TA for Learners - 00.00 Introduction
TA for Learners 00.00 Introduction (This Blog is a Chapter in 'My Little TA Book') List of Contents What is Transactional Analysis Meaning: . Transactional Analysis is a Transactional Approach in implementing psychotherapy. Its founder, Eric Berne presented Transactional Analysis as a social psychiatry. It meant studying the psychiatric aspects of transactions or sets of transactions which take place between people in the moment prevailing . Definition: Transactional Analysis is also a school of social psychology. It presents a study of phenomena that happen within people, between people, within groups of people and within organisations. Specialisations : TA Practitioners qualify to practice TA in four specialisations. They are: Psychotherapy, Counselling, Organisational and Educational. Eric Berne, the Founder of TA Eric Berne (1910-70), a Canadian born American Psychiatrist is the founder of Transactional Analysis. His father was a doctor and his moth...