Transactional Analysis E-Book

50MINUTES

• Herausgeber: 50Minutes.com
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Serie: Health & Wellbeing
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 27

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

Change is only 50 minutes away! Find out everything you need to know about transactional analysis with this straightforward guide.

Transactional analysis was developed by the Canadian-born psychiatrist Eric Berne in the 1950s, and the method’s enduring popularity is a testament to its effectiveness and accessibility. Transactional analysis will provide you with the tools you need to identify the mechanisms at play in your relationships with other people, adjust the limiting beliefs that are holding you back and boost your mental and emotional wellbeing.

In just 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Identify the three ego-states and their effect on your relationships
• Communicate clearly and effectively so that your needs are met
• Rewrite your life script and maximise your personal fulfilment

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TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS

A VALUABLE TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF AND OTHERS

Problem: many of us are looking for ways to improve our day-to-day relationships. Transactional analysis can help!Aim: to gain a better understanding of our behaviour and our relationships with other people.FAQs:What makes transactional analysis different from other approaches?Who can benefit from transactional analysis?What fields is transactional analysis used in?How can you learn to use transactional analysis?Does being autonomous mean always being an Adult?How can autonomy help us on a day-to-day basis?What does misreading mean?How do psychological games work?Can we ever fully escape our life script?

Many of us are leading increasingly hectic personal and professional lives, leaving us feeling as though we are constantly swept up in a whirlwind as we rush to get everything done and fight to succeed at all costs. This can soon lead to conflict in our relationships with other people and produce a deep-seated sense of unease. However, most people eventually come to the realisation that many of the habits they have developed as coping mechanisms are actually counterproductive, and have only led to wasted time instead of happiness.

Transactional analysis (TA) allows us to work on our relationships with both ourselves and other people. All too often, our chronic lack of time results in a failure to listen to others and even to our own needs. Rather than taking the time to work out why we feel uncomfortable, we ignore our feelings and take an individualist approach which only makes things worse and may undermine our wellbeing. However, understanding our own inner processes and the way we interact with others may be the key to a calmer, more fulfilling life.

In just 50 minutes, you will learn about the key principles of TA and find out exactly how it can help you make positive changes in your life.

THE TOOLS OF TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS

Transactional analysis was developed by the Canadian-born psychiatrist Eric Berne (1910-1970) in the 1950s. It emphasises our responsibility for our own lives and our power to change them, and asserts that we can be truly happy if we take control of our existence.

Transactional analysis enables us to analyse our relationships with others and understand our reactions to external events. Its accessibility and universality mean that it is one of the most enduringly popular psychological theories.

THE EGO-STATE MODEL

Structural analysis (content)

According to transactional analysis, human behaviour is governed by three ego-states, namely Parent, Adult and Child. Each ego-state is characterised by a coherent set of thoughts and feelings and linked to a corresponding set of behaviours. The three states represent our way of expressing our personality and can be observed in particular situations, which means that Berne’s model can be used as a behavioural analysis tool to understand our actions and reactions at any given moment.