Transactional Analysis: Transactional Analysis: An OverviewAn Overview

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Transactional Analysis

Sketch of Eric Berne

Ego States?

Explanation of Parent, Adult, Child Ego

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Judging Ego states

Transactions

Transactional AnalysisTransactional Analysis•Dr. Eric Berne, the originator of TA, defined a term transaction - the fundamental unit of social intercourse.

•TA describes how people are structured psychologically. It uses what is perhaps its best known model, the ego-state (Parent-Adult-Child) model, to do this

•It is a theory of communication that can be extended to the analysis of systems and organisations

A Sketch of Eric BerneA Sketch of Eric Berne

DoB: May 10, 1910, Canada

Studied Medicine & receivedand Master of Surgery

Began training as psychoanalyst at NY Psychoanalytic Institute in 1941Army psychiatrist during World War II

have written many books including Games People Play

Ego StatesEgo StatesEach of our personality is made up

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Ego StatesEgo States

Set of thoughts, feelings and behaviors learnt or borrowed from parents or other care takers

ParentParent

Critical Parent – prejudiced thoughts, feelings & behaviors from our parentsNurturing Parent – Soft, loving and permission giving

AdultAdult

Oriented towards current reality and objective gathering of informationNo relation with a person’s age

Data processing center

Solutions based on facts and not solely on pre-judged thoughts or childlike emotions

Seat of emotions, thoughts, memories from childhood

ChildChild

How one responded to early experiences and the positions one took about oneself & others

Free Child – Spontaneous feeling, playful, authentic, emotional

Adapted Child – Comply with parental messagesRebellious Child – Does not comply with parental messages

Types:

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Go ahead play and have fun

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Go ahead play and have fun

Nurturing Parent

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Now don'nt you dare get yourself messy

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Now don'nt you dare get yourself messy

Critical Parent

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This sand looks intresting. Can i make a castle

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This sand looks intresting. Can i make a castle

Adult

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Wow ! look how tall my castle is

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Wow ! look how tall my castle is

Free child

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I better not get my clothes dirty

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I better not get my clothes dirty

Adaptive child

Tone of Voice

How to judge -what ego state you are in

if soft -Nurturing parent

if Harsh -Critical parent

if cheerful & emotional-Free Child

if tone is clear -Adult

if goodboy tone -Adaptive Child

TransactionsTransactionsHow people interact with each

otherWhich ego state in me is talking to which ego state in you

Communication can sometimes be straightforward, easy and smoothIt can also jumbled, confusing and unclear

Understanding of transactions can help keep communication as clear as possible

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Late for an important Late for an important meetingmeeting

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Yells and scoldsYells and scolds

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Apologizes and says Apologizes and says ‘Sorry!’‘Sorry!’

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Scared of Lizards. Scared of Lizards. Expresses fearExpresses fear..

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““Don’t worry. I’ll take Don’t worry. I’ll take care”care”

Complementary Complementary TransactionsTransactions

appropriate and expected responsefollows natural order of healthy human relationshipslines of communication open between the transactorsgestures, facial expression, body posture, tone included

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Angry - scoldsAngry - scolds

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Angry – yells Angry – yells backback

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Apologizes Apologizes meeklymeekly

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Crossed TransactionsCrossed Transactions

unexpected & highly unstableinappropriate ego state activatedpeople glaring, turning backs at each other or switch conversation in different directionconversation might end as well

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