Originating as a model of psychotherapy by Eric Berne, a Canadian psychiatrist in the late 1960’s, TA is now widely recognised in the fields of organisational development and education as well as counselling and psychotherapy.

TA is considered an approach which is easily accessible yet highly applicable to coaches for understanding individuals, relationships and communication.

TA offers a:

• Picture of how people are structured psychologically
• Theory of communication as well as a model for analysing systems and organisations
• Theory of child development

The Ego State Model

• Understand how people function and express their personality in terms of behaviour
• Learn how to apply the Parent Adult Child model as a way of understanding and working with difficult relationships
• Develop strategies aimed at creating and enlivening more effective relationships

Strokes, Drivers and Games

• Learn about the importance and value of stroking patterns and how they relate to the quality of our relationships and stress levels in organisations
• Understand how different learning styles affect work performance
• Learn to identify the psychological games played out in teams

Life Scripts

• Learn about how a ‘life story’ created when we are very young impacts on our lives as adults
• Learn how to use script analysis as a way of understanding how people inadvertently set up problems for themselves and what they can do about it.

Ever wonder...

• How could applying the classic TA Parent – Adult – Child model help shift a difficult business relationship?
• How do different learning styles affect work performance?
• How do ‘strokes’ relate to the quality of our relationships and stress levels?
• How can understanding one’s ‘life script’ stop people from inadvertently setting up problems for themselves?
• How can you spot the psychological games played out in teams?

This practitioner-based Programme explores

• The psychological underpinnings to coaching by looking at how Transactional Analysis can be an extremely effective add-on to your Executive Coaching tool kit.
• How to translate the psychological principles of TA into practical coaching application.

Programme Structure

How will you be learning?

• The workshop contains a solid conceptual framework combined with experiential learning
• You work in pairs and small groups
• You have opportunities to practice in triad groups (coach, client and observer)