Transactional Analysis

The course syllabus is structured as follows:

• Lesson One
  • Introducing Transactional Analysis (TA)
    • Introduction
    • The Therapeutic Relationship
    • Humanist Approach
    • Behaviourist Approach
    • Linking Theory to TA Practice

• Lesson Two
  • Personality and Ego States
    • Introduction
    • The EgoState Model
    • Functional Analysis of the EgoState Model
    • Egograms

• Id, Ego and Superego

• Lesson Three
  • How to Recognise Ego States
    • Introduction
    • Consideration of Communication Components, Skills and Applications
    • Diagnosing Ego States
    • The Real Self and the Executive Self
    • Structural Pathology

• Lesson Four - Communication and TA Practice Applications
  • Introduction
    • Transactions
    • Strokes
    • Modes of Time Structuring

• Lesson Five
  • Scripts: Part One
    • Introduction
    • Living Out Scripts
    • Understanding the Script
    • Life Positions
    • The OK Corral

• Lesson Six
  • Scripts: Part Two
    • Introduction
    • The Script Matrix
    • Decisions and Injunctions
    • Process Scripts/Drivers
    • Looking at Personality Adaptations

• Lesson Seven
  • Redefining Scripts
    • Introduction
    • Discounting
    • The Discount Matrix
    • Frames of Reference
    • Redefining Transactions
    • Symbiosis

• Lesson Eight
  • Games: Part One
    • Introduction
    • Feelings
    • Rackets as a Way of Getting What you Want
    • Differentiating between Racket Feelings and Real Ones
    • Racketeering
    • Stamps
    • Racket System

• Lesson Nine
  • Games: Part Two
    • Introduction
    • How Games Are Played
    • Game Intensity
    • Game Sequence
    • Analysing Games
    • Game Plan
    • Why People Play Games
    • Games Classified

• Lesson Ten
  • TA Practice
    • Introduction
    • Contracting to Practise TA
    • TA Aims and Concepts Reviewed
    • Development of TA
    • Being a TA Practitioner
    • Legal Implications of TA Practice
    • Overview