Editing Transactional analysis (section)

{{Short description|Theory and practice of a type of psychological analysis}}
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'''Transactional analysis''' is a [[psychoanalytic theory]] and method of [[therapy]] wherein social interactions (or "transactions") are analyzed to determine the [[id, ego, and superego|ego]] state of the communicator (whether parent-like, childlike, or adult-like) as a basis for understanding behavior.<ref>{{cite web|title=Definition: Transactional Analysis|url=http://finto.fi/mesh/en/page/D014152|publisher=Finto|access-date=October 13, 2015}}</ref> In transactional analysis, the communicator is taught to alter the ego state as a way to solve emotional problems. The method deviates from [[Freudian psychoanalysis]], which focuses on increasing awareness of the contents of subconsciously held ideas. [[Eric Berne]] developed the concept and paradigm of transactional analysis in the late 1950s.<ref name=do>{{cite web|title=Transactional Analysis|url=http://www.disorders.org/transactional-analysis/|website=disorders.org|access-date=September 1, 2011}}</ref>