• DOI:10.1080/03621537.2019.1650235
• Corpus ID: 203049629

Untangling the Family Tree: Using the Transgenerational Script Questionnaire in the Psychotherapy of Transgenerational Trauma

@article{Gayol2019UntanglingTF,
  title={Untangling the Family Tree: Using the Transgenerational Script Questionnaire in the Psychotherapy of Transgenerational Trauma},
  author={Gloria Noriega Gayol},
  journal={Transactional Analysis Journal},
  year={2019},
  volume={49},
  pages={279 - 291}
}

• Gloria Noriega Gayol
• Published 5 September 2019
• Psychology
• Transactional Analysis Journal

Abstract The Transgenerational Script Questionnaire (TSQ) is presented as a helpful tool to reveal the transgenerational script in a family tree. The TSQ may be applied in individual or group psychotherapy and used for treatment planning. Transgenerational trauma, intrapsychically introjected through original nonverbal and verbal transactions between the Child and Parent ego states of family members, is usually present in the client’s internal dialogues. When clients are not aware of the voices in their head, these can be projected through ulterior transactions, psychological games, transference psychodynamics, and projective identification in their current relationships, leading to the reenactment of trauma through further generations. Becoming aware of this sequence may give individuals the opportunity to understand and disentangle their family tree. These ideas are illustrated with a case example.