Thomas Harris was an American psychiatrist who authored the bestselling self-help book "I'm OK, You're OK" in 1969. The book introduced concepts from Transactional Analysis including ego states, life positions, and transactions between people. It describes how people operate from parent, adult, or child ego states and how their interactions can be understood through concepts like positive and negative stroking. The book was influential in popularizing these ideas and becoming a bestselling manual for understanding human behavior and relationships.

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2. About the author
 Thomas Anthony Harris was born
April 18, 1910 in San Antonio, Texas;
 died May 4, 1995
in Sacramento, California
 became famous for his self-help
manual I'm OK, You're OK (1969).
 The book was a bestseller and its name
became a cliché during the 1970s.
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3. About the author
 He received his Bachelor of Science
degree from the University of
Arkansas in 1938
 M. D. from the Temple University
School of Medicine in 1940.
 he joined the Navy as a medical intern.
He was aboard the submarine
tender USS Pelias (AS-14) when it was
attacked at Pearl Harbor in December
1941
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4. Book content
Transactional Analysis
 Ego States
 Four Life Positions
 Stroking
 Transactions
 Change
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5. Ego States
Parent Does not mean responsible
Adult Does not mean mature
Child Does not mean childish
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6. Ego States
 We need all Ego States – dropping one
means 2/3 human potential
 States, and not Roles
 Realities
 Unedited recordings
 What the child understood at the time differs
from reality?
 TA is like sorting your mind into drawers
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7. Four Life Positions
I’m not ok - you’re ok
I’m not ok - you’re not ok
I’m ok - you’re not ok
I’m ok - you’re ok
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8. Stroking
 Positive Strokes
 Negative Strokes
 Conditional Strokes
No Strokes is the worst
The worst punishment in Prisons is Solitary
Confinement
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9. Change
 What makes People Want to Change?
 Pain
• They are hurt sufficiently
• They have invested in the same slot machines
without any returns for a long time
• They are severely ill and want relief
 Boredom
• “So what” becomes “there is more to life than
this”
 Enlightenment
• I’m OK – You’re OK is the only Proactive
Position to initiate change
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