A useful way of understanding human personality as Ego States, or systems of thinking, feeling, and acting that exist within each of us. The last sentence was cut off, and should be “The more I learn about myself and how I operate with three ego states, the better am I able to avoid the kinds [...]

Transactional Analysis 101- Official Introductory Course Buckfast, Devon (nr Exeter) 26 and 27 July 2011 – Buckfast Conference Centre (Near Exeter) £175 plus VAT per person Transactional Analysis (TA) can be applied by anyone, in a variety of situations. It has an underlying ethos of positive regard for self and others, and a belief that [...]

To talk about the ego structure and not to mention the innovation of the Egogram by Jack Dusay in the early 1970s would be a disservice to Transactional Analysis. An egogram is simply defined as: a bar graph showing the relationship of the parts of the personality to each other and the amount of psychological [...]

When? Timisoara, 11, 12, 13 December 2009 Trainer: Lynda Tongue, PTSTA (O) What is it about? It is said that we spend a third of our lives at work – which is a long time to feel miserable, powerless and out of step with others. In his book “Structures and Dynamics of Organisations and Groups” [...]

A short and sweet video introducing basic TA concepts. Enjoy & send it to your friends to. Incoming search terms:video on transactional analysis and sales (3)

Part 2 of an occasional series on TA, giving a broad taste of some of the theory. This video gives some focus on basic transactions between people. Take a look at the video here.

A little mini-series on Transactional Analysis [TA], looking at psychological games — why we get stuck in them, and how to get out. This video lays some groundwork, explaining TA’s concept of three different states of mind: Parent, Adult and Child …. Here is the link to the video. Recommended TA texts: 1) Ian Stewart [...]

It is very difficult to understand why people behave the way they do. Sometimes our own behaviour puzzles us. We dismiss our puzzling behaviour with “That`s the way I am, there’s nothing I can do about it”. But if we look closely within us we will find a logical explanation for most of the things [...]

I have found a very good TA video training on teachers.tv. In this programme behavioural change consultant John Seaman leads a group of headteachers through a workshop in the relationship theory: transactional analysis. The headteachers are taught how to gain more effective outcomes from meetings by identifying and neutralising the different behaviour patterns people can [...]

Eric Berne (May 10, 1910 – July 15, 1970) was a Canadian-born psychiatrist best known as the creator of transactional analysis and the author of Games People Play. Eric was born on May 10, 1910 as Eric Lennard Bernstein in Montreal, Canada. (He is unrelated to the conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein.) He was the son of [...]