Transactional Analysis

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Further Watching Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY1JsGFZprc Further Reading Shannon, Claude E, and Warren Weaver. The Mathematical Theory of Communication. Illinois, University Of Illinois Press, 1949.

Further Watching Beginners guide to TA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tpeKK0FxFU A useful alternate introduction in more general terms. The Games We Play, Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reCfhZSLC_k For those that enjoy listening to more technical books rather than reading them, the first part of Erics book. Transactional Analysis 1: ego states & basic transactions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKNyFSLJy6o TheraminTrees comes highly reccomended, his material on TA is of excellent quality and very in depth. There's 3 parts total, covering ego states through games and gimmicks.  The Drama Triangle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P3kZ8BW_pI One of Bernes students expanded on his work and developed the 'drama triangle', modelling negative interactions and how to escape them. Further Reading Berne, Eric. A Systematic Individual and Social Psychiatry. London, Souvenir Press, 1975. ---. Games People Play. London, Puffin, 2010. Karpman, Stephen B. A Game Free Life : The Definitive Book on the Drama Triangle and the Compassion Triangle by the Originator and Author. San Francisco, California, Drama Triangle Productions, 2014. Mountain, Anita, and Chris Davidson. Working Together : Organizational Transactional Analysis and Business Performance. Farnham, Gower, 2015. Stewart, Ian, and Vann Joines. TA Today : A New Introduction to Transactional Analysis. Melton Mowbray, Lifespace Publishing, 2014.

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