In Principles of Group Treatment, Berne described Adult laughter as the “laugh of insight” (Berne, 1966). This workshop explores the different types of laughter in TA theory. It also examines the relationship between laughter, humour and OK-ness, and the different ways that humour can show up in a learning environment. This is an experiential and interactive workshop. Participants will be invited to explore and discuss how different cultures define and impact humour. They will also be invited to explore their own relationship with humour, how it can act as a barometer for OK-ness (or not), particularly in a learning space.

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Jr-Earn Lam is a PTSTA in the Education field, and is based in Singapore. Earn is the co-founder of the Southeast Asian Centre for Transactional Analysis (SEATA), which has a dream of growing the TA community in Southeast Asia. She is the Book Review Editor for the Transactional Analysis Journal (TAJ), and the co-chair of the Professional Standards Committee (PSC) in the International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA).