Editing Transactional analysis (section)

==Effectiveness==

A 1995 research article by the staff of ''Consumer Reports'', with [[Martin Seligman]] as consultant, assessed that psychotherapy conducted by a group of Transactional Analysts is more effective than that of groups of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, marriage counselors, and physicians; and that psychotherapy lasting more than six months is 40% more effective than that lasting less than six months.<ref>Novey, Theodore B (1999), [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1177/036215379902900107 "The Effectiveness of Transactional Analysis"], ''Transactional Analysis Journal'', '''29''' (1). </ref>

A 2010 review found 50 studies on transactional analysis that concluded it had a positive effect, and 10 where no positive effect was found. No studies that concluded a negative effect were found.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ohlsson |first=Thomas |date=2010-07-31 |title=Scientific evidence base for transactional analysis in the year 2010 |url=https://ijtarp.org/article/view/17039 |journal=International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research & Practice |language=en |volume=1 |issue=1 |doi=10.29044/v1i1p4 |issn=2218-3159|doi-access=free }}</ref>