2017 Volume 57 Issue 8 Pages 827-835
The applications of the major theories of transactional analysis (TA) to the treatment of psychosomatic patients were discussed through the specific cases. Four main theories of traditional TA i. e. ego-states analysis, transactional analysis proper, racket and game analysis, script analysis, and eight therapeutic operations which E. Berne has presented provide the grounds for all assessments and interventions. The Redecision Therapy which R&M Goulding have developed requires the commitment of patients to the therapies and cathects their ‘Child’ ego-states, and consequently the patients would be changed dramatically. If you are familiar to Personality Adaptations Theory which V. Joines et. al. have completed, you can understand the patients’ personality traits clearly and construct the therapy plan based on the theory. The Relational Perspective which H. Hargaden et. al. have proposed, would give you insights and guidance in the relationship with the patients who are not aware of their own wounds because their ‘self’ that is ‘Child’ ego-state has been confused since their infancy.
