This workshop offers participants an opportunity to discuss a key piece of TA theory. Based on his article on the subject (published in the Transactional Analysis Journal in 2016), the workshop will review these concepts, and discuss Keith's extension of the classification of permissions. The three Ps are reconsidered not only as qualities and skills...
This lecture will focus on the embodied relationship between client and therapist in TA therapy. We will examine ways of attending to embodied relational dynamics that become available when therapy includes a more direct focus on addressing the two bodies in the room, with and without touch. The lecture is based in Novak’s embodied treatment...
This seminar provides the opportunity to discuss a relational approach to working with trauma, based on a paper, “Traversing the Fault lines: Trauma and Enactment”. Trauma often involves experiences that have been unbearable for the mind to assimilate. When emotional pain becomes overwhelming, the psyche can shatter in an attempt to maintain sanity. The...
This workshop will present a transcultural and intersectional Ego State model considering the influence of transculture and intersectional identity on self and other. The model considers the intersect and interplay between race, gender, and other cultural selves, accounting for the complexity of cultural experience and narrative. Through enquiry of cultural selves and through mapping on...
Participants need to bring a photo of themselves as a child that includes their family members: all siblings with or without parents. In this workshop, I will present insights into the vertical paradigm, central to Freud’s theoretical framework, and the reasons why it has become the dominant perspective in psychotherapy, in consulting and in supervision....
Based on the model of Bernd Schmid – Three-Worlds-Model, we look at the different role worlds or role areas. How they are described? What is the difference between the three worlds? What are the impacts of these differences to the relations and responsibilities in the professional context? With questions related to the different roles, we will discuss various...
This seminar provides the opportunity to discuss a relational approach to working with confusion based on a T AJ paper, “Confusion and introjection: A model for understanding the defensive structure of the Parent and Child ego states”. Childhood trauma often involves experiences that have been unbearable for the young mind to assimilate. Confusion, a child’s...
Wednesday evenings 6.30-8.30pm September 14th +28th, October 12th+26th, November 9th + 23rd. This is an opportunity for us, as women, to come together and share our memories and experiences as we have moved, and continue to move, through the different stages of our lives. We will explore the nature of our relationships (with ourselves and...
This year IARTA's Annual Conference will be an Online Event - 26th November 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm GMT The therapist’s vulnerability and its implications for treatment. Karen J. Maroda, Ph.D What are the early childhood experiences that therapists have in common and how does this affect our way of thinking, feeling and behaving with...
Radical Psychiatry is a lost tradition in TA. Although recognised as one of the early "Schools" of TA, it is rarely taught and little understood. In this Webinar, I will present a brief history of radical psychiatry, and outline its main theory and practice, based on an analysis of power and oppression. I will also...
Children and adults with dissociative identity disorders (DID) have been largely misdiagnosed or undiagnosed despite the presence of this condition in all the international psychiatric classifications. Given the success of such rare treatments how and why has this happened? This workshop with explore the key elements that underpin DID - namely trauma at a young...
This, online CPD course is designed to build the confidence of psychotherapy practitioners who wish to facilitate effective psychotherapy groups. Limited to 10 participants, it will offer a highly participative learning experience within which we will explore key concepts, skills, and practical issues associated with setting up and running therapy groups. Additionally, the course seeks to increase...
From Enactment to Play – Jessica Benjamin – 28th May – 2:30pm – 6:30pm
Ego States – A Round Table Discussion – Heather Fowlie, Adrienne Lee, Charlotte Sills and Keith Tudor – 18th June – 9am – 11am
The Ethics of Self Disclosure – A Panel Discussion Ray Little, Karen Minikin and Carole Shadbolt with Heather Fowlie (Ch) – 1st July – 9:30am – 12:30pm
Relational Trauma & Applied Relational Theory – Mica Douglas – 20th July – 6pm – 8pm
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