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Blocking transactions - transactional analysis - Manu Melwin Joy
The document discusses blocking transactions in transactional analysis, defining them as exchanges where one party avoids addressing an issue by questioning its definition. Examples illustrate how these exchanges can disrupt communication, often leading to confusion and silence. The underlying purpose of blocking transactions is to evade sensitive topics that may challenge the perspectives of those involved.
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- 2. Prepared By Manu MelwinJoy Assistant Professor Ilahia School of Management Studies Kerala, India. Phone – 9744551114 Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com Kindly restrict the use of slides for personal purpose. Please seek permission to reproduce the same in public forms and presentations.
- 3. Blocking Transactions • Ina blocking transaction, the purpose of raising an issue is avoided by disagreeing about the definition of the issue.
- 4. Blocking Transactions • Example. –Therapist : How do you feel. – Group member : Do you mean emotionally or physically?
- 5. Blocking Transactions • Example. –Union Representative : What do you want from our side so we can conclude this agreement? – Personnel manager : Are you talking about what we want or what we think we can get?
- 6. Blocking Transactions • Youwill seldom hear long exchange of blocking transactions. It is more likely that after the initial block, the parties will begin detailed arguments over the definition of the issue.
- 7. Blocking Transactions • Ifone of the people concerned is a really determined blocker, the conversation may come to a halt in a dumbfounded silence.
- 8. Blocking Transactions • Atthe psychological level, the aim of the blocking transaction is the same as that of the tangential: to avoid addressing issues that would threaten the frame of reference of either or both participants.
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