ABOUT TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS (TA):

"...Transactional analysis is a psychoanalytic theory and method of therapy wherein social interactions (or "transactions") are analyzed to determine the ego state of the communicator (whether parent-like, childlike, or adult-like) as a basis for understanding behavior. In transactional analysis, the communicator is taught to alter the ego state as a way to solve emotional problems. The method deviates from Freudian psychoanalysis, which focuses on increasing awareness of the contents of subconsciously held ideas. Eric Berne developed the concept and paradigm of transactional analysis in the late 1950s..."

(Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactional_analysis dated 27/Nov./2023)

The basic philosophy of TA:

• People are OK; thus each person has validity, importance, equality of respect.
• Positive reinforcement increases feelings of being OK.
• All people have a basic lovable core and a desire for positive growth.
• Everyone (with only few exceptions, such as the severely brain-damaged) has the capacity to think.
• All of the many facets of an individual have a positive value for them in some way.
• People decide their story and destiny, therefore these decisions can be changed.
• All emotional difficulties are curable.

(Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactional_analysis dated 27/Nov./2023)