Transactional

Some therapies focus on your internal experiences of your world. That is fine and it is still important to consider the real world in which you live. I refer to this as the context in which you live. ‘Good’ therapy, in my view, will take account of what goes on between you and other people. Transactional therapies pay systematic attention to communications. They may help you communicate with others more sensitively, efficiently and clearly.

This approach is particularly important in work with couples, groups and organisations as a communication is not simply what is sent, but what is heard and what is done as a consequence.

Consider this transactional challenge: if you believe some-one else is playing psychological games, so are you.