# Contracting & Recontracting

*Jade Garratt · Interpersonal Practice, Voice & Silence*

Examines contracting and recontracting as everyday practices for surface assumptions before they become friction. Draws on Eric Berne's TA-based definition to show how explicit bilateral commitment reduces the misaligned mental models that generate interpersonal conflict.

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