TA Today: A New Introduction to Transactional Analysis

This was recommended by my therapist. TA is a practical and easy way to view your interactions with those around you and reveal the hidden source of your reactions to things. I found it to be a revelation and was able to start putting it into practice after reading just the first few chapters. For me, it was much better than getting photocopied CBT handouts. For the first time, something made sense. I was a bit skeptical at first, expecting a groovy 70s "I'm Okay, You're Okay" oversimplification, but the thinking behind it is really quite insightful. TA has matured into a classic approach and I did not find it dated at all. Language like Parent, Adult, and Child, plus other terms like Rackets and Strokes are easy to remember and the concepts behind them are readily understood. There's a lot of very sophisticated psychology baked into a deceptively simple system. It is true, however, that things get more complicated as you progress. The initial, simple labels are broken down into more nuanced concepts, such as Adapted Child, etc. It does require closer reading and a bit more thinking as you go. As a benchmark, I'm a retired lawyer and now write novels. I found some of it challenging, but not because the writing was dense or full of hard-to-understand jargon. Give the authors credit for a very well written book for the lay person. The system uses easily understood and memorable terms, many from everyday life. If it had not been somewhat challenging, I doubt it would have adequately dealt with something as complicated as the psychology of humans. There are little exercises to make you think about what makes you tick. They are well worth doing as you read.

This is a great book that simplifies the TA concepts for the beginners. Easy read, it gave me the hope that I can learn TA. I beleive this is a good base before attending a TA 101 course.

This is an excellent book, suffering only from being dry and somewhat pedantic. It is really better than the many other Transactional Analysis books on the market. This book covers almost all of TA theory and practice. I only took away one star because of the textbooky dryness. For the non-professional, my favorite is still, Born To Win, by Muriel James and Dorothy Jongeward. Though written in the early 1970s, it has been updated, and remains extremely well done.

A good primer for TA.

Excellent material. Not the most cohesive writing style, but the content is phenomenal.

This book is a great adjunct to transactional analysis or other therapy. I highly recommend it as a stand alone as well.

Very easy to understand the text. This is a great help when first learning about TA. Highly recommended for those interested in counselling.

If you're in sales and want to understand your true product (people) this book provides a great review or eye opener.

Überblick über die verschiedenen Unterthemen und Herangehensweisen der TA. Anhand zahlreicher Beispiele und Übungen zur Einzel- und Gruppenarbeit sehr praxisnah. Viele Literaturangaben und Verweise auf Vertiefungsmöglichkeiten.

Excellent TA book and in my opinion easy to read if studying TA psychotherapy. Execellent source for learning and reference for TA psychotherapists and students of psychotherapy.

It is a very good TA manual to understand the basic concepts.

Lovely book on TA. Very well structured, clear and makes some of the difficult concepts come alive and easy to understand from a very application standpoint

Excelente referencia para comprender AT. Uno de los mejores libros sin duda.