Transactional Analysis 2: games

Second in a series on TA, offering some of the metaphors I think can be useful in conceptualising and dealing with interactions. This second video looks at games and some ideas on how to deal with them.
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Recommended TA texts:
1) Ian Stewart & Vann Joines: 'TA Today: A New Introduction To Transactional Analysis'
2) Thomas A Harris: 'I'm OK, You're OK'
3) Eric Berne: 'Games People Play'
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videos in the series
TA1 — ego states and transactions
TA2 — games theory
TA3 — gimmicks
TA appendix i — YouTube games
TA appendix ii — religion

[Frankienoname]

It’s 2021 and I’m still watching this series regularly.

[TheDigitalLearningConsultant]

My sister is a therapist and was chatting to her about a difficult meeting I had and she talked me through TA and the drama triangle. Wanted to learn more and this video was really informative and has absolutely shone a light on the situation - it’s taken the emotion out of it and I have a better understanding of the roles we were playing and hopefully I’ll be more aware next time. Many thanks.

[Purpleturtlehurtler]

This video series isn't just to identity these problems with other people, it is also to help one reflect on how they interact with people in general.

[viviencounsellmitchell]

Many years ago TA was the first model that was ever presented to me when I began studying counselling (part of my post-graduate training as a Health Visitor in the UK). It has been probably one of the most useful models I have come
across, and I still sing the praises of this concept that so ably simplifies the complex interactions we find ourselves in when trying to communicate. Of course it was only the beginning, but for me a great place to start.

[kayvee]

Holy shit.

I really need to get into the habit of reviewing these every six months or so.

I really could have used having this stuff fresh in my brain in February. Damn.

Would have helped a lot with navigating a recent clusterfuck.

[ProfessorPEARL]

This may prove to be among the most valuable series on YouTube.
10/10

[elizabethmaus]

I wish my therapist had explained these clearly. It's so useful to be given all these tools during therapy itself, but I still feel fortunate to have come across someone who was doing TA whilst looking for psychotherapy as I wasn't even aware of the model prior to that. Eric left behind something really beautiful!

[ashdawg]

This series is teaching me how much emotion I have involved in everyday transactions between people and how its been holding me back from true understanding and progress

[juliahart]

I watch these about once every six months so I don't lose hold of what I've learned.
It's the new year. Time to watch all of these again

[Rhonda_C]

What I like about TA, is that it is a simple enough theory that's accessible to ordinary people who are not formal students of psychology, yet have an interest in relationship dynamics. I'm loving your series on this compelling subject!

[TheraminTrees]

@OatSharpener Thanks. TA's metaphors've transformed my relationship into a vastly drama-free zone. I'll admit drama used to feel 'exhilarating' to a degree — that heightened state, with more at stake. But the stuff it blocked — the genuine intimacy, fun, love, laughter — that's since come through shows the thinness of drama like nothing else.

[turquoisestar]

I just love this series! I first saw it in a counseling psych class, and it sticks with me. It's so easy to see how we fall into roles and before we know it, the transaction is complete. Awesome explanations!

[Yash-oevy]

just found this channel on my recommended what a gem

[ValerieHalla-noelse]

I've been watching this channel for months and only just realized this video is twelve years old. I thought it must be a relatively new channel because the info is so currently useful, and the style the videos are done in were obviously ahead of it's time.

[truthtrumpsdumbness]

A complex subject, beatifully presented - especially the persecutor/victim /rescuer ever-changing positions within a destructive relationship

[sry]

Aviel Menter- totally agree! I am writing a sitcom and my immediate thought was this would be perfect for coming up with story conflicts and and analysing present sitcoms. Love it.

[mspapworth]

This definitely helped me some time ago when I had to stand up to harassment at work

[lavendarh]

Very informative, smooth, and well explained, totally life saver for someone examining in TA with poor lectures and bunch of mixed up slides that made me lost, REALLY THANK YOU! BEST ONE WHO EXPLAINED IT ON YT!

[KleinerJackie]

This will help me so much to deal with problems and stress from work teams in school. Thank you!

[cecilchesley]

Its been a wild ride figuring out how to be a basic human, let alone be a good one. This is helping me understand exactly what I don't understand and how to comprehend it to ask.