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 [...]

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 [...]

Third in a series on TA, offering some of the metaphors I think can be useful in conceptualising and dealing with interactions. This third video takes a closer look at gimmicks and some different perspectives they can be viewed from — including gimmicks as faulty rules, faulty roles and faulty definitions — and then possible [...]

Here’s a short introduction to Transactional Analysis. Incoming search terms:transactional analysis in action (1)

Mary Goulding discusses transactional analysis and redecision therapy in this video clip. Please see full video to watch an actual therapy session with Goulding demonstrating TA and redecision therapy. Incoming search terms:transactional analysis video (46)mary goulding redecision therapy (14)mary goulding transactional analysis (14)download transactional analysis video (2)transactional analysis therapy (1)Transactional analysis redecision (1)transactional analysis mary [...]

Part 3 of an occassional series on TA, giving an outline of games theory. This video …. 1) examines two common psychological games — ‘Yes But’ and ‘Rapo’; 2) looks at what motivates people to play games; and 3) suggests ways of dealing with them. The video is here. – Recommended TA texts: 1) Ian [...]