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Pages 55-56
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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The three Ps—protection, permission, and potency—play an important role in transactional analysis in describing therapeutic skills and therapist characteristics. In this article a short summary of the literature on these three concepts is given, and a fourth P is added for pacing.

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Willem Lammers

Willem Lammers is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst in the field of psychotherapy and a licensed clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, and supervisor. He leads the Institut für Angewandte Sozialwissenschaften (IAS) in Maienfeld, Switzerland, an institute for training and supervision in the helping professions.