This article describes recent developments in the psychodynamic approach to transactional analysis and its clinical applications to individual psychotherapy. The Freudian roots of Berne's work are considered essential for a methodology based on three foundations: (1) the work setting, (2) transference and countertransference analysis, and (3) interpretation.
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