From the April 2026 Transactional Analysis Journal (TAJ), the free-access article is “What is Gained, What is Lost? Reflections on Haworth’s ‘Generative Artificial Intelligence Use in Transactional Analysis’” by William F. Cornell.
This article offers reflections on Matt Haworth’s article published in the January 2026 TAJ. Cornell appreciates Haworth’s cautions about the growing applications of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in psychotherapy, as well as his suggestions regarding what can be gained by the informed and ethical inclusion of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as augmentative tools in ongoing transactional analysis (TA) psychotherapy. However, Cornell focuses his discussion on what is so often lost in that process. He pays particular attention to the illusions created by AI and GenAI to simulate humanness, drawing a sharp contrast between the seductive cognitive and emotional shortcuts afforded by AI and the complexity and vitality of the human mind engaged in cognitive and emotional learning. Cornell uses his own interactions with AI to illustrate the questions he raises.
We encourage all Script readers to read this TAJ article and to use this important opportunity to encourage your colleagues and friends to learn more about contemporary TA. You will find the free-access article from the April issue available on the Taylor & Francis TAJ website. It is accessible for International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA) members via the ITAA website and to nonmembers by searching for it in the TAJ. Look for the green checkmark in the lower right corner.
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