Transactional Analysis and Coaching

Transactional Analysis, commonly known as TA, was developed by Eric Berne, as an explanation of why we think, feel, and behave in the ways we do. According to TA, at any one time each person is in the grip of one of 3 ego states Parent, Adult or Child; and is prone to living out a Life Script, decided upon early in childhood, and to playing Psychological Games; as an alternative to authentic living.   

This session will provide coaches with an overview of what Transactional Analysis is and will share practical insights and tools, including how to:

• Identify which ego state (Parent, Adult or Child) they, their colleagues and their clients are operating from – and how to switch between ego states quickly to achieve the best possible outcomes.
• Identify areas of their lives where they may have written Losing or Non-Winning Scripts and turn them into Winning Scripts.
• Recognize and gain control of the 5 key Psychological Drivers: ‘Hurry Up’, ‘Be Perfect’, ‘Try Hard’, ‘Be Strong’ and ‘Please People’.
• Incorporate key concepts from Transactional Analysis within their coaching practice, including OK-ness, Discounting, Transference and Counter Transference
• Maximize your impact as a coach by becoming more flexible in how you relate to clients.
• Make decisions in the ‘here-and-now, free of the influence of earlier decisions about your restrictions and capabilities.

This session is part of our Continual Professional Development (CPD) for Coaches Programme. This training is aimed towards those wishing to advance their coaching knowledge and therefore you will need to have previously engaged in foundational coach training.  About Your Trainer:

John has delivered coaching, workshop facilitation and consultancy to a wide range of world-class organisations, including financial services, media, manufacturing, government, policing, and health services. John is a former Principal Teaching Fellow at a leading Russel Group University and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has published over a dozen articles and is a regular speaker at international conferences, including the International Conference of the Association for Coaching. John was the Academy for Chief Executive’s Speaker of the Year for 2017, Vistage’s ‘Rising Star’ for 2018 and the winner of SUSU’s ‘Most Engaging Lecturer’ award for 2020. John has particular expertise in the areas of Psychological Wellbeing, Stress Management & Resilience Values Exploration, Overcoming Imposter Syndrome and Promoting Unconditional Self-Acceptance.    

John holds 4 Masters’ degrees, including in Health Psychology & Psychotherapy, and Professional Certifications in Coaching, Counselling, Hypnotherapy, Existential Analysis, Reality Therapy, Transactional Analysis, NLP, Personal Construct Psychology, Group Work and Supervision. He is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and holds accreditations in both Strengthscope and the Strength Deployment Inventory and in ‘Time to Think’, ‘Wingwave’ and ‘Therapeutic’ Coaching.