This practical guide to Transactional Analysis is a unique approach to solving your problems. Hundreds of thousands of people have found this phenomenal breakthrough in psychotherapy a turning point in their lives. In sensible non-technical language, one of the world's best psychiatrists, Thomas A Harris, explains how to gain control of yourself, your relationships and your future - no matter what happened in the past. This is the self-help book that will really change your life - for good.
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Born in Texas, Harris took his science degree in 1938 from the University of Arkansas Medical School. In 1942 he began his psychiatry training in Washington DC at St. Elizabeth Hospital. He was a Navy psychiatrist for several years, becoming chief of the Psychiatry Branch and leaving the service as a commander. This was followed by a teaching post back at the University of Arkansas, and then a period as a senior mental health bureaucrat. He continues to practice psychiatry in Sacramento, California, and is a director of the Transational Analysis Association.
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187 of 190 people found the following review helpful
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Discovering Transactional Analysis may well change your life. It certainly changed mine.
This book provides a very accessible and readable introduction to transactional analysis.
However the book is dangerously out of date. It was written in the 60s and has not been brought up to date.
This book provides a very accessible and readable introduction to transactional analysis.
However the book is dangerously out of date. It was written in the 60s and has not been brought up to date.
What I found out after reading this book and getting really interested in TA is that in the 60s TA went through a period where it was adopted as a kind of pop-psychology and a number of books were published which are now regarded as over-simplified. Also TA has moved on a lot in the last 30 to 40 years and there are now widely accepted theories and techniques which were not around in the 60s. A much more modern book is TA Today : A New Inroduction to Transactional Analysis,Ian Stewart, Vann Joines . Which I would recommend in preference to this book.
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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If you ever feel insecure and worry what others think about you then this is the book for you. Harris explains in simple terms the breakdown of the personality and enables you to understand what makes people the way they are. It would be a shame if people went through life never having had the fortune to comprehend the details in this book. The PAC model is simple and it works.
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I really enjoyed this book, both as a trainee counsellor and as a human being. It is a good starter to TA and the reader can readily identify with the processes described. It is very out of date, although I think you can read your way around this by bearing in mind it is a product of the 60s.
'Staying OK', the sequel written predominantly by Harris' wife, is a good read for those who want to follow up the theory with some practice. It makes entertaining reading, although it is rather more self-help than the self-enlightenment of the original.
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Interesting book
An interesting introduction to transactional analysis and useful to me in my role as a trainee counsellor. Read more
Published 2 months ago by kevin palmer
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sorry but i didnt like this book, not a good read for me, i only read a few pages and had to put it down as i found it boring.
Published 3 months ago by jill fairclough
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It's Ok!
Some of this was ok but on the other hand my mother is a bully so telling me to be the adult in the situation is not the best way to protect me. I wouldn't really recommend it.
Published 4 months ago by Laoise
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Love this book
I have had his book a long time...then I loaned it out to somebody but it was not returned....no surprises there. Read more
Published 6 months ago by JAN HOLBEN
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I'm OK, it's OK
This book was recommended by my trainer when I went on a course. It explains the origins of Transactional Analysis and gives examples. Read more
Published 19 months ago by K. L. Hoskins
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well worth a read
Some of the language is gratingly American and 1960s but the fundamental message is clear and powerful. Well worth a read even if you do not agree. It get's you thinking
Published 21 months ago by neil
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A must of a book
A great book that will always be current. It shows the interaction and the arena we all operate in between ourselves and others. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mr Hypercritical
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Interesting
A good book giving the basics to Transactional Analysis. A little dated in its writing style and examples, I've also read Staying Ok, which I think is a little more up to date.
Published on 29 Mar 2011 by cardiffdavies
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Life changing
I first read this book about 35 years ago, and it changed my life. It gave me a means of better understanding the communication between people. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2011 by JW
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An important read, even if you don't find the Parent-Adult-Child...
(which I don't) because, of course, lots of psychologists do find it very useful, and you need to know what they are talking about. Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2011 by DB
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