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A Living History of Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy: Engaging Reflectively with Theory and Methodology

Author(s) : Steff Oates, Author(s) : Diana Deaconu

Reviews and Endorsements

Oates and Deaconu grapple with a dilemma affecting nearly every framework of human meaning. Once we learn something that seems to work, it can be extremely difficult to consider alternative views or practices. They challenge this understandable reluctance—even fierce refusal—in relation to the traditions, rich histories, and complex community dynamics of transactional analysis. In so doing, they offer a model of inquiry, re-evaluation, and re-integration that can be applied to many of our other precious constructs of meaning that may well be overdue for an overhaul.
N. Michel Landaiche III, psychotherapist, consultant, and trainer

In a timely and singular work, Oates and Deaconu deliver an astute critical reflection on the development of transactional analysis that blends care, attention, and deep respect for its history and values. This outstanding book offers a comprehensive philosophical overview, making it an essential read for both students and advanced practitioners in the field. By contextualizing the history and development of TA, this volume fills a crucial gap, providing the go-to resource that readers have long been awaiting. A groundbreaking contribution to the study and practice of TA.
Helen Rowland is a transactional analysis psychotherapist, trainer and supervisor in private practice and a co-editor of the Transactional Analysis Journal

I was enthralled by this book. I recommend it not only because I found it the richest and most complete history of the evolution of Eric Berne's thought and of TA that I have ever seen, but also because it opens the doors to the future, stimulating new ideas. I believe that TA encountered resistance for years because it was too far ahead of its time; now its key concepts have been confirmed by subsequent research. This book should be read with the awareness of how revolutionary those ideas were at the time, and how much they still stimulate our creativity today.
Marco Mazzetti, M.D., is a psychiatrist, a teaching and supervising transactional analyst (psychotherapy) and a university lecturer. He was the recipient of the Eric Berne Memorial Award in 2012 and co-founder of the Eric Berne Archive Project