Abstract
Organizational work with TA is different in some crucial ways from clinical work. For organizational applications of TA, guidelines based on the concepts of the contract, protection, permission and potency are useful. In organizational work, the contract is usually with the organization and not the individual “invited” to the TA training session. This differs from the clinical setting. Thus TA becomes primarily a tool for communicating a way of sorting out human behavior and discovering options. Protection, permission and potency each has its unique meaning so as not to interfere with but to enhance the autonomy of individuals.