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In the Terrain of the Unconscious: The Evolution of a Transactional Analysis Therapist

Pages 119-131
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article delineates four realms of unconscious experience–depicted as the Bernean, the characterological, the transferential, and the emergent–as they relate to the evolution of transactional analysis theory and technique. Presented in semiautobiographical fashion, the article relates the unfolding of different levels of understanding of unconscious processes in the author's professional development. Case vignettes illustrate the therapist's engagement with diverse aspects of unconscious processes within the therapeutic relationship.

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William F. Cornell

William F. Cornell, M.A., Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst, studied behavioral psychology at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and then phenomenological psychology at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He followed his graduate studies with training in transactional analysis, body-centered psychotherapy, and psychoanalysis. He is editor of the ITAA newsletter, The Script, and coeditor of the Transactional Analysis Journal. Bill maintains an independent private practice of therapy, consultation, and training in Pittsburgh and leads frequent training groups in Europe. He can be reached at 145 44th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, U.S.A.; email: .
 

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