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Co-Director and Academic
Registrar:
Ian Stewart BA(Oxon) PhD MPracNLP TSTA Ian is accredited by ITAA/EATA as a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst. He is also a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist and a Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). Ian is co-author of TA Today (Lifespace, 1987), the world-standard basic text on TA, and of Personality Adaptations (Lifespace, 2002). He has contributed books on TA to three widely-read series published by Sage Publications: TA Counselling in Action (3rd ed., 2007), Eric Berne (1992) and Developing TA Counselling (1996). In 1998, Ian was awarded the EATA Gold Medal "for outstanding services to TA in Europe". He has been a practising TA psychotherapist for over 25 years, and has presented TA trainings worldwide. |
| Co-Director:
Adrienne Lee BA MPracNLP TSTA Adrienne is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst, a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist, and a Master Practitioner in NLP. She has been practising as a psychotherapist for over 25 years, and has been centrally involved in the development of TA in Britain from its earliest beginnings. Originally trained by the late Professor John Allaway, Adrienne is a founder member and past Chair of the UK's Institute of Transactional Analysis (ITA). She is the current past President of the European Association of TA (EATA) and is also on the Board of the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP). |
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| Associate Director:
Mark Widdowson MSc (TA Psych) ECP GradDipCouns TSTA Mark is a Teaching and Supervising
Transactional Analyst and UKCP Registered Psychotherapist, and holds the
European Certificate in Psychotherapy. He is also qualified in integrative
counselling and is a COSCA accredited diploma trainer. He has served as
Editor for the ITA News since 2002 and was a former Council secretary
for the ITA. Mark is an international expert for the Training Accreditation
Council of the European Association for Psychotherapy, and is a member
of the UK’s ITA Training Standards Committee. Mark has written numerous
articles and book chapters on various aspects of TA psychotherapy. He is
also a trainer on a number of other psychotherapy courses, including an
MA programme (also validated by Middlesex University) in Integrative Psychotherapy
for the Athens Synthesis Centre.
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Academic Tutor and
Supervisor:
Frances Townsend MSc (TA Psych) CertCouns PTSTA Frances is a Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (PTSTA) 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. Frances runs individual and group supervision sessions both privately and for a local youth counselling organisation and offers training and workshops on personal development, counselling and psychotherapy topics. |