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Combining widely-accepted concepts of human behavior with elements from Rational Emotive Therapy, Positive Psychology, Emotional Intelligence, and most prominently Transactional Analysis, the second edition of Rethinking Everything explores in immediately understandable terms why we act as we do, how we frequently undermine our relationships, why we often cripple our potential, and how we can take greater control of our lives. By providing the language, real-life examples, cutting-edge research, and behavioral explanations to label, recognize, and examine dysfunctional conduct, Rethinking Everything empowers an awareness-inspired journey towards self-improvement. To that end, the expectation is not for readers of this book to save the world, but rather for those internalizing its insights to rethink everything in saving themselves.
List of contents
Preface
Chapter One: Setting The Stage
Chapter Two: Rethinking Thinking
Chapter Three: Connecting What Was To What Is
Chapter Four: Understanding The Parent Ego State
Chapter Five: Understanding The Child Ego State
Chapter Six: Understanding The Adult Ego State
Chapter Seven: Utilizing Transaction Theory
Chapter Eight: Differentiating Psychological Strokes
Chapter Nine: Collecting Psychological Stamps
Chapter Ten: Identifying Games And Defenses
Chapter Eleven: Internalizing Life Positions
Chapter Twelve: Recognizing Drivers
Chapter Thirteen: Interpreting Scripts
Chapter Fourteen: Gaining Freedom
References
Index
About the author
Neil Bright is an award-winning educator, retired public school administrator, and as a former psychology professor, an instructor of Transactional Analysis for more than thirty years. Currently living in New York's Catskill Mountains, he has written numerous cultural, political, and sports-related essays and has also authored Those Who Can: Why Master Teachers Do What They Do.
Summary
Rethinking Everything provides a comprehensive, meticulously documented, and thoroughly updated description of Transactional Analysis.
