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A 5 page paper that explains transactional analysis, including ego states, contracts and scripts. The essay points to the skills the Transactional Analyst needs to help others. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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others" (Chapman, 2005). It then offers interventions and suggestions that enable a person to both change and grow (Chapman, 2005). Eric Berne believed verbal communication was "at the
center of human social relationships and psychoanalysis" (Chapman, 2005). When two people encounter each other, face-to-face, one person says something and the other says something back (Chapman, 2005). Berne called
the first verbal comment the "Transactional Stimulus" and the second, the "Transaction Response" (Chapman, 2005). Berne called the person who sent the stimulus the Agent and the one who responds,
the Respondent (Chapman, 2005). The underlying premises of Transactional Analysis are that: first, people can change, and second, everyone has the right to be in the world and to accepted
in the world (Chapman, 2005; Davidson and Mountain, 2005). From this emerged the famous "Im OK - Youre OK" phrase (ITAA, 2005). Whether used in education, organizations, in
counseling or any other setting, Transactional Analysis is a contractual approach to the relationship (Davidson and Mountain, 2005). This provides the structure and it means that all persons involved
agree to: * why they want to do something (Davidson and Mountain, 2005). * with whom they want to do it (Davidson and Mountain, 2005). * what they are going
to do (Davidson and Mountain, 2005). * by when they are going to do whatever the target is (Davidson and Mountain, 2005). * any fees, payment or exchanges there will
be (Davidson and Mountain, 2005). In other words, the contract sets clear, measurable objectives. It is expressed in positive terms, i.e., what is wanted rather what is not wanted (Davidson
and Mountain, 2005). The contract sets the objectives and the path for intervention. The Transactional Analysis counselor believes that people are capable of determining what they want for their own
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