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What is Transactional Analysis? Transactional analysis is an interpersonal relations approach developed in the United States at the beginning of the 60s by Dr Eric Berne who has since known an immense success in various fields related to social psychology (group dynamics, recruitment, skill assessments, etc.) as well as in personal therapy and couple, family and friend relationship dynamics.Transactional Analysis (TA) is based on a behavioral model which distinguishes attitudes in each of us that come from three basic roles, the three "Ego States": the Parent, the Adult and the Child. We are dominated by one of these three facets of our personality, alternately and to varying degrees. More precisely, TA describes the various ways to behave as the Parent, the Adult or the Child. Some are more useful than others! For example, in the transmission of values which is one of characteristic roles of the Parent, we notice that this role can be fulfilled in a way that is fair and acceptable to others - here we are talking about the "Normative Parent" - or, on the contrary, this role can be carried out in a tyrannical, intolerable way - and in this case, one can speak of the "Prosecutor Parent"... These Ego States express themselves in communicative situations, generating real "transactions". A "transaction" is no more and no less than an exchange between two people that is formatted by the roles which are activated within each person at any given moment. We notice that communication works well when the activated roles are complementary or sympathetic to each other. For example, for the question: "Have you seen my glasses?", the answer would be: " Yes, they are on the chest." On the other hand, problems arise as soon as a "game" begins and the roles oppose each other. For example, if the first person opens the exchange in a neutral register: " Have you seen my glasses? " and the other person responds: "You lose everything, you're nothing but a kid ", we easily see that such an exchange can degenerate very quickly! By studying the Ego States, the behavior that they cause, the games they lead to up to the scenarios that they cause, Transactional Analysis gives us the necessary tools for self-knowledge and personal development. This process encompasses everything from the simple improvement of communication to the implementation of therapies. Links, Bibliography Here is a selected list of web sites that will make you discover and appreciate the theory and the methods of Transactional Analysis:
Transactional Analysis on Wikipedia Among the main references:
T.A. has met a great success in France. Here are some references in french:
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