Diplomas


About the Course

The Berne Institute runs two Diplomas: the in-house Berne Diploma and the Postgraduate Diploma Transactional Analysis Psychotherapeutic Counselling, Educational or Organisational, validated and quality assured by Middlesex University.


The in-house Diploma course typically requires a minimum of two years’ post-Foundation study, with 20 days of training in each year (360 hours of TA training in total). The framework for each Diploma is the same, with both being taught and assessed at level 7 (postgraduate level) but there are more stringent requirements for the Postgraduate Diploma Transactional Analysis Psychotherapeutic Counselling in terms of client practice hours and supervision hours.


  • Who is it for?

    Normally students apply to sit the Berne Diploma examination after the second year of Advanced Training. On successful completion of the Berne Diploma it is possible to APL to the Postgraduate Diploma.

  • Qualification and Accreditation

    The Berne Diploma will be awarded on assessment of written work and an oral examination of your taped work with clients. To be eligible for the final examination, you will need to have completed at least 360 hours of advanced TA training and have provided at least 200 hours of TA counselling to clients.


    The Postgraduate Diploma in TA Therapeutic Counselling has been validated by Middlesex University. The training and final examinations for this Diploma are identical to those for The Berne Institute’s in-house diploma. However, students wishing to take the Postgraduate Diploma will be registered with Middlesex University, and can either gain the Diploma as an exit award from the MSc programme, or gain it as a standalone award. Students have to submit a number of written assignments for formal marking during the course.


    British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists accreditation: Contact hours accrued on The Berne Institute’s Diploma course can


    normally be counted toward the number of hours’ training required by BACP.

  • Course Content

    The Diplomas provide a balance of theory, skills training, personal development and practical experience and are designed to integrate all these elements to provide a firm basis for development as a TA professional. The Diploma courses build understanding of the interpersonal interactions, intrapsychic processes, personality structure, feeling, thinking and behaviour, providing a means to understand people and organisations in depth in the family system or other social matrices

  • Eligibility and Entry

    To be eligible for entry to the Diploma course, you must normally have completed the official TA101 course or passed the TA 101 open-book examination, and have completed at least 120 hours of recognised advanced TA training.


    No previous academic qualification is required for entry to the Diploma course. However, we would advise you that the training is demanding in terms of both intellectual activity and skills development. Success in the course requires a high degree of motivation and an openness to self-exploration and personal change. You therefore need to have the intellectual and personal resources to deal successfully with such demands. This will be assessed at the intake interview in each individual case. If you wish to take the validated Postgraduate Diploma, you must have a first degree or degree-equivalent qualification on entry to the course.


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Summary

Course Cost


Fees 2024/25

£500 one off fee
for The Berne Diploma exam


£4150 registration fee

for Postgraduate Diploma TA Psychotherapeutic Counselling




Course Dates

Dates 2024/25

for  Diploma Exams

7th December 2024

TBC June 2025


Tutors

Diploma Exams Coordinator

Cholena Mountain TSTA(P)


Our Core Philosophy

At The Berne Institute we recognise that people come into TA training with widely differing experiences of clinical practice, theoretical knowledge and formal academic learning, and that they differ widely also in their current personal resources and skills. Our courses therefore honour the uniqueness of each individual’s learning and experience and their different learning styles, pace and areas of competence.

The philosophy and practice of Homonomy that respects our mutuality and interconnectedness has been recently integrated into the Berne Institute philosophy. The aim is to expand the focus in our theory and practice from individual change to include a focus on the wider implications of our work on the whole community and our planet.