Abstract
Stroke has been described as one of the major causes of death and disability in America. The impairments that often result from stroke may produce great social and emotional stresses on those affected. Transactional Analysis offers the counsellor some useful tools for helping the patient and his family learn to cope. The TA concept of Parent, Child, and Adult, for example, can be used to illustrate some of the common reactions to stroke and to clarify some of the interactive behaviors that often occur between the patient and his family in the process of their social-emotional recovery from stroke.