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TA and Literature

Peter Shaffer's Plays as Case Studies in Transactional Analysis

Pages 55-57
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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Equus and Amadeus are utilized in college communication classes as a means of understanding and applying such transactional analysis concepts as ego states, contamination, script decisions, and existential position. Philosophical questions about the nature of Adult responses, the goals and values of psychotherapy and psychotherapists, and other related issues are identified and considered as being challenged by the plays.

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Marvin D. Jensen

Marvin D. Jensen, MA, is assistant professor of communication at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.