ABSTRACT
The primary therapeutic interventions used in relational TA are empathic transactions (Clark, 1991; Hargaden and Sills, 2002). A revised version of Berne's eight therapeutic operations is offered that provide the basic empathic backdrop for the work. Interpretation is also used; however, empathic and interpretive interventions are primarily used to analyse, explain, highlight and work with the here-and-now processes occurring in the therapy. The relationally oriented therapist will regularly focus on the client's impact upon the therapist, the therapist's impact upon the client, and the here-and-now engagement between them (Stark, 2000).
