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Read More#TA: Belonging – Lis Heath (TSTA)
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Read MoreMyth Busting Supervision – Mark Head
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Read MoreFight – Flee – Freeze – or – FLOW? This is About Functional Fluency – Susannah Temple
In this conversation, Susannah will be sharing some of her ideas about her Functional Fluency model – what it is, key aspects of how she created it and ways in which it can be used. She says, “Functional Fluency is a way to put ‘I’m OK – You’re OK’ into action to create mutual benefit. I believe people can learn to choose their behaviour and that this makes a huge difference to how they relate to others (and themselves). The FF model offers a menu for choosing how to behave, moment by moment.
‘It ain’t what you do – it’s the way that you do it – the functionally fluent way’.”
Read MoreTransactional Analysis and Supervision – Mark Head
Within this interview we will be exploring what Transactional Analysis, as an approach and a body of theory, can bring to the supervision process. Of particular focus will be the use of contracting within supervision.
Read MoreInter(national)vision – Keith Tudor
In this event, Keith will discuss some of his ideas about supervision, including: the difference between being person-centred and client-centred; issues of responsibility and professional regulation; and supervision across jurisdictions. All these can be framed as part of inter-vision, i.e., super or wider vision between supervisor and supervisee, as distinct from supervision of or over the supervisee.
He also has interests in group supervision; supervision of brief therapy; supervision that is consistent with therapeutic modality; and training supervisors: all areas which might be discussed in this interactive online event.
Read MoreNew Ways of Working Using TA – Lin Cheung & Andy Williams
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Read MoreTA and Spirituality – Barbara Clarkson
How does psychotherapy happen and what influences the process?
Is it possible to consider a spiritual dimension to the process of psychotherapy?
What TA theory has been used to frame the possible overlaps between therapy and the spiritual journey?
How can theory from outside TA add to our understanding of these complex experiences?
The Critical Adult: A Critical Concept for Interesting Times – Keith Tudor
Critique is a method of disciplined, systematic analysis of a specific text, a body of work, or an oral discourse. In philosophy, critique refers to a methodical practice of doubt, and criticism is viewed as essential to enquiry, making meaning of life, and to being human.
Yet, in the field of psychology, including transactional analysis, criticism and being critical is, more often than not, viewed negatively. In this keynote speech, Keith argues that critique, criticality and being critical is (also) an Adult activity, and uses the concept of the critical Adult to develop these ideas.
Read MoreVulnerability Quotient – Giles Barrow
I am proposing to take a look at an idea from early TA which I think gets overlooked but is worth re-visiting. It’s Woollams and Brown’s (1978) Vulnerability Quotient.
This is a neat little notion that was originally presented to help make sense of the context out of which the small child creates a script. I really like it just for that purpose, however, I have noticed how useful it is to make sense of what goes on in the educational experience.
Read MoreRelational Principles in Coaching, Therapy, and Supervision – Charlotte Sills
I came to a relational approach to therapy through my experience as a therapist, my discussions with Helena Hargaden and other colleagues, and in supervision, reading and studying. But my thinking about a relational perspective has been broadened, deepened and shaped by contemporary energy physics and organisational theory, research into neuroscience, and indeed my spiritual teaching.
Read MoreStrengthening The Working Alliance – Mark Widdowson
The therapeutic relationship is known as the most reliable predictor of positive outcome in psychotherapy. In this livestream, Mark will be discussing a range of research findings relating to best-practice in establishing and strengthening the working alliance and reliable methods of reducing premature termination/ drop-out from therapy.
Read MoreIdeas About Change – Matthew Elton
As practitioners and clients we carry with us a many ideas about what it means to be ‘unwell’ / ‘stuck’ / ‘broken’, ‘sad’, etc. as well as ideas about what it means to be ‘well’ / ‘un-stuck’ / ‘fixed’ / ‘happy’.
There is a risk that some of these ideas bring with them a set of limiting assumptions about what kind of change is possible, how hard it might be, how long it might take, and what the end point will look like etc.
Matthew will discuss some of the ideas about change that he has learned about from his clients. And he’ll describe how playful and creative challenges to such ideas can help clients come closer to their preferred way of being.
Read MoreSomeBody in TA – Trevor Timms
Interesting me at the moment is the concept of Protocol being evoked in the therapeutic relationship ( Cornell ); the expression of physiological discomforts, escalations or minimizations of affect, as a means of self-regulation ( Erskine ); Gratitude, a theory put forward by Melanie Klein; Functional Fluency from Suzanne Temple.
Read MoreThe Challenge of Leadership & Change in Organisations: A TA Perspective – Debbie Robinson
Many organisations are struggling with economic, technology and cultural challenges – how can we influence organisations and develop leaders to create vision, cohesiveness and accountability rather than command and control, fragmentation, conflict and stress?
Debbie will discuss TA concepts that can support change in organisations and enable leaders to develop and grow teams that have the resilience to perform and thrive.
Read MoreUsing a Case Study to Look at Attachment When Working with Children & Young People – Stephanie Cooke
Steph will bring a case study to talk about experiences in working clinically with young children and adolescents. Using a case study, Steph will describe what has worked in her practice, what hasn’t worked and share a success story.
Read MoreContact After Contact: TA and the Treatment of Combat-Related PTSD – David Harford
David has worked in private practice in Edinburgh since 2008; his clinical work evenly divided between the provision of TA counselling and psychotherapy to Scottish armed forces veterans experiencing combat-related PTSD and a similar service for “civilian” individuals and couples from premises located in Leith.
Read MoreNeuroscience and Transactional Analysis – David Gibson
This session wae a discussion of the value of neuroscience and psychotherapy. With the development of neuroscience, psychotherapists are beginning to understand in a more scientific way how psychotherapy impacts on the neural pathways of the brain.
Read MoreEducation Matters: An Introduction to Educational Transactional Analysis – Giles Barrow
Giles Barrow (TSTA – Ed) offers a personal view about some of the distinctive features of educational transactional analysis (EdTA).
The seminar will include ideas about central theory and models in EdTA, and thoughts on underpinning philosophy. An important consideration will be exploring the distinction between educational TA and TA in education, arguably the central question for those practitioners interested in CTA in the field education.
Read MoreThe Balance of Power – Carol Lucas
The issues of power within the therapy relationship are complex. As therapists and ordinary human beings, how do we think about power? How do we exert conscious and unconscious power? How do we share power and how do we address the ethical questions that the concept of power inevitably raises within a listening framework filled with values of self, others and society?
Read MoreTA & Positive Psychology – Suzanne Hazelton
In this #TATuesdays Suzanne will look at the way Positive Psychology and TA are a potent combination to enable people to thrive.
Suzanne will talk about Berne’s concepts of “reachback and afterburn” and the connection between Physis and Positive Psychology.
Read MoreBeing with Others: Musings on Autonomy and Attachment – Jim Davis
Being with others – at work, in intimate relationships, in therapy – faces us with a fundamental, inevitable, and lifelong challenge of both being fully, spontaneously, me and fully, securely, attached to you.
Jim presented some ideas on the inherently and developmentally relational nature of self, with implications for some key concepts in Transactional Analysis theory and practice.
Read MoreBeing-centered TA: Berne, Heidegger, and Existential Phenomenology – Robin Hobbes
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Read MoreSomatic Process in Therapy – John Heath
I am still a talking therapist first and foremost, using TA as my main modality, but I have learned to integrate somatic data into my day to day work. Working with an awareness of body process has the power to deepen and accelerate the talking work. In this seminar I hope to share some of my enthusiasm for this way of working and perhaps to inspire others to extend their existing clinical skills.
Read MoreExploring TA Theory with Leilani Mitchell
Leilani has studied and used a number of approaches to human development and therapeutic relationships. She has become deeply passionate about the theory and application of Transactional Analysis, experiencing the transformational properties of this approach for herself and others.
In this event Leilani will offer an overview of TA theory in the following areas:
Read MoreTA: A Model for Understanding Mental Health and Relationship Based Treatment Planning – Kathie Hostick
As an alternative to the medical model most often used in mental health I relate to specific TA concepts to make sense of many clinical presentations such as obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorders, post natal depression, self harm etc. Clients will often present with these symptoms and a further diagnosis of personality disorder due to their developmental and relationship issues.
Read MoreA Conversation About TA and Its Use in Therapeutic Communities – Beren Aldridge
Beren shared his experiences working as a psychotherapist in private practice and in Growing Well, a farm-based therapeutic community based in Kendal, Cumbria.
He also discussed how he has developed the therapeutic direction of the organisation over the last ten years, and the way TA’s theoretical and philosophical framework suits a community approach to mental health recovery.
Read MoreTrauma & Transactional Analysis – Michael Gavin
Michael Gavin is deeply passionate about the role Counselling & Psychotherapy can play in helping people who have experienced Trauma.
Michael has extensive experience in working with people who are experiencing Post Traumatic Stress. He has agreed to talk to us about how his work has been informed by the theory of Transactional Analysis and how he thinks about the clients embodied experience, engaging with the whole person of the client to facilitate recovery.
Read MoreParent Ego State – Adrienne Lee
Adrienne will discuss and explore parent ego state theory and introduce her new ideas about the different roles or parts of parent that are expressed externally as well as experienced internally.
She invites the audience to join the theoretical discussion and apply it to their own practice with clients and to their own parenting experience.
Read MoreUsing TA with Criminal Clients – Joanna Beazley Richards
In this TA Tuesday Joanna introduced TA Psychotherapy with clients who have criminal tendencies. She talked about her work with sex offenders, people who are violent, who steal etc.
She also looked at TA assessment of these of these clients as well as treatment approaches.
Read MoreWhat’s the Same and What is Different in “All Our Fields”? – Jean Illsley Clarke TSTA (E)
All fields in Transactional Analysis share a common theory base and a common commitment to working in an OK-OK manner.
How we do that differs from field to field.
Read MoreThe Deep Democracy of Transactional Analysis (Integrating Power and Vulnerability toward a new Identity) – Mo Felton TSTA (P)
This Live stream workshop will address the issues of power and vulnerability alongside the philosophy of Transactional Analysis from a developmental perspective which is the foundation of all fields.
Read MoreThe Type 3 Impasse, Re-Visioned – John Renwick TSTA (P)
For me, none of these models have been satisfactory in explaining this primitive experience of the infant. In this presentation I will review previous models and present a new representation developed on the ideas of the Child ego state in Hargaden & Sills book on Relational Transactional Analysis.
Read More#TATuesdays – Transactional Analysis in the Postmodern World with Helen Rowland PTSTA
The postmodern critique of truth and reality is starting to have a significant impact on the practice of psychotherapy, but its influence often remains unspoken. In this TA Tuesday I’d like to open up a conversation about truth, reality and psychotherapy and explore what transactional analysis can bring to the postmodern table.
Read MoreCross Fertilisation of our Fields – From Psychotherapy to Developmental and Back to Psychotherapy – Julie Hay TSTA (O&E)
In 1978 when Robert & Mary Goulding first identified the ‘Impasses’ in Redecision TA therapy they offered a diagrammatic model for the Type 3 Impasse, this was followed by Ken Mellor in 1980 with his model, who identified the developmental stage. Later by Petruska Clarkson who suggested another diagram.
For me, none of these models have been satisfactory in explaining this primitive experience of the infant. In this presentation I will review previous models and present a new representation developed on the ideas of the Child ego state in Hargaden & Sills book on Relational Transactional Analysis.
Read MoreBrains People Gain: TA and Mindfulness – Mark Head
Mindfulness is now widely used in mental health, organizational and educational settings. Furthermore, an increasing body of research suggests that mindfulness not just impacts on psychological health but the very structure of our brains. At the same time TA continues to be a valued approach in all of these settings.
This workshop seeks to explain mindfulness, and look at some of the research regarding its impact on psychological health and brain development. It will then look at how it may relate to TA and what a Mindfulness Based approach to TA might offer.
Read More#TATuesdays – Making the Most of Supervision – Mark Head
As a trainer and supervisor mark is often aware of beginning supervisees struggling to understand how best to use supervision.
As a trainer of both therapists and supervisors, in this TA Tuesday Mark will share some his thinking about supervision. The intention is both to provide supervisees with a wider understanding of what might be obtainable from supervision, as well as offering supervisors and advanced practitioners some ideas around their own supervision practice.
Read More#TATuesdays – An Open Dialogue with Leilani Mitchell
Leilani Mitchell very generously agreed to step into the breach as our presenter has had to postpone their appearance.
Bravely Leilani invited an open dialogue about anything TA and enjoyed a lively and dynamic discussion!
Read MoreA Professional Journey: Towards a Relational Approach – Corrie Van Halm
Corrie very generously agreed to spend an hour with us thinking about her professional journey, she notices her original training as a Transactional Analyst and her move over her career to an approach that reflects her deep commitment to the therapeutic relationship and a relational approach to TA.
Read MoreTA In All Its Shapes and Sizes! – Leilani Mitchell
TA is a great tool that can be used in a range of ways, my experience is that TA therapists in particular often limit themselves to using their skills and knowledge within the therapy room, but there are many other areas we could apply what we know.
I talked about TA as a psycho-educational tool and shared some ways that we at The Link Centre facilitate learning TA concepts while inviting growth and development in our students. We mostly use these ideas when training therapists but they can be applied in many different settings.
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