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Section 2. Training and Supervision

Criteria for Defining the Boundaries of Transactional Analysis Fields of Application

Pages 311-320
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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Boundaries between the four major fields of application of transactional analysis—education, organizational development, psychotherapy, and counseling—are explored. The difficulties in defining boundaries between these fields are presented in terms of efficacy, ethics, and institutional aspects. In the context of this discussion, the author suggests that boundaries between these fields be viewed as envelopes that overlap rather than as exact borders. The importance of goals and contracts in each field is emphasized as are methods of providing clients with protection and permission to change.

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José Grégoire

José Grégoire is a psychotherapist, an EATA Certified Clinical Transactional Analyst, and a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (clinical).