Relationship Transactional Analysis Course

Course overview

Transactional Analysis (TA) is a therapy based on the idea that we take our behaviours, feelings and thoughts from childhood into our adult relationships. TA therapy works by challenging the current beliefs a person holds and the games they play in relationships. With the awareness of the problematic behaviours and cognitions, individuals can make the choice to positively change the way they see themselves and their relationships with others.

TA has wide applications in clinical, therapeutic, organisational and personal development and would be a useful adjunct to those already qualified in related fields such as counselling, stress management and psychotherapy.

Syllabus

Lesson One

Introduction

Development of Transactional Analysis
The Need for Social Intercourse
‘Game’ Development
Strokes
The Stroke Economy

Lesson Two

Understanding Behaviour

Ego States
Internal Dialogue
Transactions
Games and Payoffs
Recognition and Ritual

Lesson Three

AssessingEgoStates/ Structural Analysis

Decontamination
Life Scripts – An Introduction
The Structure of the Child
The Parent
Egograms
EgoStateDiagnosis

Lesson Four

I’m OK, You’re OK

Third Order Structural Analysis
Life Positions
The OK Modes Model
Effective and Ineffective Modes
Three-dimensional Life Positions

Lesson Five

Scripts and Counterscripts

Life Scripts
Script Matrix
Injunctions and Drivers
Attributions
Self-serving Bias and Self-handicap
Three Basic Life Scripts

Lesson Six

Script Analysis/ The Rescue Game

The Origins of Lovelessness
The Origins of Mindlessness
The Origins of Joylessness
The Rescuer
The Persecutor
The Victim

Lesson Seven

Gender Roles
Games

Male Structural Analysis
Female Structural Analysis
Gender Roles in Families
Banal Scripts

Lesson Eight

Relationships/ The TA Therapist

Inequality
Power Plays
Avoiding a One-Up or Rescue Position
Making a Contract
One-to-One versus Group Therapy

Lesson Nine

The TA Process/ The Script System

Permission
Protection
Potency
The Treatment Triangle
Script Beliefs
Script Displays
Reinforcing Memories
The FeedbackLoop

Lesson Ten

Closing the Escape Hatches

Timing
Confronting Outdated Beliefs
Discounting
Redecision Therapy
Finishing Therapy
Summary

Practical training

No practical training is required to complete this course.

Prerequisites

For professional use, a pre-requisite is Counselling, Stress Management or Psychotherapy.

View our Counselling and Stress Management courses.

View our Psychotherapy course.

View our Psychotherapy (Advanced) course.

Level

On successful completion of this course you will have received professional training at level 3. This is ideal if you wish to start a practice, or expand a career. Graduates of this course wishing to start their own practice can also obtain professional liability insurance. It has also been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme and graduates will receive the QLS Certificate of Achievement as above. This course has been designed by BSY to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. The Quality Licence Scheme, endorses high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes.

Certification

On successful completion students will receive dual awards: Award 1- The professional BSY Relationship Transactional Analysis Diploma and will become a Registered BSY Relationship Transactional Analysis Practitioner.

Award 2- Certificate of achievement at QLS Level 3 from Quality Licence Scheme. Registration through BSY is essential with this course.

How the course works

Upon enrolment you receive your first course lessons.

You can study in your own time, at your own pace and from the comfort of your own home. If you have any questions, or would like feedback or encouragement about your course or your studies then you can contact our friendly tutors by phone, email or post.

At the end of each lesson are a set of questions. Completing these can aid your learning and help you master each step before moving on to the next. Your next lesson will then arrive for you to continue when it suits you. This allows us to continually assess understanding and competence of the subject.

Having progressed through each lesson you can take your final examination at home, and at a date and time that suits you. Then, on successful completion you will be awarded your BSY certificate.

Support

Your tutor will mark your lessons, giving valuable, constructive feedback - helping you to master each step before moving on to the next. You can contact them for support or advice throughout your studies.

You can also contact the support team who are here to help you Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

We are proud of our friendly, caring ethos and aim to do all we can to help you succeed.