Book Review: The OK Boss, by Muriel James (1975). Illustrations by John Trotta.
“The OK Boss” is available used, on Amazon “The OK Boss” is one of Muriel James’ many reader-friendly guides on how to apply TA to everyday life situations. As she states in the introduction, “ At one time or another, almost everyone is a boss: Parents, spouses,...
Remembering Claude Steiner (By Lucy Freedman, CTA)
I first heard of Claude as the author of the Warm Fuzzy Tale, and of Games Alcoholics Play, but when I read my first article in Issues in Radical Therapy, the publication of the Radical Psychiatry movement, I was completely won over. I was already attuned to the...
The TA Tree: A Tool for Teaching TA to New Clients (By Catherine O’Brien, MFT, TAPI)
“There are two TA’s: the one we care trained to think in and use in understanding our clients, which is not simple, and the direct language we use in speaking to clients, which is simple.” - William Cornell How can I teach TA to new clients?? That is a challenge....
What Do You Like Most About TA?
Practitioners of Transactional Analysis were interviewed on their use of and appreciation for TA during the 2013 USATAA conference. USATAA proudly re-posts this wonderful video that features highlights from several of those interviews.
In Memory of Two Social Justice Heroes
Our tradition of dynamic social justice expands with USATAA’s Social Justice Committee inauguration. Social action traditions among transactional analysts began in 1961 with the San Francisco Social Psychiatry Seminars sponsorship of George, a six year old boy from...
“I’m OK— You’re OK” Revisited (By: Robert L Hempel, M.Th.,T.A.P)
***Blog posts on The NET represent the viewpoint of the author and have not been verified or endorsed by USATAA.*** Since the 1960s when Thomas A. Harris, PhD./T.M.*, first introduced to his best-selling, I'm OK— You're OK , (Harper & Row, New York, 1969), this phrase...
Beyond Stroke Filters: Stroke Processors (A Neo-Bernian Idea), By Cheryl Leong CA MFT
***Blog posts on The NET represent the viewpoint of the author and have not been verified or endorsed by USATAA.*** Eric Berne is known for coining the term ‘strokes’. He explained it as a basic unit of recognition. It was believed that human beings were born with an...
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