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Drivers in Transactional Analysis: Be Perfect, Please Others, Try Hard, Be Strong, Hurry Up

Drivers in Transactional Analysis: Be Perfect, Please Others, Try Hard, Be Strong, Hurry Up

by Giovanni | Jun 12, 2026 | TA Theory

In Transactional Analysis, drivers are among the most recognisable patterns in human behaviour. They are the inner imperatives that shape how a person moves through the world, often with urgency, repetition, and a sense that something important depends on getting it...
Dreams in Psychotherapy Training: How Depth TA Works with Dream Material

Dreams in Psychotherapy Training: How Depth TA Works with Dream Material

by Giovanni | Jun 5, 2026 | Dreamwork, Jungian Theory, TA Theory

If you are searching for dream analysis psychotherapy training, you are probably looking for a training route that does not treat dreams as curiosities, or as decorative symbolism, but as clinically meaningful material. In Depth TA, dreamwork is not an optional extra....
Do I Need to Be Academic to Train in Psychotherapy? A TA-Friendly Answer

Do I Need to Be Academic to Train in Psychotherapy? A TA-Friendly Answer

by Giovanni | May 29, 2026 | Psychotherapy Training

If you are searching for psychotherapy training not academic, you are probably holding a very human worry: “I’m not academic, so maybe I’m not cut out for this.” Sometimes the worry is about writing. Sometimes it is about theory. Sometimes it is the deeper fear of...
Complementary and Crossed Transactions: Why Conversations Break Down

Complementary and Crossed Transactions: Why Conversations Break Down

by Giovanni | May 22, 2026 | TA Theory

If you are searching for transactions in transactional analysis, you are probably trying to understand a familiar moment: a conversation that starts one way and ends somewhere else entirely. A simple question becomes an argument. A neutral comment lands like an...
The Adult Ego State in Transactional Analysis: Choice, Ethics, and Clinical Presence

The Adult Ego State in Transactional Analysis: Choice, Ethics, and Clinical Presence

by Giovanni | May 15, 2026 | Jungian Theory, TA Theory

If you are searching for Adult ego state transactional analysis, you are probably looking for more than a definition. You are looking for what the Adult does—in relationship, in decision-making, and in the therapist’s capacity to hold complexity without collapsing...
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