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Abstract
An abridged version of this article was presented as the acceptance speech for the 2019 Eric Berne Memorial Award at the 50th Anniversary Conference sponsored by the Southeast Institute, the USA Transactional Analysis Association, and the International Transactional Analysis Association in Raleigh, North Carolina, on 3 August 2019. The speech highlights the development of a relational trend within transactional analysis and delineates the author’s own integration and development of Berne’s original thinking. Additionally, the author makes a plea for the further consideration and integration within clinical work of the therapist’s countertransference reactions.
Acknowledgments
The author wishes to acknowledge Christina Condron for sharing the phrase “I Write to Right Something.”
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Ray Little
Ray Little is a Certified Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy), psychotherapist, supervisor, and trainer working in private practice in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is also a visiting tutor at several psychotherapy training institutes in the United Kingdom and Europe. Ray is a founding member of the International Association for Relational Transactional Analysis (IARTA). He can be reached at 4/2 Oxford Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9PJ, United Kingdom; email: [email protected]; website: www.enderbyassociates.co.uk.