The Contract for Change
An Original Model
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20178095 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine de Saint-Pierre (Moscow State University of Technologies and Management named after K.G. Razumovskiy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 46-51 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactional Analysis Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-1537 • E-ISSN: 2329-5244 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1177/036215370403400106 |
| OpenAlex | W2515369502 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
This article describes a model called “the contract for change,” the goal of which is the restructuring of the client's ego states using redecision. This model facilitates the establishment of an alliance with the client's Child ego state and awareness of the script suffering underlying the client's presenting complaint. The process takes into account repairing the most archaic of the client's inhibited needs (often the need for security first, then trust). The contract for change includes four interdependent factors: objective of change, known script process, ways to help myself, and what I change. The model is illustrated with a case study
Alliance · Business · Id, ego and super-ego · Interdependence · Political science · Process management · Psychological contract · Restructuring · Sociology · Computer Science · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |