transactional analysis

American  

noun

Psychology.

1. a form of individual or group psychotherapy focusing on social interactions, psychological games, and analysis of relationships as persons shift among the roles of parent, child, and adult. TA

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transactional analysis British  

noun

1. psychol a form of psychotherapy that attributes neuroses to lack of balance in the personality between the conflicting ego-states of child, adult, and parent

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Etymology

Origin of transactional analysis

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

But from all these approaches – including humanistic therapy, interpersonal therapy, transpersonal therapy, transactional analysis and so on – it’s generally agreed that one emerged triumphant.

From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2016

The counsellor I worked with was trained in transactional analysis – she was great, we really focused on what the issue was … which helped me get my confidence back.

From The Guardian • Aug. 19, 2011

In 70 hours over two marathon weekends, est aims at "transforming your ability to experience living "through techniques apparently derived from Scientology, psychoanalysis, humanistic psychology, Arica, Gestalt, transactional analysis and various Eastern religions.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the 1970s it is transactional analysis, or T.A., the pop-psychological path to happiness charted by Sacramento Psychiatrist Thomas A. Harris in his bestseller I'm OK�You're OK.

From Time Magazine Archive

In fact, Harris is convinced that only those who believe the "truth" of transactional analysis can win the battle against neurosis.

From Time Magazine Archive