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.

Following are details of the /ATTA\ training days we currently have scheduled from now until December 2010. Details of further workshops in Autumn-Winter 2010 will shortly be up on the site. (Roman numerals refer to Core Disciplines in the MSc/PGCD course).

Wed. 20 Oct.: “The Therapist and the Introjected Abuser”
Presenter: Enid Welford BA DipSocSci PTSTA(P)
Therapists who work with victims of sexual abuse can be surprised at the intensity of their reactions to some clients who have been subjected to abuse. Empathy with the victim can lead us to discount the nature of the introjected abuser, and leave us vulnerable to the tactics used originally by the abuser on the victim, and subsequently used on the therapist in an attempt to maintain the status quo. We will account in the workshop some factors common to most abusers; this information is empowering for both therapist and victim. We will then look at ways to work with the guerrilla tactics in which the introjected abuser engages with the client and the therapist. This workshop will be useful for all therapists who work with victims of sexual abuse as well as those who work directly with the abusers.
    Enid Welford is a trainer at the Lakeland Institute, and has a supervision and therapy practice in South Manchester. She worked for over seventeen years in the Probation Service, heading a multi-agency diversion scheme for the diversion of mentally disordered offenders. (II)

(There is no /ATTA\ in November)

Wed. 1 Dec.: “Working Effectively with Therapeutic Ruptures”
Presenter: Mica Douglas MA AASW PTSTA(P)
Have you ever forgotten a client or nodded off in a session? Have you ever said something that has caused a rupture in the relationship between you and the client? This workshop will review what happens when ruptures occur in therapy with clients and the impact on both the client and the therapist. We will explore the feelings generated and look at ruptures as unconscious communication and counter-transference. This will lead us into thinking about ruptures theoretically using, in particular, relational theory from TA theorists, such as Hargaden and Sills, to analytical thinkers such as Maroda, Ogden and Freud. The workshop is designed for advanced trainees or others who have experience of client work. There will be opportunities for discussion of actual case material. From the day you can expect to: understand the unconscious phenomena of ruptures … digest some theory from TA and psychoanalytic theo-ries about rupture … look at the role of counter-transference and projective identification in client work …gain some insight into how to work with clients when ruptures occur … explore how far you self-disclose about your part in the rupture.
    Mica Douglas is a TA therapist, trainer and supervisor with many years’ experience in therapeutic and social-work settings. She evolved this workshop out of her personal interest in learning from ruptures that had occurred between her and her clients. She has a passionate interest in unconscious processes and how they emerge and entwine in the therapeutic relationship. (II)
 

General information

Fees: the fee per day for each /ATTA\ workshop is £85 for "Berne" members and £95 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”.