Transactional Analysis in Russia

Introductory speech from the editor-in-chief of the magazine ”Transactional Analysis in Russia”. The article also provides an overview of the filling of number 4.

The article describes changes in the field of diagnosis of personality disorders, the features of diagnosis according to ICD-11 and the connections between ICD-11 and the theory of personal adaptations of Paul Ware.

The article analyzes the possibilities of using fairy tales, myths, legends in working with the life script. The possibilities of such work are presented on the example of using methodology «Life scripts in fairy-tale roles», developed by the author. It is a method of working with clients. The fairy tale as a tool of psychological work gives us the opportunity to explore elements of client’s life script in a gentle way and reduce client’s resistance. This method allows us to structure our work with life scripts through acquaintance with a fairy-tale character and reveals the key script elements for both the psychologist and the client.

This article presents the author’s methodology of working with metaphorical associative cards within the framework of the transactional-analytical approach in psychological counseling. A qualitative study was conducted, i.e. Phenomena (states, thoughts, feelings and sensations of the subject) were highlighted, as well as their dynamics on the way to the solution of the request in the practice of counceling with the MAK. The study is based on the principles of Transactional Analysis of personality ego-states. The text uses the concept of «internal dialogue», which problematizes the way out of conflicts and through the impasses while moving towards the solving the request.

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, PTSTA(P) Tatiana Agibalova, speaking at conferences organized by the St. Petersburg Transactional Analysis Organization (SOTA) in March and November 2022, expressed the thesis: “You may not want to work with dependent people, but they will come to you anyway”. In this text, prepared based on their speech, first Tatiana, and then her colleague, psychotherapist Alexander Panarin, talk about the specifics of such situations and how to work with them. Tatiana and Alexander, being narcologists, simultaneously operate with the categories “patient” and “client”, thereby indicating the path that people go through when addressing them. Psychologists generously share their professional experience, focusing on the features of this path.

A part of the discussion of Shustov D.I. and Mark Widdowson about pros and cons of adaptations theory in TA.

The text of the report presented at the Conference of the Professional Medical Association of Psychotherapists, Psychologists and Social Workers by Anastasia Borodkina, in which she talks about her experience of psychological support for medical workers who had undergone Covid-19.

In this essay, the author talks about how Transactional Analysis can be applied in a business organization processes, and shares her experience of using Transactional Analysis in working with employees and interacting with customers.

The article tells about how the first books on Transactional Analysis appeared in the USSR, what seminars and master classes were held. The author also tells what role the scientific, student and dissident community of Akademgorodok near Novosibirsk and the author himself, who lived there at that time, played in this.

An interview with Pyotr Landyshev about his personal experience of obtaining the status of ”Advanced Practitioner of TA” in the SOTA.

In this article the topic «how to rest psychologists working in the modality Transactional Analysis is revealed. Twelve specialists participated in the review. An overview about periodicity of vacations, difficulties with clients, budget planning and «life hacks» is presented.

Natalya Kozarenko’s review of the book “All You Ever Wanted to Know About Extraordinary Sex” by Petruska Clarkson.

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