Transactional Analysis: A 1960’s Favorite for 21st Century Sex & Couples Therapy

Discussion of the timelines of how a briefly-popular (more so in pop culture than psychoanalytic circles) treatment modality from the late 20th Century, aptly referring to couples’ communications as “transactions,” and its applicability to even Millennial, Gen Z and “alpha” patients who’ve largely grown up online and learned seemingly only transactional sexual and social interactions.

Discussion from presenter’s clinical experience with couples, effectively utilizing TA’s relatively simple concepts to help couples “stay lovers” (versus turning into each others’ parent), especially with cases involving infidelity, discovered or revealed kinks & fetishes, “busted” porn use and masturbation, and so-called “sex addiction.”