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Over the past fifteen years TA literature, theories, and techniques have grown rapidly. Comparative understanding is a task faced by each student of TA—whether new trainee or seasoned clinician. The Splinter Chart is a systematic way of comparing five TA schools across a conceptual grid which accounts for philosophical model, identification of the problem, treatment, therapeutic techniques, and results. It is a useful teaching tool, and also a summary of basic concepts. As such, it aids critical thinking and integration of the current diversity in TA theory.

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Josie Wilson

Josie Wilson, MA, is a clinical provisional teaching member and is in private practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is about to begin doctoral work at Georgia State University in clinical psychology.

Ira Kalma

Ira Kalina, ACSW, is a clinical provisional teaching member. He is co-director of the Long Island Center for TA and Gestalt Therapy, Floral Park, New York.