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Transactional Analysis
Journal
January 2007 Abstract
Volume 37, Number 1
Coeditor: Ann Heathcote
Editorial
Ann Heathcote
pp.
2-4 |
Introduction of New Editorial Board
Members
pp. 5-7 |
The Inevitability of Uncertainty, the
Necessity of Doubt, and the Development of Trust
William F.
Cornell
pp. 8-16 |
| This article was originally presented as a
keynote speech on 27 July 2006 at the World TA Conference in Istanbul, Turkey,
the theme of which was "Trust and Uncertainty in the 21st Century." Drawing on
Eric Berne's vision of transactional analysis as a social psychiatry, the
speech is grounded in the idealism that fueled the creation of transactional
analysis. It examines the darker, more conflictual, often hateful aspects of
life in and among groups. The author proposes the need for group leadership
that provides a vital base that can embrace conflict and facilitate shifts in
frames of reference. The article expands the concept of Cultural Parent and
script to that of cultural character. |
Skepticism and Compassion in Human Relations
Work
N. Michel Landaiche, III
pp. 17-31 |
| Skepticism and compassion are described as two
fundamental and complementary modes of relatedness that underlie our
effectiveness as human relations professionals-counselors, teachers,
psychotherapists, and organizational consultants. |
The Stroking School of Transactional Analysis
Ken Woods
pp. 32-34 |
| The author describes the social climate of positive
stroking he encountered in his early involvement with transactional analysis.
This influence was contagious and moved him from his initial instinct toward
confrontation and interpretation to a pattern of stroking that evolved into
games of "Gee You're Wonderful, Professor" and "You're Uncommonly Perceptive."
He concludes by discussing the events that led him to return to his initial
orientation. |
What Goes Around, Comes Around: A Brief Account of
Puzzling, Praxis, and Research
Giles Barrow
pp. 35-40 |
| In 2003 the author received a research grant from the
Institute of Transactional Analysis in the United Kingdom focusing on the
application of the cycle of development (Levin, 1982) within the field of
education. This article provides an account of that process and introduces a
new application of the cycle of development model. The article also introduces
a radical interpretation of the concept of praxis as a process of cocreative,
meaning-making reflection. The concept is offered as having future potential
for researching transactional analysis. |
Not Without the Couch: Eric Berne on Basic
Differences between Transactional Analysis and Psychoanalysis
Graham
Barnes
pp. 41-50 |
| This article presents an interview with Dr. Q that is a
dialogue with the body of Eric Berne's work discussing the question of what
transactional analysis has to do with psychoanalysis in theory and
practice. |
Reexamining Social Psychiatry as a Foundational
Framework for Transactional Analysis: Considering a Social-Psychological
Perspective
Robert F. Massey
pp. 51-79 |
| Berne (1961b, 1963, 1964) proposed a social psychiatry
and contrasted it with social psychology. He construed social psychiatry as
focused on individual psychodynamics and pathology or discomfort as persons
transact. He both viewed social psychology as a more neutral approach and
suggested that social psychiatry might be a branch of social psychology. While
Berne expanded understanding of psychodynamics and interactions in his social
psychiatry, he did not integrate his conceptualizations of individual
psychodynamics and group dynamics. Social-psychological processes serve as the
bridge interconnecting self, others, and social structures. In his social
psychiatry, Berne advanced knowledge about groups. Social psychology adds to
comprehension of the contexts-families, systems, cultures-in which persons both
experience difficulties and develop constructively. Assessment and
interventions in the clinical, counseling, educational, and organizational
fields are effectively broadened by considering the more encompassing
social-psychological processes partially explained by social psychiatry. |
Book Reviews
pp. 80-85 |
Letter to the Editor
pp. 86-87 |
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