Friday, 6 April 2018

Transactional Analysis Theory and Practice: The Origins of Transactional Analysis

This blog comes from Ajit Karve, BSc, BTA, a Transformational TA Coach
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The Origins of Transactional Analysis
The origins of Transactional Analysis theory can be traced back to the six essays its founder Eric Berne contributed to Psychiatric Journals during the period 1949-1962. These essays form the contents of a book titled 'Intuition and Ego States' published by the TA Press, San Francisco in 1997.
The subsequent three books of Berne highlight TA theoretical contexts which he used to develop this theory. They are:
1. Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
(TA - A Systematic Individual and Social Psychiatry);
2. Games People Play
(TA - A Psychology of Human Relationships); and
3. What Do You Say After You Say Hello
(TA - The Psychology of Human Destiny).
The core of TA theory is Berne's contribution. Other persons who contributed significant content to this theory are:
Claude Steiner
Steven Karpman
John Dusay
Aaron and Jacqui Schiff
Robert and Mary Goulding
Pat Crossman
Taibi Kahler
Fanita English
Stephen Karpman
Franklin H. Ernst
Richard Erskine 
Marilyn Zalcman
Muriel James
Pam Levine and 
Carlo Mosio
TA is an evolving theory. Its core still continues to be Berne's original contribution. However, contributions by experts from around the world help to see the old in new ways, based on contemporary developments in science, and also to imporve upon its application areas. 

The formation of the International Transactional Analysis Association in 1964 can be traced back to the San Francisco Social Psychiatry Seminars (formed in 1960) as a follow up to Group Therapy program at the Mt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco. The Group Therapy program was conducted under the supervision of Eric Berne since the middle 50’s. Transactional Analysis spread far and wide during the 50’s and thereafter. Detailed history is available on the net at https://calisphere.org/item/c2377c02-3237-4732-9551-505247a4bb91/ And in the issues of the Bulletins of SFSPS.


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