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Of all the approaches to therapy, Transactional Analysis (or TA) is arguably one of those most suited to time-limited work. At a time when short-term therapy is increasingly dominant as a form of practice, Transactional Analysis Approaches to Brief Therapy provides an insightful guide which both informs and challenges. Rather than a single theory, TA has developed as a group of four schools which share a common philosophy, but place different emphasis on what occurs during the therapeutic process. Written by therapists at the leading edge of developments in TA, the book presents and differentiates each of these four approaches. Through transcripts and commentaries, it shows how theory applies to practice, for exampl
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Transactional Approaches 29/10/01 10:28 Page i Transactional Analysis Approaches to Brief Therapy Transactional Approaches 29/10/01 10:28 Page ii Brief Therapies Series Series Editor: Stephen Palmer Associate Editor: Gladeana McMahon Focusing on brief and time-limited therapies, this series of books is aimed at students, beginning and experienced counsellors, therapists and other members of the helping professions who need to know more about working with the specific skills, theories and practices involved in this demanding, but vital area of their work. Books in the series include: Bill O’Connell Solution Focused Therapy Gertrud Mander A Psychodynamic Approach to Brief Therapy Berni Curwen, Stephen Palmer and Peter Ruddell Brief Cognitive Behaviour Therapy John Sharry Solution Focused Groupwork Ian McDermott and Wendy Jago Brief NLP Therapy Transactional Approaches 29/10/01 10:28 Page iii Transactional Analysis Approaches to Brief Therapy or What do you say between saying hello and goodbye? edited by Keith Tudor SAGE Publications London · Thousand Oaks · New Delhi Transactional Approaches 29/10/01 10:28 Page iv The authors and publishers wish to thank Methuen Publishers Limited and Suhrkamp Verlag for the Bertholt Brecht poem from ‘Brecht Poems (1913–1956)’ that appears on page 132. © Keith Tudor and named contributors 2002 First published 2002 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form, or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. SAGE Publications Ltd 6 Bonhill Street London EC2A 4PU SAGE Publications Inc 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd 32, M-Block Market Greater Kailash - I New Delhi 110 048 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7619 5680 8 ISBN 0 7619 5681 6 (pbk) Library of Congress Control Number available Typeset by M Rules Printed in Great Britain by Biddles Ltd, Guildford and King’s Lynn Transactional Approaches 29/10/01 10:28 Page v To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to seek,