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Residential Psychotherapy Training: Why Place Matters (Worth School as a learning container)

Residential Psychotherapy Training: Why Place Matters (Worth School as a learning container)

by Giovanni | Jul 10, 2026 | Psychotherapy Training

When you look for residential psychotherapy training, it is easy to focus on content: the syllabus, the theory, the qualification, the timetable. All of that matters. But from a depth perspective, place matters too. Psychotherapy training does not happen in...
What is Therapeutic Presence? A Depth TA View of Relational Work

What is Therapeutic Presence? A Depth TA View of Relational Work

by Giovanni | Jun 26, 2026 | Psychotherapy Training, Relationship

In psychotherapy, therapeutic presence is often described as a quality of attentive contact, emotional steadiness, and psychological availability. Yet from a Depth TA perspective, presence is not simply a warm attitude or a set of interpersonal skills. It is something...
Drivers in Transactional Analysis: Be Perfect, Please Others, Try Hard, Be Strong, Hurry Up

Drivers in Transactional Analysis: Be Perfect, Please Others, Try Hard, Be Strong, Hurry Up

by Giovanni | Jun 12, 2026 | TA Theory

In Transactional Analysis, drivers are among the most recognisable patterns in human behaviour. They are the inner imperatives that shape how a person moves through the world, often with urgency, repetition, and a sense that something important depends on getting it...
Do I Need to Be Academic to Train in Psychotherapy? A TA-Friendly Answer

Do I Need to Be Academic to Train in Psychotherapy? A TA-Friendly Answer

by Giovanni | May 29, 2026 | Psychotherapy Training

If you are searching for psychotherapy training not academic, you are probably holding a very human worry: “I’m not academic, so maybe I’m not cut out for this.” Sometimes the worry is about writing. Sometimes it is about theory. Sometimes it is the deeper fear of...
The Adult Ego State in Transactional Analysis: Choice, Ethics, and Clinical Presence

The Adult Ego State in Transactional Analysis: Choice, Ethics, and Clinical Presence

by Giovanni | May 15, 2026 | Jungian Theory, TA Theory

If you are searching for Adult ego state transactional analysis, you are probably looking for more than a definition. You are looking for what the Adult does—in relationship, in decision-making, and in the therapist’s capacity to hold complexity without collapsing...
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