Transactional Analysis A Relational Perspective [Paperback]

Transactional analysis is growing in popularity as an approach to psychotherapy, and this book provides an in-depth, comprehensive model of theory and practice.
Transactional Analysis: A Relational Perspectivepresents a relational model of psychotherapy which reflects the theoretical and methodological changes that have been evolving over recent years. In this book, Helena Hargaden and Charlotte Sills tell the story of their model through case history, theory and diagram illustrating how the unconscious process comes to life in the consulting room. Their relational theory and applied methodology of transactional analysis makes it possible to chart realms of uncertainty and the unknown, (deconfusion of the Child ego state), with theoretical assistance.

Transactional Analysis: A Relational Perspectivecovers:
* the approach
* the dynamics of the relationship
* therapeutic transactions
* wider implications.
It looks at the whole therapeutic relationship, from the establishment of the working alliance, to the terminating of therapy and beyond. It will be of great interest to postgraduates and professionals in the field of psychotherapy.

Introduction. Stage I: The Approach.The Story of 'B'. The Development of the Self. Forming the Working Alliance. Stage II: The Dynamics of the Relationship.Transference. Countertransference. Erotic Transference. Cultural Implications in the Transferential Relationship. Stage III: Therapeutic Transactions.Empathic Transactions. Therapy with the Parent Ego State. Group Psychotherapy. Stage IV: Wider Implications.Different Dimensions of Transactional Analysis. How to Say Goodbye?

This book is written in a fascinating fashion, intertwining a detailed presentation of an intensive psychotherapy with an unusually frank account of the therapist's reconsil“i