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Eric Berne Memorial Award Acceptance Speech

Reflections on Cocreative Transactional Analysis: Acceptance Speech for the 2020 Eric Berne Memorial Award

 

Abstract

This article is the acceptance speech for the 2020 Eric Berne Memorial Award. In it, the recipients offer their thanks for the award and acknowledge the process involved, from initiation to acceptance. This is followed by their reflections on cocreative transactional analysis (TA), stimulated by the statement supporting the nomination focusing specifically on cocreative TA as offering a new metaperspective on TA. They reflect on what they—and others—identify as the specific contributions of cocreative TA to the field over the past 20 years. In the third and final part of the article, the authors offer some thoughts about influences and future directions of cocreativity in TA.

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The author declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Notes on contributors

Graeme Summers

Graeme Summers, BSc (Hons), PGDip. Psychotherapy, Certified Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy), PGDip. Coaching, is a freelance international coach and trainer based in the United Kingdom. He is also a lead coach for London Business School. He designs and delivers training workshops on leadership, coaching, and cocreative transactional analysis. Graeme can be reached at Stone Cottage, Harley Wood, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, GL6 0LB, United Kingdom; email: [email protected].

Keith Tudor

Keith Tudor, PhD, CQSW, Dip. Psychotherapy, Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy), is professor of psychotherapy at Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa New Zealand. He has a small private practice in West Auckland as a health care provider and transactional analyst. Keith can be reached at Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand; email: [email protected].

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