Counselling Skills Courses, Psychotherapy Training, TA101, Transactional Analysis Courses in Kent and Sussex

Transactional Analysis, Psychotherapy and Counselling Training Courses

Courses in Counselling/Psychotherapy, Counselling Skills and various workshops in Kent and Sussex

At the Link Centre we provide the opportunity for people to train as psychotherapists and counsellors as well as short introductory courses and Continued Professional Development workshops.

Our flexible part-time courses can lead to national and international qualifications. We take pride in offering quality training, resulting in professional, ethical, competent practitioners. We offer a relaxed and stimulating learning environment in the Sussex countryside just outside Haywards Heath.

We offer a variety of services promoting both personal and professional development:

Introductory TA Courses (TA101) - next course 25/26 February
Counselling Skills Courses - 17-20 August 2012
Foundation certificate in TA - enrolling now for October 2012
Counselling and Psychotherapy Course
Diploma in Supervision
Continued Professional Development Programme/Workshops
- TA Next Steps : Hungers and Strokes - 18th February 2012
- TA Next Steps : Accounting and Discounting - 19th May 2012
- TA Next Steps : Groups - date tba
- TA Next Steps : Transference and Countertransference
- NLP Practitioner
Local Support Networking Forum

Courses can lead to various forms of qualification including UKCP (United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy) recognition as a psychotherapist.

Upcoming Courses in Transactional Analysis and Counselling

Next Steps in TA - Hunger and Strokes Saturday 18th February 2012

1 Day - 9.30am - 4.30pm

These workshops are for those who have completed the TA101 course and would like to know more and for those who want to re visit the basics of TA in more depth. The nature/nurture debate has been an on-going feature in psychological and philosophical fields for centuries. The core question being “what is learnt, and what is innate to human beings?” Whilst much of Transactional Analysis is concerned with how we learn, and decide how our lives are and are going to be, Berne’s concept of Psychobiological hungers falls more into the realm of our innate capacities. Indeed, it is through how these hungers are satisfied or not that leads to the development of strategies to get them met. In this workshop we will be looking at the psychobiological hungers originally proposed by Berne, and looking at what happens when they are and are not sufficiently met. As part of this exploration, we will be particularly focusing on strokes, Berne’s “units of recognition”, and their relationship with our hunger for recognition.

TA101 Course - 25th / 26th February 2012

Two day introduction - 12 hours

This course will introduce some of the main concepts of TA including: life script, psychological games, ego states and transactions. We will look at how to relate these concepts to others and ourselves and identify alternative options for our behaviour and communication. A good starting point for those considering training as a psychotherapist or counsellor.