Table 1 Training program
From: The effect of transactional analysis on the self-esteem of imprisoned women: a clinical trial
Session 1: | Establishing initial communication, Introducing members to each other, and clarifying the study purpose |
Session 2: | Introducing the initial concepts of the structural analysis: “parent”, “adult “, and “child”. |
Session 3: | Getting acquainted with the concept of mutual communication: direct transaction, crossed transaction, and ulterior transaction. |
Session 4: | Strengthening the “adult” and controling the negative aspects of the “parent”, especially the “critical parent”. |
Session 5: | Explaining about the personality illnesses, providing various examples, and considering the interpersonal exchanges. |
Session 6: | Explaining time management using different methods. |
Session 7: | Life minute analysis: Discussing the life formation process, omitting the undesirable events in life, and making decisions applying the “Adult”. |
Session 8: | Making healthy relationships with others and adjustments to different situations. Increasing intimacy, adopting a healthy state of life, and having conscious control of the Ego states. Discussing and making conclusions about the subject. |