“Let’s Play”

CHAIR:Heather Fowlie, TSTA (P)

The term “relational” has, over the last few years, found its way into the heart of the transactional analysis community and has left its mark on our understanding of ego state development, on our debates about TA theory, and most particularly on its implications for transactional analysis practice. During this symposium we will play with the main characteristics, concepts, and concerns of a relational approach. We will focus on the transferential relationship, as Freud’s description of this as something like a “playground” in which the client’s compulsion to repeat can be “allowed to expand in almost complete freedom,” which both links nicely to the conference theme and into discussions about relational methodology.