ABSTRACT

The redecision school of TA was created by Bob and Mary Goulding. The Gouldings were original members of Berne's San Francisco seminars, who also trained with Fritz Perls, the originator of gestalt therapy. The Gouldings were interested in developing ways of working that were active and promoted rapid change. They integrated techniques from gestalt therapy such as two-chair work into a TA theoretical approach as they saw that these methods could be used to work directly with ego state con¯icts. The Gouldings specialized in the therapy marathon format, and would hold extended group therapy marathons, sometimes for up to a month at a time.