Transactional analysis, commonly known as TA, is an integrative approach to psychology and psychotherapy developed during the late 1950s by Dr Eric Berne. It is based on two notions: first that we have three parts or 'ego-states' to our personality: the child, adult and parent self. Secondly that these parts converse with one another in 'transactions' and, within each social interaction, one self predominates. Therefore by recognising these roles, the client can choose which part to adopt and so adjust behaviour. This form of therapy works with the term inner child to describe unfulfilled needs from childhood. Transactional analysis is an integrative analysis drawing upon psychoanalytic, humanist and cognitive approaches.
Related UKCP modality sections:
Humanistic and integrative psychotherapies (HIPS) |
