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...
Following a theoretical introduction to trauma, disorganised attachment and dissociative and identity disorder (IARTA workshop 15th Dec) we continue with an introduction to clinical work with Dissociative Identity Disorder. What are the key aims of the work? How do create a space that welcomes all parts/alters/self-states? What are the biggest concerns and dangers? This workshop...
Working within a two-person psychology has been the major explorative work in relational psychotherapy, including Relational Transactional Analysis in recent years. For some therapists sharing their emotional responses was not considered part of the therapeutic relationship and kept apart from it. The therapist’s personal responses were traditionally considered as part of their supervision and personal...
The workshop will start with a conversation in which Helena Hargaden and Charlotte Sills will meet with Steff Oates and Diana Deaconu who are researching and writing about TA and its development over time. Together they will explore how the relational approach emerged in the world of transactional analysis, the context of the beginning, further...
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...
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...
Alienation is rooted in Marxist philosophy and is the premise for the cause of psychological and social difficulties. It has been a key idea in explaining a missing element in relational transference theories. The theory of alienation has accounted for the important and critical role that systemic oppression plays in creating distress, which has helped...
This online workshop will be a presentation of new theory from the recently published TAJ article: Ego States and Projective Identification: A Six Stage Relational Methodology. It will offer a simple and clear understanding of the process of projective identification by considering its three distinct stages. The stages will be visually represented and brought to...
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...
This four-session, online CPD course is designed to enable seasoned therapists and supervisors to have a conversation together and case discussions linked to relational theory and ethics and other various themes that emerge when offering relational TA supervision. Relational Transactional Analysis clinical practice draws on the wisdom that tells us no two therapeutic relationships are...
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