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This important book offers a comprehensive review of over seventy years of transactional analysis psychotherapy from within the field, considering its historical context and various applications, as well as how different aspects of the theory emerged and how they are applied.
List of contents
1. A historical perspective on the evolution of transactional analysis theory 2. Growth, challenge, and expansion of the theory 3. Bringing transactional analysis theory into practice: Complexities generated by the emergence of special fields of application 4. Development of the cathexis and redecision schools 5. Room for a diversity of thinking and approach: The development of constructivist, constructionist, and co-creative approaches in transactional analysis 6. The development of relational transactional analysis 7. Evolutions at the intersections of transactional analysis: The delicate edge between theory and mythology 8. An appreciation of a dynamic, sustainable robust theory and those who ensure it 9. Evolution and innovation: Some ways forward. Honoring the legacy and welcoming mutative change
Index
About the author
Steff Oates is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst in Psychotherapy, living and working in Wales. She is former Vice President of the International Transactional Analysis Association and is the author of many articles in the
Transactional Analysis Journal.
Diana Deaconu is a Certified Transactional Analyst in Psychotherapy, living and working in Romania. She complemented her studies with a specialization in Anthropology and served as a co-editor of the
Transactional Analysis Journal for many years.
Summary
This important book offers a comprehensive review of over seventy years of transactional analysis psychotherapy from within the field, considering its historical context and various applications, as well as how different aspects of the theory emerged and how they are applied.
