Karangarua - ANZTAA International Conference 21-23 November 2024

ANZTAA International Conference

Wellington: 21st-23rd November 2024 

Karangarua – Unity Through Diversity in Relationship

We are excited to announce our international conference at the Wharewaka conference centre on Wellington waterfront - this will be a major transactional analysis event over 3 days - the first in-person international TA conference in Aotearoa New Zealand since 2016. Over the coming weeks we will be announcing more details including themes, keynote speakers and calls for papers.

Examinations for CTA, TSTA and a Training Endorsement Workshop will fit around the conference dates.

WATCH THIS SPACE!!

We are in the process of updating the ANZTAA website, and we will be changing our name to TAAANZ as part of this process.

Posted 30 Jan 2024

ANZTAA Free Webinar - Saturday 10th February 8.00am-9.30am NZT - Tatjana Gjurkovic

FREE ANZTAA WEBINAR Saturday 10th February 8am-9.30am

(EVENTBRITE LINK is BELOW)

Tatjana Gjurkovic TSTA(P) "How working with children informs my work with Adults":

This webinar explores how experiences with children aged 1 to 12 inform therapeutic work with adults. It delves into the idea that an adult's emotional age might differ significantly from their chronological age due to past influences. The speaker uses empathy to explore these aspects, encouraging clients to connect with their younger selves and offering nurturing support through e.g. visualization techniques. It will also offer how we can think of using play mediums and symbols akin to a child's language, to access unprocessed experiences. 

Drawing from Pam Levine’s Circles of Development, this webinar merges childhood development insights into adult psychotherapy, emphasizing empathy, non-verbal communication, and playful approaches to promote healing and self-awareness.

Tatjana Gjurkovic (Croatia) is a psychologist, CTA-P, TSTA-P, and registered play therapist-supervisor (RPT-S). She is the author of the book "Play Therapy: How to Develop Skills to Understand the Child and Deepen the Relationship with him", co-author of numerous therapeutic picture books for children, and co-author of the article "Treatment Stages in Working with Children: An Approach Rooted in Transactional Analysis and Play Therapy ” published in the Transactional Analysis Journal (TAJ).

Her narrow specialty is connecting verbal and expressive therapy through the present moment. In her work, special attention is paid to the development of relationships with the client, supervisor, and educator, inviting them to co-create the opportunity for growth, development, and learning.

EVENTBRITE ZOOM link:

Posted 23 Jan 2024

3-Year Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy Training Course - March 2024

Three Year TA Psychotherapy Training.
Starting March 2024 - Wellington

Applications are still open for the 2024 training.
There are still limited places available.

A TA101 is planned for Saturday 28th/Sunday 29th of October 2023. (This is a pre-requisite for the 3-year training)

This course follows the syllabus for Certification as a Transactional Analyst (CTA) as defined by the International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA).

https://www.itaaworld.org/training-and-certification-transactional-analysis

Outcomes of the course include:

- Preparation for the Certified Transactional Analyst (CTA) psychotherapy written and oral examinations.

- The CTA is currently recognised for registration as a psychotherapist by the Psychotherapists Board of Aotearoa New Zealand (PBANZ).

Please visit the WTATI web site - http://www.wellingtonta.ac.nz

Entry criteria and course handbook can be found here:

http://www.wellingtonta.ac.nz

For further information please contact John Savage TSTA:

jcsavage@icloud.com

Posted 17 Sep 2023

TA101 Introductory Course 28th-29th October 2023

Wellington Transactional Analysis Institute
Introduction to Transactional Analysis (TA101)

Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th October 2023
Venue, Central Wellington, tbc

Transactional Analysis is a method of understanding our own internal world and our interactions with others. It is widely used in psychotherapy, counselling,
organisational work and in education.

The TA101 is an internationally recognised training course. Students who participate in the whole course are awarded the TA101 Certificate. This is awarded by the International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA).

The TA101 is a general introduction to Transactional Analysis and is open to anyone wishing to learn more about the human condition. It is also a prerequisite for people wishing to enrol in professional training courses offered by various Transactional Analysis training Institutes locally, nationally and internationally, that may lead to Certification as a Transactional Analyst.

Cost: $450 (GST inclusive) payable on enrolment.
Numbers: the course is limited to no more than 12.
Tutor: John C Savage TSTA 

John has been working as a Therapist in Wellington since 1998. His work includes experience in residential treatment centres, therapeutic communities, outpatient treatment clinics, general counselling and psychotherapy for a range of issues. He is currently in private practice in Wellington. John holds Membership with the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists and the New Zealand Association of Counsellors. John is also a trainer, supervisor and teacher of Psychotherapists and Counsellors. He holds international qualifications as a teacher and supervisor including a Masters Degree in Science (MSc) from Middlesex University in London.

To be sent an enrolment form contact John : jc.savage@icloud.com

Please make the subject title of the email TA101 (no spaces please)

Posted 23 Aug 2023

THE 2023 NEW ZEALAND ’SPRING SERIES’ OF TA SEMINARS IS ABOUT TO BEGIN - DON’T MISS OUT! 

This is the first of the next series of FREE ANZTAA 2023 webinars. Click on the link below to sign up via Eventbrite.

Saturday 9th September 9.00am - 10.30am NZ Time

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/injunctive-messages-john-mcneel-9th-september-tickets-704061455767?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

In this brief workshop John will join us from California to present the theory of Injunctions as created by Bob and Mary Goulding in the 1970’s, and the evolution of that theory since then.  From its inception this material has grown from fifteen identified Injunctions to twenty-five Injunctive Messages.  There are five categories: Survival, Attachment, Identity, Competence and Security.  How to diagnose Injunctive Messages will be presented as well as how to resolve them effectively.

This is a rare opportunity to see and hear one of the original master practitioners of Transactional Analysis - who has for many years been working to improve the scope and potency of Redecision Therapy. 

Posted 21 Aug 2023

ANZTAA Free Webinar - Wednesday 7th June at 7pm NZ Time

Is group memory a psychological hunger?

Wednesday 7th June 2023 - 7pm NZ time

With: Dr Mandy Lacy - TSTA (O)

Overview: 

Mandy will take us through considering the construct and meaning of group memory.  From her own PhD research, she will provide interesting findings that offer possible links to the Transactional Analysis concept of psychological hungers.  This webinar will invite you to discuss your own perspectives and experience, toy with the hypothesis being put forward and contemplate whether the practical steps offered would be meaningful for your personally and professionally. 

Link to register:  https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/is-group-memory-a-psychological-hunger-tickets-638365617747

Posted 29 May 2023

TA101 Introductory Transactional Analysis Training course 22nd-23rd July 2023 - Wellington

TA101 Intro to Transactional Analysis
Saturday 22nd / Sunday 23rd July 2023 

Wellington - Trainer John Savage TSTA

For details see Upcoming Events section.

Posted 5 Apr 2023

New TSTA in Aotearoa New Zealand

Congratulations to John Savage, who passed the TSTA (Psychotherapy) exam in March. Well done indeed.

Sue Eusden (International Board of Certification) is in the picture with John's hard-earned yellow ribbon!

Posted 5 Apr 2023