- Course CPD Units: 3 – Clinical
COURSE STRUCTURE
Upon completion of this module practitioners should have a clear understanding of:
- Relationships are seen as systems of shared ego states (Parent, Adult, Child).
- Therapy starts with cognitive work (“decontamination”) before deeper emotional work (“deconfusion”).
- Integrating transactional analysis with modern relationship therapy is essential.
Introduction
This paper offers a framework for a structured approach to relationship psychotherapy grounded in transactional analysis. The author uses the transactional analysis concepts of decontamination and deconfusion to outline a staged treatment process. This process integrates cognitive strategies to strengthen the relationship “Adult,” thereby laying the foundation for a deeper exploration of unconscious dynamics within the relationship “Child.” Consideration is also given to the influence of relationship “Parent” introjects. The approach is integrative, incorporating contemporary, evidence-based practices from the broader field of relationship psychotherapy into the familiar transactional analysis treatment sequence and addresses the target, focus, and nature of transactional analysis in relationship therapy.
- Read the supplied reading material and complete the quiz that follows;
- You have three attempts to pass the quiz;
- The pass grade is 70%;
- You need to pass the quiz to claim your CPD certificate.
