Reddit reviews TA Today: A New Introduction to Transactional Analysis

> Array parts is the Parent, Adult and Child stuff right?

Yep, that's the array. These are the books I read, in order of liking

Scripts People Live: Transactional Analysis of Life Scripts

https://www.amazon.com/Scripts-People-Live-Transactional-Analysis/dp/0802132103/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1554342946&sr=1-1

TA Today

https://www.amazon.com/Ta-Today-Introduction-Transactional-Analysis/dp/1870244028

Born to Win (awful name, but I liked the Gestalt angle)

https://www.amazon.com/Born-Win-Transactional-Analysis-Experiments/dp/0201590441/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=7YJ1ME1A477MM40Y24XH

I'm Ok - You're OK (a classic, but worst of them all)

https://www.amazon.com/Im-OK-Youre-OK-Thomas-Harris/dp/0060724277/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=SV98QTFFDQEPNXJT0KZ0

TBH, I had a hard time really getting into Transactional Analysis once I understood the basics 1) it got really repetitive 2) I had a hard time mapping it to my experience 3) I'm just not that interested in other people :|

> I feel like they are kind of merged. Does this make sense?

Makes total sense. I've had a few therapists try different ego state work on me and we never got anywhere. Parts? I don't have parts. I have... me. Finally one of them explained a PD like schizoid doesn't have an cohesive sense of self + without that solid, "centered" stance, it's hard to grasp the parts/whole relationship between parts. Or something like that. In the end, we gave up. Goes back to object relations, if you want a deep dive into all things schizoid.

FWIW, in TA terms I'm almost all Adult with a little Parent (the crappy parts of my mom). Have yet to find much child in there which is incredibly schizoid of me.

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Not a how to be social book but does explain interactions really well and how they work. A lot of books on this subject are aimed a self help and terrible, this is a legitimate source of theory and really great. Check out Drama Triangles on TA via Wikipedia for an example

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