White Tony: Savremena terapija novom odlukom

Tony White: Contemporary New Decision Therapy

A Rational Approach to New Decision Therapy in Transactional Analysis

The book presents an overview of the psychotherapeutic approach called transactional analysis (TA), which was originally developed by Eric Berne in the late 60s and 70s of the last century and has survived to this day. In the meantime, different schools have developed under the umbrella of TA, and this book deals with two of them - new decision therapy and relational approach to TA. The author of the book poses the key question of whether these two approaches can coexist and complement each other so that the best of both approaches is taken and combined in one, comprehensive approach.

The new decision therapy was designed long ago by Robert and Marry Goulding and, unlike many others, it has withstood the test of time. The specificity of this therapy is that it speaks little about the use of psychoanalytic theory and concepts that have almost been moved from TA. However, the schools of the second generation of transactional analysis brought back psychoanalysis and gave it a significant place in TA, which brings us to the real question - is the return of psychoanalysis to TA the right thing to do? Is it a bit unfair to the relational TA that has to be constructed in a form that is not true to its psychoanalytic nature? The author claims in the book that TA and aspects of psychoanalysis can coexist, which allows us to have a psychotherapy approach that includes both new decision therapy and relational TA.

The book covers many areas, such as contracts, games and enactments, setbacks, different types of transference treatment, relational TA and prohibitions, early decisions and breaks in relationships and so on, all the while describing how different concepts from relational TA and new decision therapy can coexist. On a deeper level, the author deals with the philosophical question "Is the power really in the client?", or is it partially in the relationship between the therapist and the client, and the conclusion is yes, the power is in the client and the therapeutic relationship. The book ends with two chapters, in one Tony White discusses the topic of demons, and in the second he deals with Munchausen syndrome through mediators.

NEW DECISION THERAPY – THERAPY THAT HAS STANDED THE TEST OF TIME

• • About the TA school: new decision therapy and relational TA
• • Is it possible to combine the two TA schools?
• • Is the return of psychoanalysis to TA correct? thing?
• • What are demand contracts and what are release contracts?
• • Stoppages, Games and play