Introduction to Transactional Analysis One Day Course

Understanding Why We think Feel and Behave in the Ways that We Do and How this Might Reflect in our Care for Others

Transactional Analysis (TA) is an amazingly powerful system of psychological models and theory. Easily accessible for anyone new to the world of psychology, it offers simple tools to make long lasting changes that can be used to understand and work with our personal and interpersonal dynamics in the workplace, in personal relationships, and in educational and organisational settings.

Who Is It For ?

This engaging one day course is particularly useful if you work with people whether that is as a clinician in the caring/ helping professions, or in management, communications or teaching. It will also be helpful to you if you are interested in understanding more fully your own behaviour, your interactions, thinking, feeling responses and relationships with others. The material is delivered in a stimulating, interactive and experiential way, working in pairs, large and small groups, with time for reflection and discussion. Throughout the day you will be able to integrate your learning and to consider how you can potentially identify new options for communication and behaviour to enhance your professional & personal relationships

Course Content

You will be introduced to TA concepts including:

• The Underlying values of TA – what is important?
• How our early life experiences influence the behaviour and decisions we make, and the relationships we choose

• Ego States
• How we transact with each other
• Hungers and Strokes
• Life Positions
• Games We Play
• How We Can Discount Ourselves & Others
• Autonomy – The Goal