Becoming the Way We Are: A Transactional Guide to Personal Development

Becoming the Way We Are: A Transactional Guide to Personal Development is for people who want to make peace with their own personal history. It contains a summary of information which other travellers have found useful in their journey back from the old dungeons and demons of childhood. The information is a view of human growth and development using the tools of Transactional Analysis. The total picture is a composite made up of the experiences of many people who have travelled through their past in order to resolve it. All theoretical statements are based on Ms. Levin's work with clients, observations of nature and her own personal growth. They are tools to aid, not replace, the inherent wisdom of people. Part One describes the parts of personality, the need for strokes, the tendency to play games and the scripts people advance as they attempt to cope with issues. Alternatives are then presented for identifying those issues and transforming them by creating the protection people need