This article considers the use of the technique of paradoxical alliances in transactional analysis psychotherapy with a 37-year-old white French woman over two sets of sessions. The authors hypothesize that this technique, which has not yet been widely used in TA, can be effective in the treatment of anxiety disorders and offers a useful addition to existing transactional analysis methods. The first set of sessions with the client occurred before the paradoxical alliances approach had been developed, and although therapy had some benefits, it did not result in lasting change for the client. In the second set of sessions, the paradoxical alliances technique was applied and resulted in a deep, lasting improvement in the client’s anxiety attacks.

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Paradoxical Alliances in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy for Anxiety
A Systematic Adjudicated Case Study
Pages 182-195
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
Articles
Paradoxical Alliances in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy for Anxiety
A Systematic Adjudicated Case Study
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Volume 30, 2000 - Issue 1
Published online: 28 Dec 2017