Courses / Foundation Year in TA
Stage 2 of 4 on the training route
Foundation Year in TA
A year of learning TA from the inside: deepening the theory, practising the skills, and discovering what it shows you about yourself.
- Length
- One year, October to July
- Each month
- An online Friday and an in-person weekend
- Next start
- October 2027
- Fee
- £3,400
- Level
- Level 6
About the Course
The Foundation Year takes you beyond the overview of TA101 into a fuller understanding of Transactional Analysis, and of yourself. You'll learn as part of a small, consistent group that meets throughout the year, which becomes a place to practise relating as well as to study it.
It's the first year of clinical training for those heading towards the Diploma, and a complete course in its own right for people who want TA for personal growth or to enrich another profession.
What You'll Study
The year is made up of four modules. These are the topics each one covers:
Introduction to Intrapsychic and Interpersonal Process
- Functional and Structural Ego State Models
- Transactions and Rules of Communication
- Scripts, Script Apparatus and Attachment
- Games and Time Structuring
- Symbiosis, Passivity and Discounting
Introduction to TA Professional Practice
- Contracts
- TA and Personal Philosophy
- Ethics
- Schools, Approaches and History of TA
Introduction to Clinical Skills
- Berne's Therapeutic Operations and Empathic Transactions
- Skills Practice and Research
Introduction to Personal Development
- Group Process and Personal Development
How It's Taught
Three training days a month for ten months, from October to July. Each month there's one Friday online, for theory and discussion, and one weekend (Saturday and Sunday) in person at Victoria Halls in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, for experiential work and skills practice.
Teaching mixes short lectures, student-led seminars, group work and skills practice, and you'll prepare for each weekend by reading up on the topics. You'll also keep a personal reflective journal, which only you read, and at the end of the year write a short synopsis of its main themes.
You'll be assessed through a mix of written assignments, a presentation and group work.
Personal Therapy
From the Foundation Year onwards, you'll be in personal therapy for at least 40 hours a year with a UKCP-registered psychotherapist. If you think you may later take the CTA route, your therapist will also need to be a CTA, PTSTA or TSTA.
Entry Requirements
- Completion of the TA101
- An application and a conversation with one of our trainers
- Aged 18 or over