Transactional Analysis Counselling/Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy – (M.Sc.)

Contents

Each course has two years of teaching delivered on a part-time basis over 20 days per year at weekends. The first year consists of four core modules, the second of two single modules and one double module which includes an optional component. Students on the MSc Transactional Analysis Counselling will commence a Master's project in year three. The master's project is a15,000 word paper demonstrating the student's integration of the practice of counselling and TA theory and practice. At the conclusion of the two taught years, students for the MSc Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy are expected to take two years to comply with the professional requirements of the Institute of Transactional Analysis and the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy in fulfilling practice requirements and preparing for the Certified Transactional Analysis (CTA) professional exams. To complete the MSc, students will then present sections of the written CTA exam, which comprises of a case study and theoretical essays in the form of a master's project based on the written CTA exam

Course Covers

Core modules
Year One
- The therapeutic relationship
- Diagnosis & treatment direction
- Unconscious processes & dynamics
- QMU research methods for health professionals
Year Two
- Intervention approaches
- Integration in psychotherapy
- Critical applications in TA psychotherapy - double module with optional component.
During the course, students are expected to find practice placements and at a suitable time, start private practice. Advanced students may find employment as a counsellor or become established in private practice. CPTI give advice and support in relation to placements, employment or self-employed practice. The training provides students with a range of transferable skills which may be used in a variety of career areas.
All work is supervised by placement providers and for TA practice by recognised TA supervisors.

Teaching and Assessment

Teaching strategies include experiential group work, facilitated and self-directed learning, observed supervised-skills practice and tutorials. Assessment includes essays, case studies, presentation and transcript analysis.

Further Info

Professional Qualifications and Requirements - Both MSc courses have been written to ensure academic qualification and eligibility for recognition as a professional practitioner. Professional requirements include a substantial practice element with the required supervision, personal therapy and, for psychotherapy students, a psychiatric placement. A large part of the practice element is undertaken during the training; entrants to the MSc programme will be expected to have started supervised practice in approved placements during the qualifying training period (see entry requirements). Students with the MSc in TA Counselling will be eligible to apply for accreditation as counsellors with COSCA or equivalent. Accreditation, which gives the counsellor a professional recognition, is subject to completion of COSCA's practice requirements. Those with the MSc in TA Psychotherapy, in conjunction with the CTA professional qualification, are eligible for registration as psychotherapists with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy. Registration with the UKCP as a psychotherapist requires the completion of a professional examination; in respect of Transactional Analysis training this is the CTA. This examination is prepared for in parallel to the preparation of the MSc master's project. The structure of registration and recognition of counselling and psychotherapy may change with the introduction of statutory government registration. All CPTI courses are kept under review to ensure that both the professional and academic standards required will be fully met by our graduates.