The authors propose recovering the original psychoanalytic basis of transactional analysis with the goal of targeting script control. A psychoanalytic cure can be achieved by reorienting the ego state of the confused Child. A coherent application of the psychodynamic transactional approach is offered based on the following: (1) a theoretical model of the transference relationship, (2) a clinical methodology, and (3) a consequent intervention strategy.
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