English Explanatory Dictionary

transactional analysis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A psychotherapeutic system involving analysis of relationships and interactions in terms of ego states that correspond to the roles of parent (critical and nurturing), adult (rational), and child (intuitive and dependent).

Word forms

transactional analysis transactional analyses

Etymology

Coined by Eric Berne to reflect the roots in psychoanalysis and the transactions that are the target of the therapy.

Related words

archeopsychic exteropsychic neopsychic
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