Transactions.... Transactional Analysis psychotherapy and transactions... TA Proper
Transactional Analysis proper is the analysis of transactions between two people forms theory in practice.... once the concept of ego states is understood, what follows on is the understanding of transactions... Which ego states are people using when transacting with each other? There are three types of transactions and many variations within each of the three types:
Complementary transactions. Where the ego state responding is complimentary to the ego state offering the stimulus... when drawn the vectors indicating the transaction are parallel. The first rule of communication is: communication will continue if the transactions are complementary!
Crossed Transactions: In which the vectors cross, the ego state addressed is different from the ego state which responds. This is the second rule of communication. The Second rule of communication... If the transaction is crossed communication will stop.
Ulterior Transactions. In which there is a social and an ulterior level transaction. The social level is the socially acceptable stimulus... for example: Do you know what the time is? The third rule of communication: The meaning of the transaction is in the ulterior / psychological level.
The ulterior level can be either:
The meaning of the communication will always be at the ulterior level, this is the third rule of communication. Ulterior transactions can be crossed or complimentary...The ulterior transaction is shown as a broken line in the transactional diagram. Ulterior transactions are by definition out of the persons awareness... it is an unconscious process. Transference.... All transactions which include a Parent or Child are transferrential transactions! (See the page on ego states).Notes by Dave Spenceley Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst Yorkshire Training Centre |
