Being with others – at work, in intimate relationships, in therapy – faces us with a fundamental, inevitable, and lifelong challenge of both being fully, spontaneously, me and fully, securely, attached to you.

Jim presented some ideas on the inherently and developmentally relational nature of self, with implications for some key concepts in Transactional Analysis theory and practice.

Jim presented two contrasting but complementary styles of engaging in the therapeutic relationship with couples, and explored the challenges that this type of work presents for counsellors and psychotherapists.