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The concept of the Fully Functioning Adult complements existing theory on the functioning of that ego state. Until now the Adult has had a structural but not a functional description. The Fully Functioning Adult takes into account both the rational behavior usually attributed to the Adult (Rational Adult) and the “integrated” behavior alluded to by Berne (Poetic Adult).

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B. Noel Phelan

B. Noel Phelan, MTh, a Clinical Provisional Teaching Member, is a Methodist clergyman on special counseling appointment, and a licensed marriage, family, and child counselor at the San Diego Institute for Transactional Analysis.

Patricia E. Phelan

Patricia E. Phelan, BA, a Regular Member, is English department chair at Hale Junior High School in San Diego and an author of several articles on creative writing and on curriculum designs to utilize left/right hemispheres.