Eric Berne: Transactional Analysis

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Ego States
1)Parent
a)nurturing parent
b)controlling parent
2)Adult - very rational
3)Child
a)natural child
b)little professor
c)adapted child

Problems
1)Contamination - ego state are mixed with one another
2)Exculsion - an ego state dominates the other

Types of Transactions
1)Complementary
2)Crossed
3)Ulterior transaction

*Life Script - life's drama
*Strokes - form of recognition (children strives for)
*Games - transaction that brings bad feelings

Psyhological Positions
1)I'm ok, you're ok
2)I'm ok, you're not ok
3)I'm not ok, you're ok
4)I'm not ok, you're not okay

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