Accreditation  For TA trainees, each day of /ATTA\ training may be logged as six hours’ Advanced TA Training towards the hours totals set by EATA for the CTA examination. (For students enrolled on the MSc / PGCD course, module “Themes” are indicated by the number in italics after each workshop description). For qualified TA professionals, these workshops meet the criteria set by UKCP for Continuing Professional Development. A certificate of attendance will be provided on request.

Wed. 25 January 2012: /ATTA\: “How to be a Transactional Analyst”
Presenter: Adrienne Lee BA MPracNLP TSTA(P)
This one-day workshop will review most of the different schools and approaches in Transactional Analysis and show with reference to specific case studies how each approach works. We will cover the key theoretical principles and practice of Classical TA, Redecision School, Cathexis School, Relational, Constructivist, Process Communication, Integrative TA, Body Work, Developmental, Process and Spiritual approaches.
    The aim of this workshop is to clearly and simply distinguish the different TA approaches in terms of their definitions and philosophical principles for therapeutic change, some of the TA theories that have evolved in each approach, and some of the characteristic therapeutic tools and techniques that they have each developed. Participants will have opportunity to practice some of the techniques and experience the impact of the different approaches.
     It is understood that Transactional Analysis has well integrated many different approaches and each Transactional Analyst will have their own unique integration of different models and ways of working. The aim here is for each TA practitioner to be able to identify clearly the work of the different approaches (certainly useful when taking TA exams) and actively choose the best therapeutic options for different clients.
    I will invite each participant to imagine taking one of their clients (or themselves) to a Transactional Analyst in each different approach to determine the impact and effectiveness of each approach in the treatment plan for that client.
    This workshop will be especially useful for any trainees in advanced TA training and for those who are preparing for CTA or TSTA examinations. It will also be of interest to professionals who are curious about the range of theory and practice in Transactional Analysis and want a simple overview.
    Adrienne Lee is a Co-Director of The Berne Institute. She is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist, and Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Adrienne is a Founder Member and former Chair of the UK’s Institute of Transactional Analysis, and is past President of the European Association for Transactional Analysis (EATA). In 2010 she was awarded the EATA Gold Medal for “outstanding services to TA in Europe”. (III)

Wed. 14 March 2012: “What You Say is What You Get: Using Language for Change”
Presenter: Ian Stewart BA PhD MPracNLP TSTA(P)
Language does not simply describe experience; instead, words help to create the experience they describe. By attending to the language people use, we can learn a great deal about their internal maps of the world. Through our own choices of language, we can help ourselves and others to experience reality in new and more resourceful ways. In this workshop you will have the chance to practise a range of linguistic techniques such as time-framing, positive wording, causal linkage and therapeutic metaphor. You will learn how to use language  as a powerful instrument for therapeutic change within a TA framework.
    Ian Stewart is a Co-Director of The Berne Institute. He is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist, and Master Practitioner and Licensed Training Specialist in Neuro-Linguistic  Programming. Ian is co-author of TA Today, the world-standard basic text in TA, and of Personality Adaptations. He is also author of TA Counselling  in Action, Eric Berne, and Developing TA Counselling. He was the 1998 recipient of the EATA Gold Medal. (IV)

Sat. 2 June 2012: “Family Systems and Family Constellations”
Presenters: Enid Welford TSTA(P) and Jane McQuillin PTSTA(P)
“Who am I and where do I belong?”  Family Constellations therapists and those who use Family Systems see clients in the context of their families and their family dynamics. The context for Family Systems therapists tends to be the family structure as it presently exists, whereas Family Constellations theorists extend that to include the family history. These important influences may be missed when individuals come to therapy and we meet their script, their social reality (which originates in their story as they have experienced and known it).
    Our focus in the workshop will be the historical experiences of previous generations, and how this impacts on the present generation, within the current family system. These experiences are often unknown consciously, yet they create an energetic reality that differs from and impacts on the known social reality. Learning will be experiential with some teaching. We will teach some Family Constellations theory, (Hellinger and others), and Systems theory. It will become clear how this links with our TA framework. Our aims are:-

• To demonstrate the power of the energetic reality, and how it shapes our known story.
• To empower participants to work safely with these aspects of the family story.

General information:

Fees: The fee for each /ATTA\ one-day workshop is £85 for “Berne” members and £95 for non-members (non-returnable deposit £25 in both cases). For information on fees for special workshops and events, other than /ATTA\ workshops, please see the information page(s) for the event(s) concerned.

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, please click here;  for a list of local accommodation, please click here.

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. (Please note that the Clinical Symposium ends at 4.30 pm). We provide light refreshments for breaks. Kegworth offers a wide range of restaurants, hotels and pubs for buying lunch.

Bookings and payment: To book a place on an /ATTA\ training or any of the other events listed here, or for further information, please write or call: The Course Registrar, The Berne Institute, 29 Derby Road, Kegworth DE74 2EN (tel/fax 01509-673649). Alternatively, you can email us  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”.

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 above. 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).