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Psychotherapy Training, Counselling Training, Transactional Analysis Training, TA101 in Leeds, West Yorkshire

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New year, new group, new start

Beren Aldridge and Bev Gibbons, our Foundation Certificate trainers, share their thoughts on the first training weekend of the new academic year.

Building a community

Beginning the Foundation training with a new group of trainees is always a privilege. This weekend felt even more so. We met as a diverse Zoom room of strangers. By Sunday afternoon we had worked together to build a sense of community and belonging that will enable our learning together throughout the year.

Sharing our learning

This weekend, we’ve been looking at Group Imago theory (Eric Berne, Petruska Clarkson and Keith Tudor). In addition, Steiner’s classic and enduring thinking on contracts set the scene for us to attach and to explore the deep roots of TA. The vibrancy of early 20th century Vienna and the development of psychodynamic and humanistic thinking has helped bring the subject alive.

Individuals but together – a learning community

I’ve been more struck this time with the joy of finding my tribe. I feel, more so that usual, that its OK to voice and learn in my own way. Through the weekend the community of trainees also felt the same.

We’ve been exploring what it means to be a learner and our individual learning identity. Exploring disturbance as a necessary component of transformational learning; embracing self as a learner with prior knowledge, our own learning style and being in charge of own learning. We’ve been looking at essential components of TA – group process, ethics and philosophical foundations of TA.

Such an exciting start. I’m looking forward to October already.

Bev Gibbons and Beren Aldridge train on our Foundation Certificate course and are members of a group of trainers on the Clinical Training Group (years 2 – 4 of the clinical training programme).

The Foundation Certificate is a 1 year part-time course meeting 1 weekend per month during the academic year. To find out more about our Foundation Certificate course, click here.

What is the Foundation Certificate in psychotherapy?

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Andy Williams, one of the Training Directors at TA Training Organisation talks about our 1 year Foundation Certificate in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy.

Why train with us?

We offer exceptional training in smaller groups. Our training is outward looking. It is a pragmatic training which acts as a stand-alone qualification. In addition, it can lead to a career is psychotherapy if you wish to continue training beyond the Foundation Certificate.

We look at the social and political context in which we live and work and explore what this means for us as psychotherapists.

We offer a fresh, dynamic curriculum that is attentive to difference and diversity and social change.

Who trains with us?

We have applicants from a broad range of backgrounds; individuals from the business and corporate area looking at how to apply TA within their work more effectively, therapists and counsellors qualified in other fields, and those looking for their own personal development.

The Foundation Certificate is made up of 10 weekends across the academic year. We begin with getting to know each other and looking at contracting. We then explore areas including personal script, psychological games, attachment and child development theories.

At the end of the 1 year course, those who wish to continue can apply for the clinical training programme.

How do I apply?

The application process is really simple. Email us on contact@tatraining.org or call us to ask for an application form. Once we have your completed application, two of the course trainers will have an informal chat with you to see if this course is right for you.