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Abstract
Transactional psychoanalysis consists of applying the principles of the Roman school of psychodynamic transactional analysis to the individual psychotherapy setting. This article presents methodological and epistemological elements that are useful for understanding the model. Particular emphasis is placed on how transactional analysis represents an integral part of the current relational psychoanalysis movement. From an epistemological perspective, one crucial step consists of shifting focus from the metapsychological level to the level of clinical theory. This article also compares the work of other authors interested in rediscovering Berne's psychoanalytic roots. Several aspects of transactional analysis of transference are discussed, and a fourth rule of communication is proposed.
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Michele Novellino
Michele Novellino, M.D., Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst, Director of the Institute Eric Berne, lives and works in Rome and is the author of 15 books on transactional analysis, the most recent being Psicoanalisi Transazionale [Transactional Psychoanalysis] (2004) and La Sindrome di Don Giovanni [The Don Juan Syndrome]. He can be reached at Via Angelo Emo, 87 00136 Rome, Italy; email: [email protected].