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Section 1. Clinical Applications

Transactional Analysis in Nursing Homes

Pages 210-215
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article describes the two-stage introduction of transactional analysis (an introductory course followed by nine months of coaching) as a method of communication in a nursing home in The Netherlands. The main transactional analysis concepts useful in this setting are described, and some examples are given of the coaching. Results of research about this process are presented. The conclusion is that transactional analysis is a useful tool in this context if the introductory transactional analysis course is followed by coaching or supervision.

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Mirrian Smolders

Moniek Thunnissen is a psychiatrist and a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst who works in Psychotherapeutic Centre de Viersprong in Halsteren in The Netherlands. She does transactional analysis training in several hospitals and in a nursing home. Sjef van Delft is a psychologist who works in nursing home ABG in Bergen op Zoom. He is in training as a Certified Transactional Analyst (counselling). Mirrian Smolders is a psychologist who worked on her dissertation for a year in the nursing home, where she did research on the effectiveness of training in transactional analysis.