The significance of transgenerational transmission discovery via script matrices and genograms
The article provides an overview of the concept of transgenerational transmission by transactional analysis and systemic family therapy. Described the origin of these ideas in psychoanalytic theory, it's development of transactional analysis in the form of a script matrix and the theory of episcript. Also there is discussion about role of projective identification. Transgenerational transmission in systemic family therapy are considered through an appeal to the works of Bowen and McGoldrick. At the end of the article there is a discussion about the relevance of combining transactional models and genogram in psychotherapeutic practice.