Summary
Contents
Transactional Analysis (TA) refers to a wide-ranging set of theories about the human personality. It provides an unambiguous and logical framework within which we can understand and analyze ourselves—our motives, our behavior, and our interactions with others. The principles of TA can be applied universally—at home, in the workplace, at clubs and restaurants, at sporting events, in social occasions, and so on. TA was originally developed by the American psychoanalyst Dr Eric Berne in the 1950s. After his untimely death in 1970, the existing TA theory was substantially enlarged and added to by a host of other illustrious contributors.
How I Spend My Time … and How I can do Better
How I Spend My Time … and How I can do Better
Two lonely people, we were strangers in the night,
Until the moment that we said our first hello…
…and ever since that night, we've been together
It turned out so right, for strangers in the night.
—Frank Sinatra, Strangers in the Night
Time Structuring
In Introduction, we had talked about certain basic psychological needs—acute enough to be called “hungers”—which every human being has. Among them was Structure Hunger, or the need to fill up our time between waking up and going to bed. We can structure this time in a variety of ways—we can choose to be by ourselves part of the time and in the company ...