Transactional Analysis (TA) is a framework for understanding how people communicate, relate, and get stuck in patterns. This plain-language guide explains ego states, transactions, games, scripts, and strokes — and where TA is used today.

A five-part series exploring what it takes to hold the complexity of couples work — drawing on Gottman, Tavistock, Kleinian and Jungian thinking, alongside Brad McLean's own integrative TA model.