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Six Steps for the First Interview: Establishing the Frame and Work Environment in Transactional Psychoanalysis

Pages 284-290
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article outlines the analytical principles of psychodynamically oriented transactional analysis as applied to the first clinical interview. Several of Eric Berne's concepts are reexamined and then integrated with those of other transactional analysis authors and with techniques originating from Robert Langs's communicative psychoanalysis. Both methodological and strategic perspectives are used to examine the idea of constructing the setting as a crucial moment in the development of an effective working alliance.

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Michele Novellino

Michele Novellino, M.D., is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy and counseling) who lives and works in Rome. He is the director of the Instituto Eric Berne di Roma and the winner of the 2003 Eric Berne Memorial Award. His latest book, Seminari Clinici: La Cassetta Degli Attrezzi dell‘ Analista Transazionale [Clinical Seminars: A Tool Box for Transactional Analysts], will be translated into English. He can be reached at Via Angelo Emo, 87–00136, Rome, Italy; e-mail: .
 

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