The Therapeutic Relationship: Integrating Motivation and Personality Theories

This article suggests that transactional analysis is enhanced by a consistent and unified theoretical link between motivation and personality theories from which methods are directly derived. The drives for stimulus, structure, and relationship, as described by Eric Berne, are significantly interwov...

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Published inTransactional analysis journal Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 132 - 141
Main Author Erskine, Richard G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA Taylor & Francis 01.04.1998
SAGE Publications
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Corporate reorganization
Personality
Psychoanalysis
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Scripts
Theory
Transactional analysis
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Summary:This article suggests that transactional analysis is enhanced by a consistent and unified theoretical link between motivation and personality theories from which methods are directly derived. The drives for stimulus, structure, and relationship, as described by Eric Berne, are significantly interwoven, interactive, and interdependent, forming the foundation for a theory of human motivation. The premise that healing is in the relationship is presented as the basis for a theory of method that emphasizes the significance of the therapeutic relationship.
ISSN:0362-1537
2329-5244
DOI:10.1177/036215379802800206