Transactional analysis is a psychoanalytic theory and method of therapy in which 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. 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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Central QuestionWhat ego state, Parent, Adult, or Child, governs a given social transaction, and how can understanding it improve communication and resolve emotional problems? 1 Founded Year Connections
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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.
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Transactional Analysis: A New and Effective Method of Group Therapy, published in the 1958 American Journal of Psychotherapy
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