This article presents a historical overview of the development of transactional analysis in Brazil and an interpretation of this history using the frame of reference presented by Eric Berne (1963/1974) in his book Structure and Dynamics of Organizations and Groups.

This article analyzes poverty in Mexico using transactional analysis, specifically from the point of view of script. The author describes how the conquest of Mexico by Europeans was a shocking event for the indigenous people, who lost their traditions, beliefs, leaders, and often their families. It was a natural decision for the Mexicans to adopt the systems, education, and religion of their conquerors, usually with little protest. It is suggested that this decision was equivalent to a decision to be poor and helpless, out of which a well-defined script developed. The kind of transactions and some of the games preferred by the poor in Mexico are analyzed, and the conclusion is reached that poverty in Mexico can be explained as a script. Furthermore, the author contends that policies that attempt to address poverty in Mexico without acknowledging and dealing with it on the level of script will fail to alleviate it in any meaningful way.

An epidemiological study, based on transactional analysis theory, was conducted in Mexico City with a sample of 830 women. Codependence is presented in this study as a disorder in the area of interpersonal relationships, and specifically, in the well-documented family situation in which one or more members are addicted to alcohol and/or other drugs. In this research, the codependence script is presented as an example of a script (individual, familial, gender, and cultural) that can be transmitted from one generation to the next (Noriega, 2002.

This article outlines an integrative model that draws on transactional analysis and the accelerated learning system with the purpose of improving teaching and learning methods, teacher-student relationships, and the empowerment of learners. The model is supported by the author's practical experience and the literature reviewed. The interrelationships that link these perspectives are explored via three levels of knowledge: first level-philosophical; second level-theoretical and technical; and third level-emotive and intuitive. This integrated framework and the tools that derive from it offer alternative ways of decontaminating the Adult ego state and/or moving beyond previously acquired beliefs that are found to be limiting. The article suggests an integrated framework that allows the learner to bypass such learning barriers, and it presents practical approaches that foster mutual enrichment and increased potency for both disciplines.

This article describes an interactive action-research project in which psychology and medicine worked together on the treatment of Hepatitis C. The goal of this project was not only to understand more about those who had the disease, but also to investigate the influence their state of mind had on developing positive behavior change that would support their health and quality of life.

This article considers the state of the world today from a perspective that integrates transactional analysis with a holistic vision. Paradoxically, while human beings are the most intelligent living species, they are also the most predatory. The author suggests that the causes of this include the materialistic paradigm (i.e., the belief that reality is comprised of the three-dimensional world) and limitations in educational processes that occur in families and schools. The negative results are described in terms of the structural pathology of contaminations, blocking, and exclusions. In addition, it is suggested that authoritarian and overprotective behaviors found in systems from the family up to governments have resulted in inadequate use of the Adult ego state, a search for strokes, and increased game playing with a corresponding failure in the capacity to ask for, give, and receive positive strokes.

This article considers transactional analysis to be a social therapy capable of producing important changes not only in clients and their relationships, but also in the social contexts to which they belong. A rigorous analysis of the contemporary world with regard to capitalism, neoliberalism, democracy, the new world order, imperialism, and Empire suggests that an important dysfunctional situation for clients is the internalization of their social context into their ego states. The usefulness of applying a script matrix to social phenomena derives from the fact that clients' discomfort is in great part due to the world in which they live. The authors present a new social matrix that analyzes the phenomenon of globalization in order to foster social and political awareness. In this way, rather than supporting the existing social order, which is repressive and dysfunctional, transactional analysis can help to support social alternatives that allow individuals autonomy and instill in them a sense of ethical and social responsibility.