
Description:
This comprehensive training program draws on 50 years of experience and integrates Transactional Analysis (TA), Gestalt, Redecision Therapy, Relational Therapy, Personality Adaptations, Attachment Theory, Systems Theory, Developmental Theory, Neuroscience, Bodywork, and Energy Psychology. It offers a powerful, short-term approach that combines cognitive, behavioral, and experiential techniques, with an emphasis on working with the emotional brain to achieve lasting change.
Goal:
The goal is to develop a broad conceptual framework and master effective techniques for individual, couple, family, and group therapy.
Certification
TA Practitioner through the North American Transactional Analysis Association (NATAA)
Requirements
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Completion of a two-day Transactional Analysis 101 Course
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10 months of training
Training Components
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Theory
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Demonstration
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Experiential work
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Supervision
Certification
Re-decision Therapist through the Southeast Institute
Requirements
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Transactional Analysis 101 Course
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20 months of training
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Attending the One-Week Mastering Re-decision Therapy Workshop
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Written exam
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Videotaped demonstration of competence
Training Components
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All TA Practitioner components
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Video-based peer practice
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Personal work and observe the faculty
Certification
Certified Transactional Analyst (CTA) through the International Transactional Analysis Association
Requirements
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Completion of a two-day TA 101 course
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Four years of training
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For a Complete Description, see the ITAA Website (itaaworld.com)
Training Components
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Videotaped demonstration of competence
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Ongoing Supervision with a PTSTA or TSTA
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Written & Oral exam with ITAA
Topics we will cover
September 18 - 19
Setting the Stage for Effective Therapy, Contracting
December 18 - 19
Micro-Tracting Unconscious Communication, Psychological Hungers
March 19 - 20
Decontaminating the Adult and Restructuring the Parent, Game Analysis
June 4 - 5
Working with the Group-as-a-Whole, The Overall Framework
October 16 - 17
Redecision Therapy, Structural Analysis
January 15 - 16
Identifying Early Decisions and Facilitating Redecisions, Redefining and Frames of Reference
April 16 - 17
Couples Therapy, Passivity and Discounting
November 13 - 14
Personality Focused Treatment (PFT)®, TA Proper
February 19 - 20
Trauma Resolution Energy Therapy (TRET)®, Racket Analysis
May 14 - 15
Family Therapy, Script Analysis
Learning Objectives:
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Demonstrate contracting
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Describe the Re-decision process
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Explain Personality Focused Treatment
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List the six core Personality Adaptations
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List the major developmental stages in childhood
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Describe the contact cycle
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List the different levels of passive behavior
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Explain when Relational Therapy is most important
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Describe have to develop a therapeutic alliance with someone with a Borderline structure
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Explain how to make contact with someone with an Antisocial Personality Adaptation
Enrollment:
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Meets one weekend a month for 10 months
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Runs on a two-year cycle, with enrollment by semester.

