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Primary Prevention

TA in an Alcoholic Rehabilitation Program

Pages 247-248
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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TA theory and approaches are utilized in a 21-day in-patient program in the alcoholic rehabilitation unit in a large metropolitan hospital. TA concepts, including and not limited to ego states, games, the script matrix, the racket system, are presented in a lecture series, similar to an introductory course in Transactional Analysis (TA 101). During the classes, patients are encouraged to begin applying to themselves the various concepts, e.g., by making and discussing their own egogram, role-playing the use of ego states in stopping drinking. The history and changes in therapy of one patient are described.

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Phyllis Mincis

Phyllis Mincis, ACSW, CAC, RM, is a senior psychiatric social worker with the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Unit of Bergen Pines Country Hospital in New Jersey.

Charles McFarren

Charles McFarren, M.Div., MA, MA, CMT, is a Protestant chaplain and Director of the Department of Pastoral Care of Bergen County. He is a licensed marriage and family counselor of the State of New Jersey.