Conference on transactional analysis
Fr. George Kandathil S.J., Founder Director, Institute for Counselling and Transactional Analysis, Ernakulam, addressing a conference on transactional analysis at SITRA in the city on Wednesday.In the materialistic world we understand transactional analysis in a different way. In industry it is more of trying to balance the polarities that exist in the workplace, Arindam Basu, Director, South India Textile Research Association (SITRA), said here on Wednesday.
Speaking at the inauguration of the five-day conference and workshop of the South Asian Association of Transactional Analysts (SAATA) organised by the Nitya Gurukula on the SITRA premises, he underlined the need for adopting the Japanese model of work culture. “Every single person working in an organisation wears the same dress. They have a drop box where grievances and suggestions are dropped. They are read everyday, discussed and viable decisions are arrived at for the benefit of the employees and the organisation.”
The inaugural dealt with the topic “In/Out…This/That…..We/Them…..Balancing Polarities”.Fr. George Kandathil, S.J., Founder Director, Institute for Counselling and Transactional Analysis, Ernakulam, spoke on the three ego states– parent, adult, child, and the three urges – to develop, to relate and to affirm, of the human being.“Growth processes come from relationships. The more you relate the more you develop. The urge of a child to develop is however restricted by the parent. There is no joy without a child. There is no morality without a parent. The three ego states together form an integrated person. Likewise, the three urges should be balanced,” he said.
On love, Fr. George said that it should not be limited to one person. What was limited to one person was passion, not love. “Real love is universal. There is love for the Earth, for the plants, for the animals, and then for humans. From among humans there is somebody special, a single person. This universal love is called love of God”.Experts and participants would discuss transactional analysis with regard to fields of academia, counselling, psychotherapy, organisation and also spiritualism.
