* adaptation problems in individuals with counterculture attitudes and values
Few controlled evaluative studies have been done to determine how effective TA really is. At this time, and in this author's judgment, TA is most useful as an educational therapy to assist less severely troubled individuals with communication problems by helping them sharpen their perceptions of their own ego states and the ego states of others. TA is most effective for clients who are able to exercise responsibility for themselves. TA appears to be especially useful in helping individuals who are caught in frustrating relationships to break free from self-destructive patterns or games.
COGNITIVE THERAPY:
RATIONAL-EMOTIVE THERAPY
For people who tend to think and judge in
very rigid ways, who are frequently intense
and uptight, and who tend to magnify and
exaggerate evils.
Man is not disturbed by events, but by the view he takes of them.
Epictetus, Enchiridion
"It is absolutely essential to you to be loved by members of your family and to be appreciated by your friends and employer."
"You must be consistently competent and nearly perfect in all your endeavors."
"Some people are really bad, their actions should be restricted, and they should be punished when they do wrong."
"It is terrible when things are not the way you would like them to be."
"Events outside your control are largely responsible for how you feel."