 Hello and welcome to MIP TV and with me is Bob Cook who has a polymathic knowledge of literature in the world of counselling and psychotherapy. And Bob is going to share a really interesting book from the point of view, it's got such a history, first came out I think in 1989 if I'm correct. So what is this literal gem, Bob? Yeah, it's celebrating 25 years of his life, it's his fourth edition, 2014 was the last edition. And of course it's called Transaction Analysis, Counselling in Action by the wonderful famous TA person Ian Stewart. Indeed, and if anybody's interested we've reviewed TA today which is a seminal book in transactional analysis. But yeah, the counselling in action series is really good, I mean I've got quite a few of them in my library. I've got person-centred, psychodynamic, cognitive behavioural. So what is the interest in this, but why do you think it's lasted so long? 1989, it's been out a bit, Bob, hasn't it? Yeah, because it's aimed at students, it's aimed very much at students starting their clinical world. In other words, how to use TA to build rapport. How to use TA in the first steps of a client session. How to work in the first four, five, six sessions using transaction analysis in the beginning stages of a therapeutic dialogue. So this is very, very much a trainees book. Students. Students book, yeah, for people with training. And like all the in action books, they really do sort of set the information out in a very easy to access in a very straightforward way, don't they? Yeah, and if I had to give TA trainees a tip, when they start their clinical journey, have their first clients either in placements or in private practice, have a copy of this book beside you. Now, I'm not saying you'll read this while you're working with your client. That'll be a bit scary. But in the 10 minutes or quarter of an hour, in between sessions, or half an hour between sessions, you can look at this book and you can sort of really understand the sequence of treatment planning, how to be in the first sessions, and understanding of what it means to be a TA practitioner in the clinical world. Yeah. Yeah. And I have to say that I've got a great fondness for in action books. I used to teach humanistic therapy, personal sense of therapy. And, you know, I've still got my in action book for a personal sense of counselling action. It's all worn out. I've got an up to date book Sage very, very kindly sent me an up to date book. But they are so, so useful. And I'll tell you what I think they're really good for, Bob. You know, it's not all about practices. Students have to write assignments and dissertations. And there is some really, really good learning that can be used as references and quotes in assignments as well. Wonderful book. And it covers such things as termination, covers such things as contracts, covers how to focus at the beginning trainee. And it even talks about the relationship. It has a map of how to use transaction analysis clinically. It's a wonderful tool. Yeah. And I'll tell you one other thing, Bob. I still refer to my in action books. 14 years, 12 years after I qualified, I still find myself thumbing through them and finding things. I'm like, I don't really, really, really useful. I've just been reminded of that. Even found things I didn't know. I didn't know that. So they are a gem of information, aren't they? Really are. Yeah. And Ian Stewart is very concise, very logical. And it's a map, a map of how to use TA in a clinical setting. Well, that is sounds like a must have book if you're a student. If you're a student of TA or maybe if you're a student of another modality of therapy. Yes. And you want a comparison because a lot of training courses now ask you to compare and contrast modalities. So it might be worth getting a copy just for that. And to be able to kind of do your comparison therapy. So it's called transactional analysis in counselling. It's by Sagebooks. It's by Ian Stewart. And the latest kind of copy of it or publishing is 1914. No, 2014. Yeah. That's before the first real world. 25 years of this book. Yeah. 15th review. Wow. 15. And as I said in the last review, we're going on a pace. As always, we're going to put a link in the description below. So you could click on if you're an author of the book. That's great. And also right at the end, we'll put a picture up in the name of the book so that you get a visual idea of what it is. And as always, Bob doesn't do these for any kind of gain. This isn't sponsored broadcast. It's just purely because Bob likes to talk about his extensive library, which seems to be going bigger by the day. So Bob Cook, thank you very much. You're welcome. Bye bye.