TA in an Alcoholic Rehabilitation Program

Abstract

TA theory and approaches are utilized in a 21-day in-patient program in the alcoholic rehabilitation unit in a large metropolitan hospital. TA concepts, including and not limited to ego states, games, the script matrix, the racket system, are presented in a lecture series, similar to an introductory course in Transactional Analysis (TA 101). During the classes, patients are encouraged to begin applying to themselves the various concepts, e.g., by making and discussing their own egogram, role-playing the use of ego states in stopping drinking. The history and changes in therapy of one patient are described.