Transactional analysis (TA) is being introduced to the fields of disability and rehabilitation. It differs from other approaches in its emphasis on educating clients; concentrating on present behaviors; the active, action approach of counselor and client; the therapeutic contract; and having fun. Human hungers for stimulation or strokes, life position, and time structuring are discussed and related to blind persons. The four forms of analysis (structural, transactional, game, and script) are presented with examples relating to blindness and with a sampling of some of the techniques of analysis. Some of the efforts to apply TA to rehablitation by the authors and others are discussed briefly.
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