1. TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS
(ERIC BERNE)

2. BASIC ASSUMPTIONS
INTERACTIONS ARE SYMPTOMS OF AND CAUSES OF EMOTIONAL DIFFICULTY
INDIVIDUALS ARE PROGRAMMED (SCRIPTED) EARLY IN LIFE BUT CAN OVERCOME EARLY PROGRAMMING (CHOOSING TO REDECIDE)

3. ASSUMPTIONS
“GAMES” ARE WAYS TO AVOID INTIMACY (KICK ME, IF IT WEREN’T FOR YOU, STUPID, LET’S YOU AND HIM FIGHT, WOODEN LEG, ETC.)
PERSONALITY INFLUENCED BY INTERACTION OF EGO STATES (PARENT, ADULT, CHILD)
PERSONALITY INFLUENCED BY BASIC LIFE POSITIONS
THE NEED FOR STROKES

4. THE EGO STATES

5. BASIC LIFE POSITIONS

6. ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS
COLLECTING INFORMATION REGARDING PARENTAL MESSAGES, EARLY DECISIONS, AND LIFE SCRIPTS (LIFE SCRIPT QUESTIONNAIRE)
STRUCTURAL AND TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS

7. TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS
COMPLE-
MENTARY
CROSSED
ULTERIOR
(GAMES)

8. GOALS AND PROCEDURES FORMULATION OF GOALS THROUGH THE USE OF CONTRACTS
COUNSELORS AS TEACHERS OR CONSULTANTS
RECONSIDERING PAST DECISIONS AND MAKING NEW ONES
AUTONOMY/HONESTY VS GAMES

9. GOALS AND PROCEDURES
SUITED FOR GROUPS/COUPLES/FAMILIES

10. TECHNIQUES INCLUDE: INSTRUCTION OBSERVATION CONFRONTATION
INTERPRETATION
ROLE PLAYING
GESTALT TECHNIQUES AND REFRAMING