The development of the psychotherapy of psychoses in Transactional Analysis

• Jan Kornaj

  Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6598-9812

The aim of this article is to reconstruct the process of development of the practice of psychotherapy of psychoses in Transactional Analysis. This development is studied using the framework of Kurt Danizger’s historical psychology which assumes that every psychological practice should be studied in its social and professional context. Three main moments in the development of psychotherapy of psychoses in TA are analyzed: Eric Berne and psychotherapy of psychoses; Schiffs’ Catexis School; and contemporary developments in TA psychotherapy of psychoses. The article discusses social, professional, and theoretical contexts that shaped the evolution of TA practice in the field of psychotherapy of psychoses.

1. Jan Kornaj, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw

   Jan Kornaj – PhD student at the Institute of Psychology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. Main research interests: history and evolution of psychological and psychopathological categories in Polish psychiatry in the twentieth century. Transactional Analyst in training in the field of psychotherapy, working in private practice and at the Child and Adolscents Clinic at the Mental Health Center of the Institute of Psychoeducation in Poznań.

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