About Transactional Analysis (TA)

Short(ish) posts about transactional analysis that may be useful to those who want to understand a bit more about what it is, and whether it is a type of psychotherapy that will be useful to them. This is being actively built out - save the link and pop back from time to time.

an introduction to ego states

People tend to initially think of ego states when asked what transactional analysis is, but it isn’t very clear what these are and mean, so it can be difficult to understand why they are useful and how they can help. When reading a précis of TA - say, for example, on a site comparing different types of psychotherapy -, I tend to think that ego states, when mentioned, can sound quite mechanical and rudimentary, whereas they give us so much in the way of profoundly exploring, a

Jane Eastwood

Oct 66 min read

What is transactional analysis?

Transactional analysis is a modality of therapy that gives us a framework to explore how and why we develop patterns in how we interact...

Jane Eastwood

Jun 151 min read

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