Transactional Analysis as a Humanistic Therapy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20177863
AutoresPetruska Clarkson (autor de correspondencia)
Año1993
Volumen23
Número1
Páginas36-41
Fecha de publicación1993-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTransactional Analysis Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0362-1537 • E-ISSN: 2329-5244
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1177/036215379302300104
OpenAlexW2305479138
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas13

This article outlines those characteristics of transactional analysis that qualify it as a humanistic psychotherapy. The central role and responsibility of the client is highlighted, as are TA's concern with psychological health, phenomenology, and psychotherapeutic relations beyond the transference. Berne's unique and neglected contribution–physis as the third great unconscious drive–is emphasized. Physis as a generalized creative drive toward health is linked with the omitted aspiration arrow in the script matrix diagram and described as a potentially unifying symbol for all of humanistic or third-force psychology (Maslow, 1962/1968). The I'm OK–You're OK position is understood as the tragic position–the existential realization that we all share “la condition humaine” (Symington, 1986, pp. 275–276)

Epistemology · Existentialism · Humanism · Id, ego and super-ego · Maslow's hierarchy of needs · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Transactional analysis · Unconscious mind · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy