# Transactional Analysis

*Jade Garratt · Interpersonal Practice, Models & Critique*

Applies Eric Berne's Transactional Analysis — Parent, Adult, Child ego states — to workplace dynamics. Shows how crossed transactions (a peer responding from Parent, a leader triggering Child) reproduce unhealthy patterns, and how Adult-to-Adult communication is the target register for PS.

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## Connected concepts (6)

- [How We Respond](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/how-we-respond-matters.md)
- [Conflict & Holding Environments](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-60-conflict-and-holding-environments.md)
- [Contracting & Recontracting](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/contracting-and-recontracting.md)
- [Feedback & PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/feedback-in-the-workplace.md)
- [Schein's Humble Inquiry](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/edgar-scheins-humble-inquiry.md)
- [Johari Window](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-johari-window.md)