This is Me!
Becoming Who You are Using Transactional Analysis
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Sherwood Publishing
Published:27th Apr '17
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
We live in a society in which we think that happiness in life can be engineered. We watch programmes on T.V. about total makeovers and diets, about raising children and about financial problems. We hope the experts featuring on those programmes will solve our problems, in order for us to be happy. On YouTube and Facebook we reveal how special we are and the wonderful life we are having. Problems don t exist; everything is great and fantastic. And so we become actors of our own lives. But what is left once you remove the wonderful stories and the outer shell? This is me! invites you to search for your true self. The book raises questions and gives practical examples and direction. To guide you on your way, Lieuwe Koopmans uses Transactional Analysis (TA), a theory of personality and model for communication combined. The accessible models and lines of thinking enable you to better understand complex psychological processes and they can also be used as tools for personal and professional growth. This is a unique book that will help you increase your self-knowledge and self-awareness. This is me! let's you take a look at how your past affects your current behaviour. Considering that an important part of the answers to your life's questions are locked up in your own past. TA is a wonderful way to look at the various parts within yourself. You will gain insight into your own reality, your frame of reference. This is the basis upon which you will be able to increase your options for how to behave and to treat yourself and others in a respectful manner. With the help of TA you can become an autonomous human being who is able to live in the-here-and-now with love and awareness.
I love this book. Why? I love stories, drama and theatre and Lieuwe Koopmans in This is me! presents a lively and original take on transactional analysis concepts by creating an engaging theatrical metaphor. He uses the idea of life-script to introduce concepts as succeeding Acts in a Play, complete with Prologue, Epilogue and Shakespearean quotes. This appealing framework enables the actors (all of us) to better understand ourselves by seeing our lives as scripted and then to turn our lives around by taking off our masks and makeup and finding the courage to be our true selves. Lieuwe is himself very present in the book his personal stories and the anecdotes he tells from his wide experience of working with others encourage us to think about our own stories, discover our true possibilities and change our limiting narrative into one we really want to share --Trudi Newton - Teaching & Supervising Transactional Analyst (Educational); I am an advocate for Lieuwe's work, he writes with brevity and clarity and engages the reader from page one. He has stretched my thinking on TA theory and has added value to my practice through the process of discussion and debate. I would recommend his work to both those who are new to TA and to the seasoned professionals. --Sandra Wilson - Teaching & Supervising Transactional Analyst (Organisational) and ICF Master Certified Coach, leads the International Centre for Business Coaching; A delightful Introduction to personal development through Transactional Analysis. This book will take you on a journey of self discovery signposted with engaging stories, accessible ideas and respectful inquiry. Highly recommended. --Graeme Summers - Executive Coach and Certified Transactional Analyst (Psychotherapy), Co-author of Co-creative Transactional Analysis - Karnac
ISBN: 9781907037085
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120 pages