Accreditation  For TA trainees, each /ATTA\ training may be logged as six hours’ Advanced TA Training towards the hours totals set by EATA for the CTA examination. Berne Institute students enrolled on the MSc / PGCD course will be awarded relevant credits, as detailed in the course Handbook. For qualified TA professionals, /ATTA\ workshops meet the criteria set by UKCP for Continuing Professional Development. A certificate of attendance will be provided on request.

Here are details of the /ATTA\ training days we currently have scheduled from now until September 2008. (Roman numerals refer to Core Disciplines in the MSc/PGCD course).

Wed. 4 June: “Providing TA Counselling in NHS Primary Care”
Presenter: Frances Townsend MSc(TA Psych) CertCouns PTSTA(P)
This one-day workshop will cover most of the things you need to know to work in GP surgeries, including: NHS structures – how to understand and access them... working in a Primary Care team... the relationship with GPs, practice nurses, health visitors, secondary care workers and other administrative and support staff... using short-term TA interventions suitable for Primary Care... keeping and writing up case notes and referral processes... managing confidentiality... understanding the effects of medication... working alongside medical models...NICE guidelines and structures for working with mental-health issues in the NHS... understanding mental-health issues including appropriateness for short-term work and liaison with GPs for responsibility of care... risk assessment and safety issues. This workshop will be useful for TA trainees and other counselling professionals who are seeking work in a GP surgery.
    Frances Townsend is Academic Tutor and Supervisor at The Berne Institute. She is a Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst in the Psychotherapy field and a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist. She previously worked as a volunteer in a youth counselling agency and for Women’s Aid managing refuges for women and children escaping domestic violence. Since 1995 she has built a thriving private practice in Northamptonshire where she sees individuals, couples and groups for therapy and is also a counsellor in NHS Primary Care. (II)

(Please see also the pages for the  Special Workshop with Bill Cornell , Weekend 28-29 June, and the  Special Workshop for Couples with Adrienne Lee, 23 July. There will be no /ATTA\ workshop in August.)

Wed. 17 September: “Techniques for Rapid Script Change”
Presenter: Ian Stewart BA PhD MPracNLP TSTA(P)
Eric Berne repeatedly urged his students to “cure their patients in one session”. In another of his provocative metaphors, he pictured the psychotherapist as an honest craftsperson – the plumber who takes out his hammer, bangs the appropriate pipe, and quietly departs, having put the boiler back into full working order. As Berne pointed out, anybody can bang a pipe; it’s knowing which pipe to bang, and just how to bang it, that marks out the skilled professional. In this workshop, Ian will suggest that today’s psychotherapeutic “plumber” enjoys the use of a range of tools that were unknown in Berne’s time. He will open the toolbox and present a range of these power tools, drawn from TA, NLP and other current approaches. There will be plenty of time for hands-on practice, backed up by theory and practical discussion. By the end of the workshop, you will have learned ways to facilitate therapeutic change quickly, easily and painlessly. Even though pathology may take a long time to acquire, it need only take a very short time to cure. Such speedy cure can also be a permanent cure. It’s simply a matter of knowing what to do.
    Ian Stewart is accredited by ITAA/EATA as a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (Psychotherapy). He is also a Master Practitioner and Licensed Training Specialist in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). Ian is co-author of TA Today, the world-standard basic text on TA, and of Personality Adaptations (2002). He is also author of TA Counselling in Action (3rd edn, 2007), Eric Berne (1992) and Developing TA Counselling (1996). Ian was the 1998 recipient of the EATA Gold Medal. (IV)
 

General information

Fees: the fee for each /ATTA\ workshop is £75 for "Berne" members and £85 for non-members (non-returnable booking deposit £25 in both cases).

Location: All our training events are held at Berne House, 29 Derby Road, Kegworth DE74 2EN. Kegworth is some ten miles south of Nottingham. Our training centre, Berne House, is on the main A6 through the village, one mile from Junction 24 on the M1. If you would like more detailed directions, or a list of local accommodation, we shall be glad to provide it; please contact the Course Registrar at Berne House.

Times: Unless otherwise stated, all /ATTA\ training days begin at 10 a.m. and end at 5 p.m., with normal breaks for lunch and refreshments. We provide light refreshments for breaks. Kegworth offers a wide range of restaurants, hotels and pubs for buying lunch.

To join "The Berne": Membership of The Berne Institute is open to all who have an interest in psychotherapy, counselling or related fields. To become a "Berne" member, please send the annual membership fee of £50 to the Course Registrar at the address below. Alternatively, you may become a member by paying this membership fee on arrival at any workshop (in which case you immediately become eligible for the reduced fee, as well as the other benefits of "Berne" membership). For more details on the advantages of membership, please see our membership page.

Bookings and payment: To book a place on an /ATTA\ training, or for further information, please write or call: The Course Registrar, The Berne Institute, 29 Derby Road, Kegworth DE74 2EN. Tel/fax 01509-673649; email: click here>>.

To confirm your place, please enclose the booking deposit with your booking, or send it to the Course Registrar as soon as possible if you book by phone, fax or email. The balance of the fee is payable on arrival. Please make cheques, etc., payable to “The Berne Institute”.