Course Content

The TA101 course covers the internationally recognized core topics of Transactional Analysis and provides a solid foundation for further TA training.

The course includes:

  • Introduction to Transactional Analysis

    • History and development of TA

    • Core philosophical assumptions

    • People are OK

    • Everyone has the capacity to think

    • People decide their life story and can change their decisions

  • Ego States

    • Structural model: Parent, Adult, Child

    • Functional model: Nurturing Parent, Critical Parent, Adult, Adapted Child, Free Child

    • Contamination and exclusion

    • Diagnosing ego states (behavioral, social, historical, phenomenological)

  • Transactions and Communication

    • Complementary, crossed, and ulterior transactions

    • How communication flows

    • Adult–Adult communication as a problem-solving mode

  • Strokes and Recognition

    • Hungers and strokes

    • Stroke economy

    • Types of strokes (positive/negative, conditional/unconditional)

    • Stroke filters and the psychological importance of recognition

  • Time Structuring

    • Withdrawal

    • Rituals

    • Pastimes

    • Activities

    • Games

    • Intimacy

  • Psychological Games

    • Definition and structure of games

    • Payoffs and switching roles

    • Karpman Drama Triangle

    • Identifying and stopping games

    • Rackets and racket feelings

    • The game formula

  • Script Theory

    • Life scripts and early decisions

    • Script messages, injunctions, and drivers

    • Script matrix and script payoff

    • MiniScript

    • Autonomy: spontaneity, awareness, and intimacy

  • Contracting

    • Administrative, professional, and psychological contracts

    • Clear goals and shared responsibility

    • Contracting in therapy, coaching, education, and organizations

  • Autonomy and Change

    • Redecision

    • Permission, protection, and potency

    • Strengthening the Adult ego state

    • Developing autonomy and supporting change

  • TA Fields of Application

    • Psychotherapy

    • Counselling

    • Education

    • Organizations

    • Coaching

  • TA Ethics

    • Respect and non-exploitation

    • Boundaries and confidentiality

    • Practitioner responsibility

    • Self-care and supervision

  • Additional Supporting Concepts

    • Passivity and passive behavior

    • Discounting and the discount matrix

    • Redefining and symbiosis

    • Physis

    • Life positions (The OK Corral)

    • Script system

    • Games vs. rackets

    • Functional Fluency (included by some trainers)

 

* The sequence and emphasis of topics may vary depending on the TA101 instructor, while the core content remains consistent.

 

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