New Directions in Transactional Analysis Counselling

by Midgley, David

• ISBN13: 9781853434297
• ISBN10: 1853434299
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-19
• Publisher: Free Association Books

Summary

This is a state of the art handbook on the theory and practice of Transactional Analysis (TA), describing the main features of TA theory as well as providing guidance on how the principles can be used in the context of different models of counseling. This text is an invaluable resource with detailed and user-friendly appendices, which will be useful to not only students of counseling but also to experienced counselors and caseworkers.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. x
List of Diagrams	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Understanding Human Nature
A Brief Review of Ego States	p. 7
Ego States in Action	p. 11
Analysing Transactions	p. 24
A Stroke in Time	p. 28
Analysing Games	p. 32
Rackets and Racket Feelings	p. 36
Life Positions	p. 41
The Script Against Physis	p. 46
How People Avoid Solving Problems	p. 56
Applied Transactional Analysis
Making a Contract	p. 65
Character Disorder - the Flip Side of Neurosis	p. 70
Responding to Character Disorder	p. 79
Practical Counselling	p. 89
A Spiritual Perspective
The Total Human Being	p. 119
For Advanced Practitioners and Trainees in Transactional Analysis	p. 129
Developmental History	p. 136
A Brief Questionnaire for Character Disorder	p. 138
Some Questions to Ask Yourself	p. 140
Further Training in Transactional Analysis	p. 142
References	p. 145
Index	p. 148
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