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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">717675</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.56478/taruj202663102-106</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Navigator in the World of TA</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Навигатор по миру ТА</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">Transactional Analysis Journal review: new guidelines for research in transactional analysis</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Обзор Transactional Analysis Journal: новые ориентиры научных исследований в транзактном анализе</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8526-957X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Lukianova</surname><given-names>Liliia G.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Лукьянова</surname><given-names>Лилия Геннадьевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Psychologist, practicing in Transactional Analysis modality, art therapist, private practice</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>психолог, практикующий в модальности транзактного анализа, арт-терапевт, частная практика</p></bio><email>lilia0606@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><institution></institution></aff><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-09-01" publication-format="electronic"><day>01</day><month>09</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>6</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>102</fpage><lpage>106</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-09-01"><day>01</day><month>09</month><year>2026</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-09-01"><day>01</day><month>09</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/717675">https://ta-journal.ru/TAR/article/view/717675</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This review analyzes the July 2026 issue of the Transactional Analysis Journal, whose central theme is the place of science and research in contemporary transactional analysis. The issue materials reflect a critical reinterpretation of established assumptions about evidence in transactional analysis psychotherapy. They address the limitations of psychiatric diagnostic constructs, the dominance of particular research paradigms, the position of case studies within evidence hierarchies, and the problem of exclusion of clients’ voices from the production of scientific knowledge. Alongside their critique of existing models, the authors propose alternative guidelines for research, including methodological and epistemic pluralism, greater attention to therapeutic relationship and psychological flexibility, cocreativity, client participation in knowledge creation, and the development of research methodologies grounded in the philosophical principles of TA. The issue also examines the existing evidence base for transactional analysis and considers prospects for its further development and presentation beyond the professional community. The issue concludes with a discussion of the clinical application of contemporary TA concepts in the fields of motherhood and perinatal mental health. Taken together, the contributions present science not only as a means of demonstrating the effectiveness of TA, but also as a space for advancing its theory, methodology, and professional identity.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В обзоре представлен анализ июльского выпуска Transactional Analysis Journal за 2026 год, центральной темой которого стало место науки и исследований в современном транзактном анализе. Материалы номера отражают критическое переосмысление сложившихся представлений о доказательности в психотерапии транзактного анализа: обсуждаются ограничения психиатрических диагностических конструктов, доминирование отдельных исследовательских парадигм, положение исследований отдельных случаев в иерархиях доказательств и проблема исключения клиентских голосов из производства научного знания. Наряду с критикой существующих моделей авторы предлагают альтернативные исследовательские ориентиры: методологический и эпистемический плюрализм, внимание к терапевтическим отношениям и психологической гибкости, кокреативность, участие клиентов в создании знания и развитие исследовательской методологии, основанной на философских принципах ТА. Отдельно рассматривается накопленная доказательная база транзактного анализа и перспективы ее дальнейшего развития и представления за пределами профессионального сообщества. Завершает выпуск обращение к клиническому применению современных концепций ТА в области материнства и перинатального психического здоровья. В совокупности публикации показывают науку не только как инструмент подтверждения эффективности ТА, но и как пространство развития его теории, методологии и профессиональной идентичности.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>transactional analysis</kwd><kwd>research in TA psychotherapy</kwd><kwd>evidence-based psychotherapy</kwd><kwd>research methodology</kwd><kwd>evidence base</kwd><kwd>cocreativity</kwd><kwd>case studies</kwd><kwd>therapeutic relationship</kwd><kwd>psychiatry</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>транзактный анализ</kwd><kwd>исследования в психотерапии ТА</kwd><kwd>доказательная психотерапия</kwd><kwd>методология исследований</kwd><kwd>доказательная база</kwd><kwd>кокреативность</kwd><kwd>исследования отдельных случаев</kwd><kwd>терапевтические отношения</kwd><kwd>психиатрия</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Williams, A., &amp; Rowland, H. (2026). 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