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Eric Berne Principles of Transaction Al Analysis

Transactional analysis is a psychotherapy method focused on observable behavior rather than interpretation, involving transactions between stimuli and responses. It identifies three components of personality—Child, Adult, and Parent ego states—and analyzes social interactions to help patients understand and resolve their issues. This approach is effective across various psychiatric conditions and can be applied in fields like nursing, education, and correctional work.

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Eric Berne Principles of Transaction Al Analysis

Transactional analysis is a psychotherapy method focused on observable behavior rather than interpretation, involving transactions between stimuli and responses. It identifies three components of personality—Child, Adult, and Parent ego states—and analyzes social interactions to help patients understand and resolve their issues. This approach is effective across various psychiatric conditions and can be applied in fields like nursing, education, and correctional work.

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PRINCIPLES OF TRANSACTION AL AN ALYSIS

Eric Berne, M.D. (F)


Lecturer in Psychiatry, Uni vers -i.-oy o.rCali .f ornia School of Mec.i cine
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San Francisco
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Box 2111, Carmel , Cali. fo .r r, i .~

Transactional analysis is a method df psychotherapy based on


observ,g:':. icn rather than interpretation, and 'y-vDich deaJ.s p.c j.marily
with beh avior rather than content. The unit of soc ~ a} . behavior
is c~ t,.;:' ;~1.n saction, consisting of a transactional ;:l timu.lus and a
trar. s 8J; t~ t ()n a l response.
These are treated as events :cather than
as s tat 8m8nts" It proceeds in definite phases wh i ch the patient
himself can follow intelligently. Structural analysis enables him
to distinguish three components in his own personality: Archaeopsychic, neopsychic, and exteropsychic, which are manifested as
Child, Adult, and Parent ego states, respectively. Transactional
analysis distinguishes which ego states are active in each par~i
cipGn t in a transaction or set of transactions. Game analysis
deals with those sets of ulterior transactions leading to a welldefined denouerr.en t, whi ch form the bulk of Meaningful acti vi ty
be t ween peopleD By this method the structure and social function
of sJrmptcms can be laid bare relatively quickly and in a way which
the properly prepared patient can easily grasp. Thi~ puts him in
~n advantageous position to substitute more constructive solutions
for h i s inner and outer problems.
Transactional analysis can be learned with more ease and precision than most other forms of psychotherapy; it has proven
!useful with all categories of psychiatric illnesses, and the re,sults are especially gratifyi.ng in those types of cases which are
,often refractory to other psychotherapeutic approaches: psycho:pathy, alcoholism, and mental retardation, for example. The
,.'principles can also be usefully applied in nursing, education, and
, correctional work.
References:

Transactional AnalYsis in Psychotherapy, Grove


New York, 1961.

P~ess,

Games Peo-ple Play, Grove Press, New York


(In Press) "

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