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transactional analysis

transactional analysis noun: 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).

Noun

transactional analysis (countable and uncountable, plural transactional analyses)

  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).
    • Transactional analysis is best done in therapy groups; or conversely, it may be said that the natural function of therapy groups is transactional analysis.1979, Eric Berne, Transactional Analysis, →ISBN, page 87
    • In transactional analyses, clients rely upon the analyst's advice and opinions in order to negotiate, structure, and consummate actual commercial transactions.1998, Robert F. Reilly, Robert P. Schweihs, Valuing Intangible Assets, →ISBN, page 30

Forms of transactional analysis

pluraltransactional analyses

Origin of transactional analysis

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

Questions about transactional analysis

What does transactional analysis mean?
Transactional analysis means 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).
What part of speech is transactional analysis?
Transactional analysis is a noun.
What is the plural of transactional analysis?
The plural of transactional analysis is transactional analyses.

Words near transactional analysis in the dictionary

  1. transaction times
  2. transaction utilities
  3. transaction utility
  4. transactional
  5. transactional analyses
  6. transactional analysis
  7. transactional attorney
  8. transactional attorneys
  9. transactional distance
  10. transactional distances
  11. transactional interpretation

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