Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Selling over 25,000 copies across three editions, this book provides an unrivalled introduction to the core concepts and basic techniques of Transactional Analysis (TA). Ian Stewart guides the reader step-by-step through the successive stages in using TA to create therapeutic change, building understanding of the way the approach works in real-life practice.

Key features of this new edition include:

-a single extended case study running through the book

-′Key ideas′ panels to summarize the main ideas in each section

-Detailed discussion of ′closing the escape hatches′: TA′s distinctive approach to resolving the issues of suicide, self-harm or violence

-Practice Checklists offering suggested questions readers can use to appraise their own work with clients at strategic points in the text

- Space for Reflection sections and Further Reading lists to conclude each chapter.

This bestselling textbook offers trainee and practising psychotherapists and counsellors a concise, hands-on exploration of current concepts and techniques in Transactional Analysis.

Ian Stewart is Co-Director of The Berne Institute, Nottingham. He is the author of Eric Berne (SAGE, 1992) and Developing Transactional Analysis Counselling (SAGE, 1996), and co-author of TA Today (2nd edn, Lifespace, 2012).

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• About the Author (p. vii)
• Preface to the Fourth Edition (p. ix)
• Part I The Ta Framework (p. 1)
• 1 Counselling with TA (p. 3)
• 2 Planning the Route to Change (p. 15)
• 3 Mapping the Structure of Problems (p. 23)
• 4 Separating Past from Present (p. 43)
• Part II The Process of Counselling With Ta (p. 55)
• 5 Taking the First Steps (p. 57)
• 6 Exploring a Childhood Life-Plan (p. 75)
• 7 Forestalling Tragic Outcomes (p. 113)
• 8 Making Contracts for Change (p. 135)
• 9 Challenging Outdated Beliefs (p. 163)
• 10 Making New Decisions (p. 197)
• 11 Ending Counselling (p. 231)
• References (p. 241)
• Index (p. 247)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

Stewart (University of Nottingham), a tutor in transactional analysis (TA) and a supervising examiner to the European Association for Transactional Analysis, has recently coauthored a textbook on the basic theory of TA (I. Stewart and V. Joines, TA Today, 1987). This present book is intended as a practical guide to the use of TA in counseling. With a focus on practical application, it includes only a brief introduction to TA and then provides in-depth coverage of selected areas of current TA which have the most to offer the practicing counselor. Two linked concepts provide structure to the presentation: treatment direction and treatment sequence, with an extended case history running through the book to illustrate practice and theory. Although the writing is succinct, the book succeeds in presenting TA as an important, interesting, and intelligible framework for understanding and promoting constructive psychological change. It is written primarily for counselors or counselors-in-training whose backgrounds have been in counseling methods other than TA and who are interested in adding TA resources to their counseling skills. It is also suitable for the general public. References; combined author and subject index. D. Sydiaha University of Saskatchewan

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Ian Stewart is Co-Director of The Berne Institute, Nottingham. He is the author of Eric Berne (SAGE. 1992) and Developing Transactional Analysis Counselling (SAGE, 1996), and co-author of TA Today (2nd edition, Lifespace, 2012).