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I was born in 1950 and grew up in the English midlands. From as early as I can remember I was interested in human psychology, long before I knew the words for it.
My first degree was in psychology and philosophy. I trained as a teacher and taught in both primary and secondary schools. I gained a Masters degree in Educational Psychology in 1975 and took up my first post as an Educational Psychologist. I worked with young people from infancy to adulthood. I worked with their teachers, parents and a whole range of other child specialists. I was interested in the way children develop the skills they need for independent living and it was very apparent to me that the ones who did best, at whatever intellectual level, were the ones with good social skills. It was during these years that I discovered TA and I used it with teachers as a way for them to examine their own motivations when interacting with children. This is where my interest in training as an adult psychotherapist had its beginnings.
I began formal training in Transactional Analysis in 1988, though I had attended a number of workshops before that and knew the model well. I started a private psychotherapy practice in the early 90's and shifted my other psychological work into the private sector so that I could be selective about what I did. I developed a full time psychotherapy practice over the next five years, working with individuals, couples and groups. I gained my CTA (psychotherapy) qualification in 1997 in Keele, England. I have served in the UK as a Council Member of ITA, Chair of Professional Practice and Co-Chair of Ethics. I developed a training and supervision practice in the north west of England and qualified as TSTA in 2004 in Bangalore, India. It was at that point that I became actively involved with the ITAA, first as Chair of Conference Committee, then as European Regional Representative, Vice President (Operations) and in 2010, as President.
I have worked as a TA trainer in Slovenia, Turkey and Romania as well as in the UK. I have a particular interest in somatic process and work for one day each week in a local hospital offering psychotherapy to people with chronic pain.
As a psychological practitioner I am committed to the principles of the humanistic tradition. I continue to be amazed by the intricacy of human functioning and the ways in which individuals achieve their particular coherence. Psychological theory comes in many forms and I find inspiration in its complexity and diversity. I find coherence and integration of those many forms in Transactional Analysis.
Steff Oates is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst based in the North West of England. Her original training was as a primary school teacher, following which she worked with troubled children in residential care. It was here that she first started to appreciate the benefit of a therapeutic relationship.
After completing her psychology degree she made a choice to train in Transactional Analysis valuing the breadth of approaches that the theory covers. Since qualifying as a CTA in 1997 Steff has attended a variety of trainings in body psychotherapy. She integrates her learning in this area into her practice and teaching of Transactional Analysis always appreciating the robustness of TA theory when using it within and alongside other modalities. In 2004, with three other colleagues, she co-founded the Northern College for Body Psychotherapy, which offers continuing professional development for experienced practitioners integrating the theory and practice of body psychotherapy with TA and other disciplines.
Steff trains at a variety of institutes in England, Scotland, Paris, Switzerland and Romania. She has seventeen years experience of serving TA organisations beginning as Editor of the ITA news, (The British newsletter recently renamed the Transactional Analyst), serving on the national training standards committee, serving as chair of this committee, then as chair of the national organisation. She has also organized a number of national conferences and run workshops at the European conferences and the International Conferences. Steff is an avid reader, enjoys writing and serves on the Editorial Board of the TAJ and of the Transactional Analyst.
Steff has been a committed member of the ITAA for around fifteen years and particularly enjoys the international conference with the thrill of being immersed in our global learning community. She as been secretary to the ITAA BOT since March 2009, getting a real buzz through her work with colleagues on the BOT and reaching out to the world wide community
Steff’s published work includes
What is a Psychotherapist? – ITA News 2003
“A Journey to the Heart of Ego State Theory” in Ego States Key Concepts in Transactional Analysis 2003
Some Body Knows the Trouble I’ve seen Transactions 2004
Finding Megan Transactional Analysis Journal October 2007
The Indomitable Spirit of Berne and Cohen – “If you can’t do it one way try another” Transactional Analysis Journal July-October 2010
“Where do we dwell’ in Relational Transactional Analysis Principles in Practice 2011
C. SURIYAPRAKASH, PhD, Professor of Human Resources, Jansons School of Business, has International Accreditation as Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (TSTA) in the organisational field. He is a Master Practitioner in NLP. He has over two decades experience in the industry, teaching MBAs, and industrial training, counselling and consultancy. His specialties include Organisational Behaviour, Applied Behavioural Sciences and Human Relations Development. His current research interests are on personality and leadership studies from the Indian philosophical perspective. He is a faculty of Asha Counselling and Training Services, Coimbatore and Former-President of TA Study Circle of Coimbatore. He is a member and was the Co-chair of Training Standards Committee, Training and Certification Council of Transactional Analysts, USA. He was Vice-President-Operations (2007-2009) of the International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA). Currently he is Vice President-Research and Development, South Asian Association of Transactional Analysts (SAATA) and Vice-President, Research and Innovation of the ITAA.
Suriyaprakash co-founded Relations Institute of Development, in 1995, to provide Organisational Development Training, Coaching and Counselling. He has trained thousands of managers, executives, factory employees, teachers, students, social workers and parents and logged over 10000 hours of teaching, training and consultancy using TA and allied models. His specialty in organisational development, with TA includes, creating awareness, leadership, team building, problem-solving, conflict resolution, group dynamics, communication and motivation.
He is part of a team facilitating groups of professionals in Coimbatore, Bangalore and Calicut preparing organisational trainers and consultants and counsellors for the International Certification as Transactional Analysts in the field of Organisational Development and Counselling. He has also trained in Bangladesh and Ukraine. He regularly participates and presents papers in national and international conferences.
His passion includes study in the fields of personality, leadership and Indian philosophy. He is married and enjoys reading non-fiction, travelling, trekking and cooking!
Vladimir Goussakovski, TSTA (P), PhD, one of the first certified transactional analysts in Russia. He presently works as a psychotherapist in private practice in his home city St-Petersburg and as a trainer and supervisor in several countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Middle Asia. He founded first ongoing TA training programs in Ukraine and Armenia.
Vladimir is one of the founding members of St-Petersburg Institute of TA (SITA) registered in 1993 as the first Russian organisation affiliated EATA and in 2001-2005 was its president. He took part in organising TA training programs in Russia run first by TA trainers from Europe and America and resulted in becoming first Russian certified transactional analysts and trainers.
Vladimir is interested in cultural differences having a personal experience of them while studying TA abroad as well as during his pioneering work to apply and teach TA in different countries. He put a lot of energy to popularise TA in Russia and former USSR countries and to establish cooperation of different TA organisations and colleagues of other psychological modalities.
Vladimir regularly took part in national and international professional conferences and made presentations on topics connected with TA, cultural differences and mutual understanding of people of different cultures. He published more than 20 articles in national and international journals on topics of different TA applications.
In 2010 Vladimir served as an EATA COC member and organised a research about the problems of TA training and certification in Eastern Europe. Since January of 2011 he serves as the ITAA vice-president (operations).
He is also a passionate climber and kayak traveller.
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His personal web-site www.goussakovski.narod.ru (in Russian)
I. A. Mohanraj, BSc., PGDBA, BTA, Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (O). He lives in Coimbatore, India. He was in the field of personal selling, teaching and training for over 10 years after his graduation. He was Visiting Faculty in GRD School of Career Studies, Coimbatore. He is a resource faculty of Asha Counselling and Training Services, Coimbatore.
Mohanraj is a co-founder and Director of Relations Institute of Development, Coimbatore. He trains managers, executives, factory employees, teachers, students, social workers and parents using Transactional Analysis and allied models. His specialty in organisational development, with Transactional Analysis includes, creating self awareness, team building, problem-solving, conflict resolution, group dynamics, communication and motivation. He is a Master practitioner of NLP. He has done consultancy and training in the Middle East, Ukraine, India and Bangladesh.
Mandy is an organisational development, learning and development specialist with very strong expertise in leadership, human resources, team development, project and change management including workforce development. She is qualified as a PTSTA in the organisational field and has professional memberships in supervision, organisational development, coaching and training.
Mandy brings a wealth of experience within the health, NGO, corporate and education sectors. She is currently studying part-time at the University of Sydney master’s programme in learning science and technology.
Transactional Analysis is the framework of her training is in the structure and dynamics of organisations, communication, human factors, professional and personal development in self awareness.
With much enthusiasm and commitment Mandy is involved nationally, regionally and internationally in the training and certification standards of transactional analysis world wide.
Mandy is based in Sydney and travels throughout Australia and New Zealand providing training, professional devleopment, change management projects and professional supervision.
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http://mandystarpotential.blog.com
Karen is a Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (PTSTA) (education), coach, coach supervisor and trainer and Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator. As well as her TA certification, she has a Diploma in Coaching Skills and Coaching Supervision from Coaching Development and is accredited by the International Coach Federation as an Associate Credentialed Coach (ACC). Her Appreciative Inquiry certification is with The Company of Experts. She represents Africa on the Board of Trustees of the ITAA.
Karen runs TA 101s, 1st year and second year TA training in Cape Town and Durban, South Africa. She is involved in the Cape Town College of Transactional Analysis. This promotes both local and international TA training in Cape Town.
She currently uses her TA expertise in transformational and development work both with individuals and groups, and with corporate and the non-profit sector. She is a part time lecturer at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business using Transactional Analysis in post graduate manager diploma courses as a tool for effective management and communication skills.
As an associate of a consultancy firm, she facilitates training for Mercedes Benz throughout South Africa, once again using Transactional Analysis as a model for effective communication and customer relationship skills. Her latest exciting project is teaching life skills to a non-profit film school for previously disadvantaged young people in Cape Town.
For the last 6 years she has been facilitating Care for Carers workshops for health-care workers caring for people with HIV and AIDS, around several provinces in South Africa. Transactional Analysis has been enthusiastically embraced by many people in this sector, empowering them to find their voices, set boundaries and lobby for government to formally recognise the crucial role they play in health care in South Africa. She also plays a role in developing training material, mentoring new trainers and providing coaching support for groups and individuals within this sector
Karen is a trainer for Coaching Development and trains ICF accredited coach training courses in London, Ireland and South Africa
She has a small life coaching practice working with people from all sectors of South African society. She works with the co-active coaching model and incorporates Transactional Analysis in her coaching work.
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TA Trainer, Psychologist, Psychotherapist , President of JET (Jesuit Encounter Training), Director of a School for Professional Counselors in Genova.
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Erich Kosloski Ferrreira lives in Sao Paulo city, in Brazil, where he works privately as a lawyer, and also as human resources manager for a TI company.
Erich has been involved with Transactional Analysis since 2004, as a member of UNAT-BRASIL - where he contributed to TA translating all of the EBMA articles into Portuguese language.
Erich's turn as a trustee began in 2010 at the Montreal Conference and he will serve the BOT until July, 2012.
Vann Joines, Ph.D., TSTA (Psychotherapy) is the North American Representative on the ITAA Board of Trustees. He is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and President of the Southeast Institute for Group and Family Therapy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. He is also a Certified Group Psychotherapist and Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association, a Diplomate in Redecision Therapy, a member of the Cordinating Council of the USATAA, a Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor in the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, a Certified Teacher and Trainer in Advanced Intergrative Therapy, and a Member of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Joines is Co-Author of TA Today (Lifespace Publishing, 1987) and Personality Adaptations (Lifespace Publishing, 2002), and Author of The Joines Personality Adaptation Questionnaire, and the JPAQ Adminstration, Scoring, and Interpretative Kit. He regularly teaches and trains psychotherapists in the USA and other countries. When not doing therapy or training, he enjoys windsurfing, tennis, and enjoying his 5 children and 5 grandchildren.
