He surrounded himself with a team of colleagues and a regularly organized seminars in San Francisco, California, to share their experiences as group therapists and in order to develop a model “Social psychiatry” based on the study of interactions between people, which he called Transactional Analysis. This investigation continued through the ITAA (International Transactional Analysis Association) founded by the same E. Berne and allowed to deepen some concepts of transactional analysis or This investigation continued through the ITAA (International Transactional Analysis Association) founded by the same E. Berne and allowed to deepen some concepts of transactional analysis or provide different developments in the theory.
Principles of Transactional Analysis. – The philosophy of Transactional Analysis, based on the humanist philosophy, on the principle that “everyone is born right.” Berne metaphorically said “we are all born princes and princesses.” After our relations with other self-limiting to make decisions that became “enchanted toads or frogs.” – The second principle underlying the AT, is we all have a specific manpower by genetic constraints, circumstantial health and social origin and provenance, but a true human potential, we can develop. The external constraints to the development of our human potential, especially early decisive internal constraints, produce unhappiness, self-limiting personal abilities to solve problems and face life and final pathology.
So I am responsible for my life and decide what is good for me at all times, if not enjoy life because I decide what is best for me. Electrolux does not necessarily agree. – The third principle on which the AT bases its philosophy is that we can change the “post” of autonomy and have the resources to do so, these resources can be personal or relational and include the possibility of taking further decisions independently.