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Pages 164-176
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article argues that the existential statement “We are” most accurately describes the fundamental life position of human beings and identifies some ontological, epistemological, methodological, and practical implications of this. Taking the phrase “I’m OK, You’re OK” and its variants as its theme, the article critically examines the three elements of this central aspect of transactional analysis theory and philosophy, that is, in terms of the person, OKness, and existential life positions. In doing so, it offers some clarification regarding Klein’s influence on Berne and some variations that are informed by and advance we psychology.

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Keith Tudor

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Keith Tudor, PhD, CQSW, Dip. Psychotherapy, Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy), is professor of psychotherapy and head of the School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies, Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa New Zealand. For ten years of his life he expressed we psychology in the form of living in collective houses, and he retains a strong interest in living, working, educational, and therapeutic groups. He has a small private practice in West Auckland as a health care provider and transactional analyst. Keith can be reached at Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, Aotearoa New Zealand; email: . The author wishes to thank Warwick Pudney for his comments on an early draft of this article and the anonymous TAJ reviewers for their helpful and stimulating comments.
 

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