What can we offer you?
Co-creating the Learning Journey
In a time of unprecedented challenge culturally, socially, economically and globally, we feel that mental health has never been more critical.
Transactional Analysis is a very effective method for working with people to resolve their problems. It has many applications; psychotherapy, education, organisations and counselling. Our training focuses on psychotherapy, however we also provide opportunities for trainees to learn and develop in all the fields.
We value your unique gifts. We support you to find your unique voice in relationship to your clients - this will give you confidence and make you a resilient and creative practitioner and a more aware and resourceful person.
We work Co-creatively.
This means that we invite mutual responsibility with you and the learning facilitators on your journey to Certifying as a Transactional Analyst. As a member of TAC you become part of creating the culture and transformative environment. This means that you are an active participant in the process. We invite discussion, teaching through experience and process, rather than telling you what to do.
This is very different from most people's school education.
We invite learning facilitators who hold different intersectional identities. We do this because we are passionate about the philosophy of inclusion. We believe that our world is facing a crisis of polarization and that part of our work is to make sense of, and come to understand, people who are very different from ourselves. In order to do this, we need to learn to accept the parts of ourselves that we may believe are shameful.
Self-compassion leads to compassion for others.
The program also incorporates the diverse landscapes around Tycanol Woods to enrich the training experience. This means that our psychotherapists and counsellors develop the confidence to work competently face-to-face indoors and outdoors in nature as well as online.
This challenges us all to think not only of the benefits of green spaces to create healing for the human, but also invites both therapist and client to account their relationship with the planet. We are very proud that recent training reviews highlight our ability to create meaningful contactful training experiences in all environments.
We have made every effort to create a training space that is inclusive for all; we believe we have succeeded in this endeavour.
Interested in studying with us?
Sample of four year curriculum
Year 1 - Self
Introduction. Philosophy and history of TA.
Classical School Structural and Functional ego states, Transactions, Games and Drama Triangle.
Cathexis SchoolSymbiosis, Discounting, Passivity, Reparenting. Self-reparenting.
Classical School: Theory of motivation, Strokes, Hungers, Time Structuring. Life script. Unpacking the family.
Redecision SchoolImpasses, 2 chair work, Gestalt theories
Theories of Cure. Autonomy or Homogeny?
Relational School and Co-creative school. The beginnings of Transference
Integrative School. Richard Erskine and Relational Needs.
Professional Practice, Ethics, Self-reflection. Using therapy and supervision to support clinical practice.
Year 2 - Others
Diagnosis and Assessment using DSMV. Who should we work with (or not)?
Treatment planning. Contracting.
Personality Adaptations
Anxiety
Depression
Eating Disorders
Abuse and Trauma. Poly Vagal therapy
Narcissistic and Borderline presentations
The therapeutic relationship, ethics, professional practice and transference.
Year 4 - Professional Practice
Therapeutic Identity
Working with groups
Working with suicide and high risk clients
TA and other fields. Working with organisations and systems.
More than one in the room. Family constellations.
Developing a practice outside walls
Neurobiology, polyvagal therapy and how this relates to TA
Co-creative weekend
Rupture and shame - working with deep archaic processes in therapy and supervision.
Year 3 - Clinical Practice
Adult Ego State - constructivism
Working with couples (1)
Child ego state deepened
Dreams symbol and metaphor - working creatively and with the body.
Research - writing a literary review, thinking critically
Working with couples (2)
Mental Health Familiarisation
Addiction
Menopause, being an elder, dying - a cross cultural perspective.
The tenth weekend every year invites all four training years to a celebration. This includes presentations, completion certificates and rituals to mark the end of a successful year.
Quality, not quantity
The numbers of our institute insures that you are always supported as an individual.
We value you.
