This article attempts to clarify the connection between transactional analysis and spirituality. The content and meaning of autonomy are explored from different perspectives, and the Bernian understanding of autonomy and its components—awareness, spontaneity, and intimacy—are examined. The relationship between autonomy and intimacy is explained. From this relationship evolves a new dimension that goes beyond psychology—namely, spirituality. The authors' thinking may serve as a psychological complement to the theological reflections of Martin Buber as crystallized in his well-known book, I and Thou (1923/1958).
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