TA101 - Introduction to Transactional Analysis

Event price: £350

Booking details: office@theberne.com

18th - 20th March 2024   

This introductory two or three day course is a common requirement for all Foundation Years and Advanced Training. Anyone with an interest in Transactional Analysis can apply to join this course. No previous qualifications are necessary.  

Course content -   What is TA?

• Attachment Model – the secret of life!
• Underlying values of TA – what is important?
• The life and publications of Eric Berne.
• The development of TA.
• Ego States – who am I?
•  Contaminations and Exclusions – how reality gets distorted.
• Symbiosis – how do we relate with others through dependency?
• Transactions – how do we communicate with each other?
• Hungers and strokes – what you concentrate on is what you get!
• Time structuring.
• Psychological sweatshirts.
• Our Frame of Reference – filtering reality.
• Discounting – avoiding solving problems.
• Psychological trading stamps –expressing our feelings.
• Rackets – how do our feelings get distorted?
• The Racket/Script System
• Life Positions –How OK am I in relation to you?
• Games people play – how do we repeat the same destructive patterns in relationships?
• Life Scripts – how can we make life predictable?
• Miniscripts – how we adapt to ensure our acceptance.
• Physis – How we grow and change.
• Autonomy and Homonomy – the goals of TA.