are discussed, together with a special focus on the anal- ysis of overt and covert processes leading to success and failure in adolescent therapy from the perspective of relational transactional analysis (Hargaden, Sills, 2002). The article also describes the specific problems a psychotherapist may encounter in therapeutic work with an adolescent and their parents from the perspective of the developing tripartite relationship.

Abusive relationships from the perspective of transactional analysis

Abusive relationships from the perspective of transactional analysis

COVID‐19, political communication, and public health: A Transactional Analysis perspective

The article discusses aspects of political communication during the COVID-19 pandemic, analysing it from the point of view of Transactional Analysis, and in particular, in the light of the so-called transactional analysis philosophical assumptions, transactional analysis proper and Claude Steiner's reflections on power. Using examples and an analysis of the literature, the article aims to show how sometimes political communication seems to be guided by hidden motivations that serve the purposes of power of some political representatives rather than the common good. In these cases, it denies the philosophical assumptions and determines negative effects on the health of citizens. Loyal Adult–Adult communication appears to be the most promising both to promote the Transactional Analysis philosophical assumptions and to address the direct and indirect consequences of the pandemic on population health.

Prophylaxis of suicidal behavior in conditions of penitentiary isolation from the perspective of Transactional Analysis

Suicidal behaviors in society, regardless of their final result, are an important topic that requires many preventive actions. In specific conditions, such as the conditions of imprisonment, it is even more important to prevent and counteract the negative effects of isolation which may increase an already high risk of suicide. In penitentiary establishments, suicidal prevention is carried out on the basis of detailed instructions on the prevention of suicide of imprisoned persons. The article discusses individual provisions of the aforementioned instruction and the manner of their implementation. It is also an attempt to present the actions taken and their effects with the use of Transactional Analysis terminology.

Profile of computer use by Polish and Ukrainian students from the perspective of transactional analysis - research study

The article presents research which compares computer use by students from Poland and Ukraine in the scope of such activities as entertainment, work/study, practical activities, hobbies and communication. The research was carried out using the diagnostic survey method, with the help of the questionnaire technique, in a group of 286 people in total (166 from Poland and 120 from Ukraine). Since the research tool contained questions related to the concept of transactional analysis, it allowed for analysing the profile of ego states examined at the level of functional analysis and drivers. Due to this, it was possible to indicate not only differences in the manner of using new technologies, but also to determine their sources. The use of transactional analysis in research related to human functioning in the world of new media is the original initiative of the author of this article.

Transactional Analysis Theory and Spirituality

A great deal of importance has recently been given to studies dealing with the spiritual aspect of psychological theories and approaches; the aim has been to shed light on the spiritual aspect of humanity through these conducted researches and compilations. The current study aims to explain the perspective of transactional analysis on spirituality in terms of the theory of interpersonal relations and the extent of spirituality on the understanding of transactional analysis. Mainly the views of Berne and the researchers following in his footsteps have been taken into consideration. The experience of self-transcendence has been referenced by elaborating on the concept of autonomy, which occurs in spirituality through transactional analysis. By forming a framework over the transactional analysis view on spirituality, a perspective is offered towards transactional analysis patterns and spirituality along the axis of transaction and ego states. Family prisms, which are especially effective in the process of working with families in the understanding of transactional analysis, are clarified along the axis of spirituality. In addition, brief and summary information is presented about the pilgrim model, which guides transactional analysts regarding the spiritual elements a client brings during the consultation process. This study aims to show that the understanding of transactional analysis is a theory of relations and that therapists do not exclude spirituality from the counseling process but reference spirituality, particularly when focusing on ego states, intimacy, and autonomy, although not on all the concepts discussed along the understanding axis. For this purpose, the study aims to give the point of view on spirituality in transactional analysis theory by compiling the research that has been performed.

Transactional Analysis and the Spiritual Dimension in the Religious Music of Johann Sebastian Bach

The author, who is passionate about both Bach’s music and transactional analysis (TA), explores the spiritual dimension of each. He considers how to look at spiritual experiences from a TA perspective and links his reflections to his experience of Bach’s music. Based on music director John Eliot Gardener’s description of Bach’s music as “being in another world” and bringing “a sense of otherness,” the author explores this sense of otherness using TA. To illustrate his point, he concludes his article with a quote from Bach himself.

Supervision in Psychotherapy from the Perspective of Transactional Analysis

This article deals with supervision in clinical psychology that is distinct from pedagogical practice in psychology. The objective is to expand the reflection about supervision, the role of the supervisor and the training of psychotherapists from the perspective of supervision in the methodology of transactional analysis. Supervision is about a process of professional development that must qualify the skills of the trainee, develop those that are lacking and expand their potential to achieve professional success, since the construction of psychotherapeutic knowledge is not limited to theoretical content and must include training practical skills, professional posture and ethics.Citation - APA format:Silva, M. (2018). Supervision in Psychotherapy from the Perspective of Transactional Analysis. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research & Practice, 9(2), 81-86 https://doi.org/10.29044/v9i2p81

New technologies as a substitute of intimacy. The issue of using smartphones in the perspective of transactional analysis

Smartphones and tablets become toys for ever younger children. They let tired parents rest for a moment and become a remedy for boredom. Smartphone is also a device that we use habitually, not only during leisure time, but also during classes or at work. As with any new technology, there are doubts about the side effects of such a situation. Current research on the use of new technologies will be presented from the perspective of transactional analysis, a psychotherapeutic school adapted to educational needs. The psychological perspective allows showing the effects of certain life choices in the long-term perspective.

New technologies in education – challenges for teachers in the perspective of transactional analysis

The transactional analysis concept assumes that everybody has specific areas of themselves: Parent ego-state, Adult ego-state and Child ego-state. In this approach, Parent and Child have two separate, in a sense, opposing aspects. In the case of the first one, it is a Controlling Parent and a Nurturing Parent, and in the case of Child – a Free Child and an Adapted Child. Entering into a relationship with another human being, we do it from the particular level of ourselves. In a traditional Polish school – already at the early education stage – relations between the teacher and the child usually take place between Controlling Parent and Adapted Child. On the other hand, the use of new technologies in education forces, in effect, the system to change to Adult–Adult with simultaneous involvement of a Free Child of both parties. The article concerns the analysis the difficulties resulting from the change of the said system (especially on the part of teachers) and the search for the reasons of this situation.

Games people play with brands

Relationships have been normalized in marketing theory as mutually beneficial, long-term dyads. This obscures their emotional content, ignores critical conceptualizations of corporate exploitation and fails to capture the range of possible marketplace relationship forms, including those that may result from individuals’ biographical psychology and that lead to repeated dysfunctional exchanges. In this article, we offer Berne’s (1964) transactional analysis (TA) as a way to uncover the biographical psychology that informs marketplace relationship structures and their accompanying emotions and to provide a critique of such arrangements. We first explain TA, its origins, its relationship with psychoanalysis, its limitations and contemporary extensions beyond therapy. We then present the structural basis of marketplace relationships from a TA perspective, before illustrating how a game in TA can be applied through an analysis of the iPhone and related mobile phone contracts and the Games If I didn’t Love Apple and Smallprint. Finally, we discuss the implications of such an approach for transforming market practices based on recognition of marketplace Games and their modification.

Transakcyjne zakazy i nakazy skryptowe w ukrytym programie szkoły

This article attempts to look at the hidden school program from the transactional analysis perspective. Essential parts of the hidden education program comprise domination of teaching, exact implementationof the core curriculum, testing and checking the pupils’ results (instead of what they have actuallylearned, what skills they have acquired, what attitudes they have shaped). It seems that the concept of script could be used in the analysis of this aspect of school functioning. This concept could be particularly useful in the area of transactional injunctions, and counterinjuctions functioning at school.

Trening twórczości – kształcenie dorosłej pozycji życiowej ucznia w perspektywie analizy transakcyjnej

Trening twórczości – kształcenie dorosłej pozycji życiowej ucznia w perspektywie analizy transakcyjnej

Zamki na piasku… czyli fenomen kłamstwa w perspektywie analizy transakcyjnej

The article is an attempt of showing the process of lying from the perspective of transactional analysis. Lying is understood here as an interpersonal process, which involves a liar and his vic- tim. What is important is the fact that the victim cooperates with a liar. A false vision of reality shown by the liar at some point becomes a vision of the victim. This is damaging for their current relationship, and also disrupts the functioning of the Adult ego-state. Transactional analysis can describe and explain the harm of false relational processes without focusing on the moral side of the issue.

Syndrom Syzyfa a wynik sportowy. Perspektywa analizy transakcyjnej

Syndrom Syzyfa a wynik sportowy. Perspektywa analizy transakcyjnej