Abstract
This article reviews recent developments in the understanding of unconscious processes and considers the phenomenological perspective of transactional analysis as it is intertwined with these findings. The author's objective is to contribute to the enrichment of the transactional analysis model by suggesting a theory of the unconscious that is compatible with the theoretical underpinnings of TA. Some of the consequences of the “natural scientific” objectifying perspective that influenced Freud and, to some extent, Berne, are highlighted. The notion of the repressed unconscious is discussed and confronted with modern views of unconscious processes.