ABSTRACT
The classical school of transactional analysis is the original version of TA, as developed by Berne and the members of the San Francisco seminars. Almost all the core of TA theory springs from this group of people, which includes Claude Steiner, Steve Karpman, Jack Dusay, Muriel James, Fanita English and Franklin Ernst. This pioneering group of transactional analysts were particularly keen on developing concepts that were simple to grasp, and yet described complex human behaviours and internal processes. Emphasis was also placed on being able to diagram concepts. The purpose of this was to `facilitate Adult analysis of whatever problem the client brings, while stimulating the intuitive powers of the Child to aid in solving that problem' (Stewart, 1992: 132).
