Between Who You are and Who You are Becoming

Transactional Analysis training in counselling and psychotherapy, from your first TA101 to professional registration. Taught with rigour and care, with relationship at the centre.

Our training routes lead towards

  • UKATA
  • EATA
  • ITAA
  • UKCP
  • BACP
  • NCPS

Our Principles

People change through relationship. So that's how we teach.

Two principles shape everything we do, from the size of our groups to the way we give feedback.

  • Relationship at the Centre

    The relationship between client and therapist is where change happens. Our training is built the same way: small groups, consistent trainers, and a learning community where you're known by name.

  • Personal and Professional Transformation

    You can only take a client as far as you've been willing to go yourself. Alongside theory and skills, the training invites you to look at your own patterns, and supports you as they shift.

  • Rigour, Held with Warmth

    Our programmes follow the internationally recognised TA curriculum and are taught by experienced practitioners who care about how you learn as much as what you learn.

One Route, Four Stages

Start with TA101 and go as far as you choose. Each stage builds on the last, and each has a clear exit point, so your qualification always reflects the work you've done.

  1. Stage 1 TA101 The recognised introduction to Transactional Analysis
    Exit point TA101 certificate Recognised internationally, and the entry requirement for the Foundation Year
  2. Stage 2 Foundation Year in TA A year of theory, experience and personal development
    Exit point Foundation Certificate in TA Theory For personal and professional growth, and entry to the Diploma
  3. Stage 3 Diploma in TA Psychotherapeutic Counselling Two years of clinical training and supervised practice with clients
    Exit point Psychotherapeutic counsellor Eligible to apply for membership of BACP and/or NCPS
  4. Stage 4 Advanced Diploma in TA Psychotherapy Advanced clinical work, with two routes to qualification
    Choose a route
  • Certificate and next step
  • Eligible to apply to a professional body

Completing a course makes you eligible to apply. Membership and registration remain subject to each professional body's own processes and discretion.

Compare the courses

What is Transactional Analysis?

TA is a theory of personality and a way of doing psychotherapy, first developed by Eric Berne in the 1950s.

It gives therapist and client a clear, shared language for how people think, feel and relate to one another, and for how patterns formed early in life can be understood and changed.

At its heart is a simple, hopeful position: people are OK, everyone can think, and everyone can change. TA therapists work through clear contracts and an equal, collaborative relationship, which makes it both respectful and effective.

P A C Parent Adult Child
The ego-state model, one of TA's founding ideas

Learning Online and in the Room

Our courses are hybrid, so you can train around work and family without losing the depth that comes from being together.

Online

One Friday a month of live theory seminars and discussion, taught in real time with the same trainers and the same small group. You can take part from wherever you are.

In Person

One weekend a month at Victoria Halls in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, for experiential work, skills practice and the kind of learning that needs everyone in the same room.

Not ready to apply yet? Come to an online open evening

Who You'll Learn With

Our trainers are practising TA psychotherapists and counsellors, so what you learn is grounded in real work with real clients.

Nathan Bryce, smiling, in a light yellow T-shirt

Nathan Bryce (he/him)

Director of TA Training and Core Trainer

Lisa Mathurin, smiling, outdoors in front of greenery

Lisa Mathurin (she/her)

Director and Core Trainer

Meet the faculty

Ready to Take the Next Step?

Applications are open for our next intake. If you're not sure which stage is right for you, write to us and we'll talk it through.