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Article

Live and in Limbo: A Case Study of an In-Person Transactional Analysis Consultation

Pages 159-171
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article presents a detailed case study of a single transactional analysis consultation session based on the supervisory processes first described by Eric Berne (1968/1977) and John O'Hearne (1972). The consultation process included the client directly in discussion about the ongoing therapy, including its successes and points of impasse. The consultant, the therapist, and the client each reflect on the results of the consultation.

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Robert Norton

William F. Cornell, M.A., Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst, studied behavioral psychology at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and phenomenological psychology at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He followed his graduate studies with training in transactional analysis and body-centered psychotherapy. Bill has published numerous journal articles and book chapters, many exploring the interface between transactional analysis, body-centered, and psychoanalytic modalities. He is editor of the ITAA Script newsletter and coeditor of the Transactional Analysis Journal. He is also the editor of The Healer's Bent: Solitude and Dialogue in the Clinical Encounter, a collection of the psychoanalytic writings of James McLaughlin, for which Bill wrote the introduction. In addition, with Helena Hargaden he is coeditor and author of From Transactions to Relations: The Emergence of Relational Paradigms in Transactional Analysis published by Haddon Press. Bill maintains an independent private practice of therapy, consultation, and training in Pittsburgh, PA, and leads frequent training groups in Europe. He can be reached by e-mail at .
Carole Shadbolt, M.Sc. (Psych), Certified Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy), Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst, CQSW, lives and has an independent clinical and supervisory psychotherapy practice in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. She has been a psychotherapist since 1981 and previously had a career as a psychiatric social worker specializing in neuropsychiatry; she worked for 10 years in a psychiatric teaching hospital in London. She has written a number of articles focusing on sexuality, diversity, and prejudice. She can be reached by e-mail at .
Robert Norton (a pseudonym) lives and works in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. He is a qualified counselor and can be reached via Carole Shadbolt at .