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“Special Fields”

A Brief History of an Anxious Dilemma and Its Lingering Consequences for Transactional Analysis Counselors

Pages 7-13
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article argues that Eric Berne’s professional anxieties and biases were the ground in which counseling in transactional analysis came to be assigned a second-class professional status. The author examines the impact of Berne’s investment in creating a transactional analysis psychotherapy at the expense of other modes of facilitating learning and growth.

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William F. Cornell

Author Biography
William F. Cornell, M.A., Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy), maintains an independent private practice of therapy, consultation, and training in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and leads frequent training groups in Europe. He is a coeditor of the Transactional Analysis Journal and a contributor to professional journals of varied disciplines. William can be reached at 145 44th St., Pittsburgh, PA 15201, USA; e-mail: .