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title: "Transactional Analysis"
tags: transactional-analysis psychology permanent-notes
date: 2021-02-06 20:19:11
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# Transactional Analysis

> "Method of therapy that analyses transactions by understanding what state of mind they are in when communicating - and how those states of mind came to be."

Developed by Eric Berne in the 1950s.

TA is a theory of personality and a systematic psychotherapy for personal growth and change. It provides a theory of communication, how people communicate and why communications break down. It offers a theory of child development - how decisions made in childhood may continue to influence behavior later in life despite painful consequences. Who you were at 7 years old still controls you. Micro/Macro wounds at that stage still influences us.

The Goal of TA is **Autonomy - or Freedom from the [[life script|TA: Life Script]]**. This involves...

### Awareness

- Ability to stay in here and now
- External Awareness: Sensory inputs without judging
- Internal Awareness: Thoughts, feelings, sensations

### Spontaneity

The ability to freely choose between any of the 3 [[ego states|TA: Ego States]] as appropriate to the situation

### Intimacy

The ability to [[authentically|TA: Time Structuring]] communicate feels with mutual OK-ness

Source: [[Empowering Self : Transactional Analysis 101]]

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