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The Analysis of Defense Mechanisms in the Transactional Analysis Setting

In this article the author examines the recognized meaning of defense mechanisms in transactional analysis theory. In particular, it stresses that in Berne's model and its later developments, clinical attention has focused primarily on the consequences produced by defense mechanisms, while analysis of the intrapsychic processes implied in the manifestation of a defensive behavior remains marginal. A possible explanation for this is suggested with reference to Berne's theory of ego states, and the clinical implications of this orientation of Berne's theory are considered.