Transactional Analysis Theory

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CONTENT 1. INTRODUCTION 2. HISTORY 3. PHILOSOPHY 4. VIEW OF HUMAN RELATIONS 5. KEY CONCEPTS 6. ROLE OF COUNSELOR AND CLIENT 7. LIMITATIONS 8. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COUNSELING FIELD 9. REFERENCES 1. INTRODUCTION This paper is part of the assessment of for the participants of the Diploma Course in Counseling. The skill training groups were asked to pick one of the following theories: * Psychodrama * Adlerian * Solution focused therapy * Feministic therapy * Transactional analysis Our group selected Transactional Analysis The group divided the theory in seven parts according to the chapters of this report. Group members provided a draft contribution accordingly. The offer of our skill training group facilitator was kindly accepted and a hard copy was presented for comments. The contribution of the group members and the comments made by the group facilitator were the basis of a second round of writing. The results are presented in this paper and can be considered a group production under acknowledgment and thanks for the assistance provided by the group facilitator Nancy Nyambura. 2. HISTORY History of Eric Berne (According Eric Berne, (1964), Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships).Grove Press Inc. New York Eric Berne was born May 10, 1910 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as Leonard Bernstein, the son of David Hiller Bernstein, MD, a general practitioner, and Sarah Gordon Bernstein, a professional writer and editor. His only sibling, his sister Grace, was born five years later. The family immigrated to Canada from Poland and Russia. Both parents graduated from McGill University, and Eric, who was close to his father, spoke fondly of how he accompanied his father, a physician, on medical grounds. Dr. Bernstein died of tuberculosis at age 38. Mrs. Bernstein then supported herself and her
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