Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transactional analysis

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables: trans-ac-tion-al -anal-y-sis
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

7

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A psychotherapeutic system involving analysis of relationships and interactions in terms of ego states that correspond to the roles of parent (critical and nurturing), adult (rational), and child (intuitive and dependent).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Transactional analysis is best done in therapy groups; or conversely, it may be said that the natural function of therapy groups is transactional analysis."
"In transactional analyses, clients rely upon the analyst's advice and opinions in order to negotiate, structure, and consummate actual commercial transactions."

Etymology

Coined by Eric Berne to reflect the roots in psychoanalysis and the transactions that are the target of the therapy.

Usage

Inflected Forms

transactional analyses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

archeopsychic exteropsychic neopsychic

Questions

What does transactional analysis mean?: A psychotherapeutic system involving analysis of relationships and interactions in terms of ego states that correspond to the roles of parent (critical and nurturing), adult (rational), and child (intuitive and dependent).
Where does transactional analysis come from?: Coined by Eric Berne to reflect the roots in psychoanalysis and the transactions that are the target of the therapy.

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