Berne defined a contract as an explicit bilateral commitment to a well defined course of action. James and Jongeward defined contract as an adult commitment to one’s self and/or someone else to make a change.

1. Contracts for Change
Transactional Analysis

2. Prepared By
Manu Melwin Joy
Assistant Professor
SCMS School of Technology and Management
Kerala, India.
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3. Definition of Contract
Berne defined a
contract as an explicit
bilateral commitment
to a well defined
course of action.

4. Definition of Contract
James and Jongeward
defined contract as an
adult commitment to
one’s self and/or
someone else to make
a change.

5. Definition of Contract
Contracts specify
• Who both parties are.
• What it is they are
going to do together.
• How long this will take.

6. Definition of Contract
Contracts specify
• What the goals or
outcomes of that
process will be.

7. Definition of Contract
Contracts specify
• How they will know
when they have gotten
there.

8. Definition of Contract
Contracts specify
• How that will be
beneficial and/or
pleasing to the client.

9. Types of Contract
TA Practitioners
distinguishes two different
kinds of contracts.
• The administrative or
business contract and
• The clinical or
treatment contract.

10. Business Contract
The business contract is an
agreement between the
practitioner and client
about the details of
payment and
administrative
arrangements for their
work together.

11. Treatment Contract
In the treatment contract ,
the client sets out clearly
what changes he wants to
make, and specifies what
he is willing to do to help
bring about these changes.

12. Treatment Contract
The practitioner says
whether she is willing to
work with the client in the
achievement of his desired
changes, and states what
her input to this process
will be.

13. References

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