Transactional Analysis
Journal
April 2002 Abstract
Volume 32, Number 2
The Impact of Racket Feelings on the Recognition of
Emotions: Research Report I
by Mária
Nábrády
Two tests were developed for measuring racket
feelings and emotion recognition. These tests, along with an intelligence test,
were administered to 142 subjects ages 11-14. The results indicate that the
ability to accurately recognize emotions is positively related to general
intelligence, and in the case of certain racket feelings, a perceptual
distortion toward these feelings is present in emotion recognition
tasks.
The Relationship between Racket Feelings, Coping
Strategies, and Emotional Intelligence: Research Report II
by
Mária Nábrády
This study aims to compare the
racket feeling concept from transactional analysis with two similar
psychological concepts: coping strategies and emotional intelligence. Three
tests were developed to measure racket feelings, coping strategies, and
emotional intelligence. These tests, together with an intelligence test, were
administered to 142 subjects ages 11-14. The results indicate that racket
feelings are mainly correlated with emotion-centered coping strategies and that
hostile racket feelings are inversely correlated with emotional
intelligence.
Therapeutic Stages and Intervention Plans
by
Maria Assunta Giusti
This article explores the therapeutic process as a
nonlinear sequence represented best by a spiral. The process is enriched
gradually as the stages of therapy proceed and repeat. In the stages described,
the appropriate interventions and tools-according to the patient's pathology
and what is happening in the therapy at the moment-aid the therapist in
continuously monitoring not only his or her work but also the patient's
progress toward cure. These ideas are illustrated with a case example of work
with a borderline patient.
What Eric Berne Meant by "Unconscious": Aspects of Depth
Psychology in Transactional Analysis
by Ulrike Müller
This article considers how Berne understood the term "unconscious" and how he
used it for building his theory. Where, in what way, and why did he leave his
psychoanalytic origins? The answers to those questions have been sought in
Berne's own writings.
The Duplex Transaction and Pastiming
by Ken
Woods
The perception of pastiming as merely an innocuous pattern of
social stroking is inaccurate. The pastime also serves as a defense,
specifically, as the carrier of a duplex transaction. In this article the
author considers pastiming as a duplex transaction and outlines a four-step
procedure for interpreting the latent and unconscious content of the duplex
transaction.
An Update on the Use of Contracting
by Gudrun
Stummer
Contracting is one of the basic principles of transactional
analysis. Since Berne introduced the concept it has been greatly expanded and
used in different contexts within the practice of transactional analysis
psychotherapy. This articles proposes to differentiate between treatment
contracts, behavioral contracts, and process contracts and to adjust the style
in which contracts are made to their different uses.
OKness as It Pertains to the Manic Defense
by
Ken Woods
There is a tendency in some quarters to assume that
clinicians are responsible in all cases for reassuring and assisting patients
to somehow feel OK about themselves. Such an understanding of the therapist's
role may preclude recognition of the fact that for some patients, this sense of
unconditional OKness may lead to further acting out. This article cautions
clinicians to recognize that the patient's sense of OKness may have an inverse
relationship to his or her positive behavior and state of health.
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