Combining Traditional Ego State Theory and Relational Approaches to Transactional Analysis in Working with Trauma and Dissociation

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20178634
AutoresEdward T Novak (Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen43
Número3
Páginas186-196
Fecha de publicación2013-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTransactional Analysis Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0362-1537 • E-ISSN: 2329-5244
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1177/0362153713509952
OpenAlexW2020708032
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas18

This article explores the treatment of dissociation that originates in childhood trauma. Specifically, the article examines how both structural (Steele & van der Hart, 2009) and relational theories (Schwartz, 2000) of trauma and dissociation can be applied in transactional analysis psychotherapy. Many of the concepts and constructs of structural theories blend well with traditional transactional analysis theory (Berne, 1961) while relational perspectives on childhood trauma resonate with the contemporary relational approaches in transactional analysis (Caizzi, 2012). The author provides an overview of both theories of trauma and dissociation and links them with transactional analysis. This leads into a clinical case presentation that emphasizes how the author integrates both theories into his work with traumatized and dissociated clients

Case presentation · Epistemology · Id, ego and super-ego · Psychoanalysis · Relational theory · Transactional analysis · Transactional leadership · Medicine · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy