Transactional analysis has been enriched by its integration with a variety of psychosocial, developmental, and therapeutic approaches. What has been missing, however, has been a comparable integration with biology. It is the aim of this article to summarize a few recent, relevant advances in this area and to encourage others to follow suit.
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