Theories 2 Flashcards
Transactional Analysis
Examines interactions between people. Cognitive approach with incorporated Gestalt techniques.
Parent
Synthesis of messages from actual parental figures. Includes nurturing and critical parent.
Adult
Processes facts, does not consider feelings.
Child
Includes natural child, little professor, and adapted child
Natural child
What a person would be naturally
Little professor
Acts on hunches without necessary info
Adapted child
Learns how to comply to avoid parental punishment
Complementary transaction
Healthy communication where sender of message receives intended response from receiver (parallel)
Crossed transaction
Unhealthy communication, mixed communications between Adult and child
Tom Harris
Healthy life positions (i.e; I’m ok, you’re ok) - transactional analysis
Transactional analysis “game”
Transaction with a concealed motive
Rackets
Bad feelings from a transactional analysis game
Life script
In transactional analysis, person’s ongoing drama which dictates how person will go about
Frtiz Perls
Gestalt therapy
Top dog
In Gestalt therapy, critical parent position, authoritarian
Underdog
Viewed as the weak & powerless
Empty chair technique
Used to address opposing feelings between top dog and underdog
Projection technique
Counselor asks client to act like the person they do not like
Moreno
Psychodrama - incorporating role playing into treatment
Unfinished business
In Gestalt therapy, unexpressed emotions
Perl’s 5 layers of Neurosis
Phony layer, phobic layer, impasse layer, implosive layer, explosive layer
Roger’s qualities of effective counselor
Empathy, congruence, genuineness, and unconditional positive regard.
