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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="review-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Transactional Analysis in Russia</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Transactional Analysis in Russia</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Транзактный Анализ в России</trans-title></trans-title-group><trans-title-group xml:lang="zh"><trans-title>俄罗斯的交易分析</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic">2782-4349</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">International Institute of Developmental Transactional Analysis</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">706174</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.56478/taruj202661102-109</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Scientific point of view</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Языком науки</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Review Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">An innovative approach to autobiographical memory and narrative scripts in psychotherapy</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Инновационный подход к автобиографической памяти и нарративным сценариям в психотерапии</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0683-9080</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="researcherid">AAG-2841-2019</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">8420-3548</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Tuchina</surname><given-names>Olga D.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Тучина</surname><given-names>Ольга Дмитриевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>CTA (P), PhD in Psychology, ITAA member; Trainer at MIR-TA</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>CTA (P), к. п. н., член ITAA; преподаватель МИР-ТА</p></bio><email>shtuchina@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7882-3715</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Singer</surname><given-names>Jefferson A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Сингер</surname><given-names>Джефферсон А.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="US">United States</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD, Faulk Foundation Professor of Psychology Emeritus</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Доктор философии, почетный профессор психологии Фонда Фолка</p></bio><email>asin@conncoll.edu</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">MIR-TA</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">МИР-ТА</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Connecticut College</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">колледж Коннектикута</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-04-14" publication-format="electronic"><day>14</day><month>04</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>6</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>102</fpage><lpage>109</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-04-14"><day>14</day><month>04</month><year>2026</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-04-14"><day>14</day><month>04</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, International Institute of Developmental Transactional Analysis</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Международный Институт Развивающего Транзактного Анализа</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">International Institute of Developmental Transactional Analysis</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Международный Институт Развивающего Транзактного Анализа</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://ta-journal.ru/TAR/article/view/706174">https://ta-journal.ru/TAR/article/view/706174</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This article introduces a new integrative approach to transactional analysis psychotherapy: Narrative Identity-Focused Psychodynamic Therapy (NIPT). This model brings together core psychodynamic principles and the conceptual precision of transactional analysis to offer a comprehensive framework for understanding personality and psychological change. The paper outlines the theoretical foundations of NIPT, with particular attention to the self-memory system and to narrative identity. Special emphasis is placed on self-defining memories and future projections as key forms of autobiographical material relevant to identity construction. Their analysis provides clinically valuable insight into script decisions and other components of the life script, including script payoff and the “final scene.” The article further demonstrates how narrative scripts (abstract Emotion–Action–Outcome sequences that function as internal templates for organizing experience, memory, imagined futures, and the life story as a whole) can be understood in relation to the transactional analytic concept of life script. Drawing on clinical case material, the paper illustrates the mechanisms involved in the formation and transformation of maladaptive narrative scripts, as well as broader life-script patterns. The clinical relevance of this approach is discussed, highlighting its potential to equip practitioners with effective tools for deep and enduring therapeutic work.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В статье представлен новый интегративный подход к транзактно-аналитической психотерапии — психодинамическая терапия, ориентированная на нарративную идентичность (Narrative Identity-Focused Psychodynamic Therapy, NIPT). Этот метод объединяет глубинные психоаналитические принципы с ясностью транзактного анализа, предлагая комплексное понимание личности. Анализируются теоретические основания NIPT, включая концепции самореференционной системы и нарративной идентичности. Особое внимание уделяется важным для идентичности самоопределяющим воспоминаниям и проекциям будущего как ключевому автобиографическому материалу. Его анализ позволяет получить глубокий инсайт о сценарных решениях и других компонентах жизненного сценария, например о расплате или «финальной сцене». Продемонстрировано, как нарративные сценарии (абстрактные последовательности «Эмоция — Действие — Результат», предоставляющие внутренние шаблоны для организации опыта, воспоминаний, проекций и целостной жизненной истории) соотносятся с концепцией жизненного сценария в транзактном анализе. На материале клинических случаев NIPT демонстрируются механизмы формирования и трансформации дезадаптивных нарративных сценариев, а также всего сценария жизни. Обсуждается практическое значение данного подхода, предлагающего специалистам эффективные инструменты для глубокой и устойчивой терапевтической работы.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>narrative identity</kwd><kwd>transactional analysis</kwd><kwd>life script</kwd><kwd>autobiographical memory</kwd><kwd>psychodynamic therapy</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>нарративная идентичность</kwd><kwd>транзактный анализ</kwd><kwd>жизненный сценарий</kwd><kwd>автобиографическая память</kwd><kwd>психодинамическая терапия</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Adler, J. M. Variation in narrative identity is associated with trajectories of mental health over several years / J. M. Adler, A. M. Lodi-Smith, J. P. Philippe, I. 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