transactional analysis
noun Psychology.
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. Abbreviation: TA
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Nearby words
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Origin of transactional analysis
First recorded in 1960–65
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British Dictionary definitions for transactional analysis
transactional analysis
noun
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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Medicine definitions for transactional analysis
transactional analysis
[ trăn-săk′shə-nəl, -zăk′- ]
n.
A system of psychotherapy that analyzes personal relationships and interactions in terms of conflicting or complementary ego states that correspond to the roles of parent, child, and adult.
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