We also offer an MSc in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy and a Postgraduate Clinical Diploma in Transactional Analysis Counselling, validated by Middlesex University. Work for the MSc and PGCD awards is closely integrated with our existing TA Psychotherapy course, and the final examinations for CTA are also the final examinations for the award of MSc.

For 2008-09, we are once again offering a weekday training option for our TA Psychotherapy / Diploma course, in addition to our existing weekend groups. The weekday group meets on Monday and Tuesday once per month.

The Berne Institute Foundation Certificate in Transactional Analysis
The major focus of this one-year part-time course (twenty days of training) is on providing an in-depth awareness of transactional analysis (TA) and its applications in counselling and other interpersonal fields within the helping professions. As well as considering the major theories of TA and their applications, it includes practical, experiential and skills-development work. The Foundation course incorporates all the topics in the “Official TA 101”, the international standard syllabus laid down by EATA/ITAA to cover the core concepts of TA. The Foundation Year course may be taken either as a free-standing module, or as preparation for the TA Psychotherapy course. Eligibility: no prior experience is required (but please note the eligibility requirement for the Psychotherapy course if you intend progressing to that option). Admission is by interview. For more details, click here.

The Berne Institute Diploma in Transactional Analysis Counselling
The Institute's Diploma course provides a thorough in-depth training for those wishing to take up a career in counselling.The course is also suitable for counsellors who wish to expand their skills and knowledge using the TA core model. The Diploma course takes place over three years (including the Foundation Year), with twenty days of training in each year. It provides a balance of theory, skills training, personal development and practical experience and is designed to integrate all these elements to provide a firm basis for development as a counsellor. Eligibility: if you wish to enter the Diploma course in a year later than Foundation Year, you must normally have completed at least 120 hours’ TA training (exceptionally, training in another modality) at Foundation level. For further details on the Diploma, click here.

Accredited Training Course in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy
This course is intended for trainees who plan to pursue a professional career as psychotherapists. There are 20 days of training in each year. The total duration of the course will depend on your initial experience and background, since it may be possible to credit prior learning towards the total hours requirement set by EATA; as a general guideline only, most trainees can expect to take four to five years between entering the course and taking their final examination. The training is accredited by the Humanistic and Integrative Section of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) for the purpose of registration. Trainees completing the course will normally take the international examination set by the European Association for Transactional Analysis (EATA) for accreditation as a Certified Transactional Analyst (CTA) in the field of Psychotherapy. Success in the CTA examination qualifies you for Professional Membership of the Institute of Transactional Analysis. This membership, in turn, carries the right to be listed in the UKCP's National Register as a Transactional Analysis Psychotherapist. Eligibility: you must normally have completed the Foundation Year, or a comparable course at another EATA-accredited training institute comprising at least 120 hours’ TA training, and have a degree or degree-equivalent qualification. (If you are unsure about the degree-equivalence of your qualification, we shall be happy to advise you). For further details, click here.

Masters’ Degree in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy
We offer an MSc in TA Psychotherapy, validated by Middlesex University. Work for the Masters’ degree is closely integrated with our existing framework of training and examination for accreditation as Certified Transactional Analyst (CTA). MSc students follow the training course already described for CTA, and the final written and oral examinations for the CTA are also the final examinations for the award of the MSc. Students on the Masters’ course will also have a number of written assignments formally assessed during the course itself. For more details,  click here.

Postgraduate Clinical Diploma in Transactional Analysis Counselling
We also offer a Postgraduate Clinical Diploma in TA Counselling, validated by Middlesex University. Diploma students, like those for the MSc, follow the CTA training course and complete written assignments; but in place of the CTA final examinations, Diploma students are assessed on two short case studies and a sample of their taped work. The Diploma can be taken as a "way-station" en route to the CTA and MSc (though this is not obligatory); or it may be taken as an exit qualification from the course.(Please note: because of the extra element of assessment required, the University-validated PGC Diploma course will normally occupy four years of part-time study - including the Foundation Year - instead of the three years required for The Berne Institute's in-house Diploma). For more details of the Diploma, click here.

MSc by Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)
If you have already qualified as CTA (either at The Berne Institute or at another EATA-accredited centre) you are eligible to apply for the award of MSc via Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL). Like the on-going MSc and PGCD courses, this APL procedure is validated by Middlesex University. If you are interested in APL, please click here for more details.

Skills Practice Group
This is a new on-going training and supervision group that focuses on clinical skills practice and development. The group, meeting on Sundays, is suitable both for trainees beginning in practice and for more advanced trainee practitioners. The Skills Practice group is open to all TA trainees, whether at The Berne Institute or at other centres. The group meets ten times a year, once per month, for a full day of training, supervision and skills practice. Places are currently available (as at end November 2007) for membership covering the six meetings still to be held from January through July 2008. For further details, please click here.
 

Training location and dates
Berne Institute trainings are held at our training centre, Berne House, near Nottingham. Directions, with dates and times for each training course, will be sent on enrolment, and are also available on enquiry from the Course Registrar (address and telephone number below).

Fees (academic year 2008-09)
The training fee for the Foundation Year course is £1,375. For each year of the TA Psychotherapy / Diploma course, the training fee is £1,750. These fees include £50 for Berne Institute membership.
    Course members are asked to pay an initial booking deposit of £100, with the balance of the respective training fee payable in ten monthly instalments.
    Students registering for the Masters’ Degree and/or the Postgraduate Clinical Diploma will be charged in addition a once-off registration fee. This once-off fee is currently £1,050, but may possibly be varied from time to time by Middlesex University. (We shall of course inform you on application of any change in this registration fee). You may pay the registration fee by instalments, if you wish. (Please note: for MSc or PGCD students who take a year out of the programme, a year-out fee of £50 is payable, as well as the annual membership fee of £50 for that year).
    Information on the fees for APL is included in the APL information pack, available on request from the Course Registrar.
    The membership fee for the six meetings of the Skills Practice Group, January - July 2008, is £600 for "Berne" members and £650 (to cover the "Berne" membership fee of £50) for those not currently members.
    A marking fee of £100 will be payable by students choosing to take the examination for the Berne Institute's in-house Diploma,and by students who choose to take the Postgraduate Clinical Diploma in addition to the Masters' degree award. On all other courses, marking fees are included in the fees already listed.

Principal Trainers at The Berne Institute
The principal trainers on The Berne Institute’s courses are Ian Stewart and Adrienne Lee, Joint Directors of The Institute, together with associate trainers Mark Widdowson and Frances Townsend.  (To learn more about our training faculty, please  click here ).

Ian Stewart BA(Oxon) PhD is accredited by ITAA/EATA as a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst in the field of Psychotherapy. He is also a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist and a Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). Ian is co-author of TA Today, 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 edition, 2007), Eric Berne (1992) and Developing TA Counselling (1996). He has served as Chair of EATA's Commission of Certification. In 1998, Ian was awarded the Gold Medal of EATA "for outstanding services to TA in Europe".

Adrienne Lee BA is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst in the field of Psychotherapy, a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist and a Master Practitioner in NLP. She has been practising as a psychotherapist for over twenty years, and has been centrally involved in the development of TA in Britain from its very beginnings. Originally trained by the late Professor John Allaway, Adrienne is a founder member and past Chair of the ITA. She is the current past President of the European Association for Transactional Analysis (EATA) and is also on the Board of the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP).

Mark Widdowson MSc (TA Psych) ECP GradDipCouns TSTA 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 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.

Frances Townsend MSc (TA Psych) CertCouns is a Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (PTSTA) and a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist. 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 and offers training and workshops on personal development, counselling and psychotherapy topics.
 

Visiting trainers also contribute to the programme. All trainers on The Berne Institute's training faculty are accredited by the European Association for Transactional Analysis (EATA) and the International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA), and are UKCP Registered Psychotherapists and Professional Members of the UK's Institute of Transactional Analysis (ITA).

To apply for a course, or if you have any questions not covered by the information on this web site, please contact: The Course Registrar, The Berne Institute, Berne House, 29 Derby Road, Kegworth DE74 2EN. Tel. and fax: 01509-673649; email: click here>>