New Directions in Transactional Analysis Counselling

by Midgley, David

• ISBN13: 9781853434303
• ISBN10: 1853434302
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-11-01
• Publisher: Free Assn 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	ix
Acknowledgements	x
List of Diagrams	xii
Introduction	1	(6)
PART ONE UNDERSTANDING HUMAN NATURE
A Brief Review of Ego States	7	(4)
Ego States in Action	11	(13)
Analysing Transactions	24	(4)
A Stroke in Time	28	(4)
Analysing Games	32	(4)
Rackets and Racket Feelings	36	(5)
Life Positions	41	(5)
The Script Against Physis	46	(10)
How People Avoid Solving Problems	56	(9)
PART TWO APPLIED TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS
Making a Contract	65	(5)
Character Disorder - the Flip Side of Neurosis	70	(9)
Responding to Character Disorder	79	(10)
Practical Counselling	89	(30)
PART THREE A SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE
The Total Human Being	119	(10)
Appendix A - For Advanced Practitioners and Trainees in Transactional Analysis	129	(7)
Appendix B - Developmental History	136	(2)
Appendix C - A Brief Questionnaire for Character Disorder	138	(2)
Appendix D - Some Questions to Ask Yourself	140	(2)
Appendix E - Further Training in Transactional Analysis	142	(3)
References	145	(3)
Index	148