Why Do I Keep Repeating the Same Patterns?

A reflective and practical two-day workshop for people drawn to personal development, relational insight, and depth psychology.

Why Do I Keep Repeating the Same Patterns?

Delivered as the internationally recognised TA101 | The Metis Institute | 2-day event

Some people arrive at this workshop because they want to understand communication more clearly. Others come because they keep finding themselves in the same relational patterns, the same inner conflicts, or the same kinds of life impasse. Others are beginning to sense that the work they want to do in the world needs to be more meaningful, more relational, and more psychologically informed.

This two-day workshop offers a practical and depth-oriented introduction to Transactional Analysis, one of the clearest and most usable psychological frameworks for understanding what happens between people, and what happens within us. You do not need any prior knowledge of TA. The learning is structured, accessible, and immediately applicable, while still making room for complexity, depth, and reflection.

You will learn core TA concepts that help make sense of communication, personality, and recurring relational dynamics. At the same time, this workshop is designed for people who want to go beyond a purely surface or “toolkit” approach. Alongside the foundational TA curriculum, we introduce a depth perspective: how script patterns form, how protective adaptations shape identity, how unconscious loyalties can organise a life, and how change involves not only insight, but relationship, embodiment, and symbolic meaning.

This event is suitable both for people seeking personal development and for those considering a professional path in counselling, psychotherapy, coaching, education, leadership, healthcare, or other helping professions. It is especially relevant for those drawn to a way of working that is thoughtful, relational, creative, and psychologically alive.

What you can expect

• A clear, structured introduction to the foundations of Transactional Analysis, taught step by step with real-world examples.
• Practical ways to recognise ego states, communication patterns, psychological games, life positions, and script dynamics.
• A relational emphasis, looking at how patterns emerge between people, not only inside individuals.
• A depth-oriented perspective on script, including unconscious themes, protective adaptations, and repeating narratives.
• Space for reflection, questions, and integration, so the learning can be absorbed rather than rushed.

Who it is for

• People interested in personal development, deeper self-understanding, and recurring relational patterns.
• People considering a career change into counselling, psychotherapy, coaching, or other helping professions.
• Therapists, counsellors, and trainees who want a strong TA foundation with a deeper psychological lens.
• Practitioners from other approaches who want a clear and usable framework for human behaviour, communication, and relationship.
• Anyone drawn to questions of psyche, meaning, embodiment, dreams, creativity, and change.

Professional training pathway

For some, this workshop is a complete experience in its own right. For others, it is the beginning of a much larger journey.

At The Metis Institute, we offer full training pathways in Counselling, Psychotherapy, and CTA (Certified Transactional Analyst), with internationally recognised TA training forming part of that journey. If you are exploring whether this field, and this way of thinking, may be part of your future, this workshop offers a meaningful first step.

If you have any questions about the workshop or the wider training pathway, please get in touch.