Transactional analysis was developed by Eric Berne, a Canadian psychiatrist, in the 1950s. "He originally trained as a psychoanalyst, but whereas Sigmund Freud focused on the client's inner conflicts, Berne focused on the client's social transactions," says Yuko Nippoda, psychotherapist and spokesperson for the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/features/treatment-medication/what-is-transactional-analysis-therapy