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New episode live 🎙️ We’re delighted to announce that a brand new episode of the Transactional Analysis Podcast is out now. Our guest, Cat Cornthwaite (PTSTA-E) taught secondary English for over a decade before moving into educational TA full time. In conversation with Jr-Earn Lam and Sarah Lowes, she explores: ✔️ Why capable adults can be pulled straight back to early learning experiences the moment they’re new at something again ✔️ Prepping the soil, with Newton and Napper’s learning cycle held close to physis ✔️ Educational wounds in adult learners, drawing on Kirsten Olson’s Wounded by School ✔️ Why we can’t move straight from a wound to a healing affirmation, and what hospicing offers instead This is a fantastic conversation for TA educators and for anyone new to educational TA. 🎧 Listen now to the full conversation wherever you get your podcasts www.tapodcast.com #transactionalanalysis #ta #tapodcast

We didn't want to leave out any part of this important recognition by shortening the text to fit Instagram's caption limit, so we've shared the full tribute in the carousel for you to read. 💛 (swipe the images:)

💐 A heartfelt thank you to Leilani Mitchell! 💐 Leilani has been serving EATA for many years, taking on different roles along the way — from Chair of the Communications Committee, to creating and interviewing colleagues for our videos, to being a wonderful host of EATA and joint EATA–ITAA webinars. 🎥🎤 We are so grateful for her professionalism, her warm smile, her technical skills, and the welcoming presence she has brought to our online events. 💛 She has helped us connect and feel part of our international community, even when meeting online. As Leilani reflects on her journey: “I have loved working collaboratively with friends and colleagues and being a part of connecting our rich international community online.” 🌍🤝 Thank you, Leilani, for everything you have contributed to EATA! We wish you lots of joy and fun as you continue to explore all the other areas of your busy life. ✨💐

📣 The programme is now available! The EATA Research Conference 2026 is getting closer, and you can now explore the draft programme! ✨ 🔎 Take a look at the sessions and speakers, discover what’s planned across three days of international exchange, and join us in exploring the past, present and future of evidence-based Transactional Analysis. 📍 Pontificia Università Salesiana — Rome, Italy 📅 11–13 December 2026 💻 You can participate in person in Rome or online! 👉 Explore the programme and register here: https://eataconference2026.org/ We look forward to welcoming you! 🌍💬 Please note: The draft programme was updated on 8 October 2026. The schedule and session details may be subject to change.

🎉 Yes, we celebrated! But the EATA Council meeting in Prague was about much more than that. Alongside celebrating EATA’s 50th anniversary, we had a busy few days full of work, exchange and connection. 💙 We said hello and goodbye to EATA delegates, officers, committee members and chairs (more about all these changes in upcoming posts 👋), took part in "mini-workshops", including sessions with Mayke Wagner-Froböse and Sabine Blumenstein on roles and future of EATA, awarded medals 🏅, listened to reports from the Strategy Groups and committees, voted on proposals and discussed changes. And of course, there were some special anniversary moments! 🎁 We received 50th anniversary gifts for the whole EATA community, explored Prague on a city tour guided by Honza 🏰, and enjoyed traditional Czech food at a brewery restaurant together with the ČATA board — Radka, Kristýna and Honza. 🍻🇨🇿 📸 Enjoy some of these moments with us through the photos! There is much more to come: updates on people and role changes, introductions, farewells, news and, of course, the promised anniversary gifts. Stay tuned! A big thank you to the whole EATA Executive Committee for making this Council meeting possible, to Sylvia Schachner and Ana-Marija Vidjak for leading the flow and to ČATA for hosting us so warmly in Prague. 💙

🎉 EATA’s Golden Anniversary in Golden Prague! ✨ From Saturday to Monday, the EATA Council came together in Prague not only to work, but also to celebrate a very special milestone — EATA’s 50th anniversary, finally in person! 💙 A golden anniversary in Golden Prague, as the city is sometimes called! We had a wonderful time celebrating this occasion on behalf of the whole EATA community. And there were some lovely anniversary gifts for EATA that we got to experience together — more about those very soon! 🎁 Of course, there was work to do as well. Many updates, decisions, hellos and farewells took place, and we’ll be sharing more with you over the coming days and weeks. 🗣️ Happy 50th anniversary, EATA! 🥂 Here’s to the next chapter of our shared journey. And a heartfelt thank you to ČATA for hosting us in Prague! 🇨🇿💙

✨ Rethinking EATA Communications Ahead of the EATA Council meeting in Prague this weekend, the Communication Strategy Group — bringing together CC members, chairs, the EATA webmaster and EATA’s Operations Officer — met to discuss possible innovations and modernisation across EATA’s communication channels. 💬 We looked at the EATA website, newsletter and monthly email, and, importantly, how we can better connect and align these different channels. 🌐📰📧 More ideas and discussions will follow in Prague on Saturday!

✨ Meet Gohar (Goya) Levonyan from Armenia! In this edition of our #CheckingInWithDelegates series, Gohar shares her experience as the Armenian delegate to EATA and reflects on what it means to connect, contribute, and be part of the wider EATA community. 💬🌿🤝 "The course of our lives is largely determined by meetings with people; each encounter being a gift and an opportunity to learn something new. The first step on one of the roads of my life — the adventure called EATA — was my visit to Rome in 2009 to take part in an EATA Council meeting. Since then a very important aspect of being a Delegate for me has been the opportunity to meet people. Their generosity has inspired my work in EATA throughout the years. Participating in this process involves mutual action: we receive and give support; we ask for opinions and share our experiences. I am grateful to all the colleagues for the steps taken toward each other, for the diversity of interactions and for the full range of emotions we experienced.“

💙 Thank you, Victoria Baskerville! 💙 What a powerful and thought-provoking EATA–ITAA webinar! 🌍✨ More than 110 people joined us and listened carefully to every word Victoria shared — with such passion, warmth, depth and a powerful message. 🎙️💬 Victoria took us on a fascinating decolonising journey through the radical roots of Transactional Analysis towards intersectional TA on the ground, inviting us to look more critically at culture, identity, power and the social and historical contexts that shape our theory and practice. 🌱🔎 The response from participants showed just how much this conversation resonated. Many were intrigued, engaged and eager to hear more from Victoria and to continue exploring these important questions. 💭🤝 🙏 Thank you, Victoria, for sharing your knowledge, experience and expertise with such generosity and passion. And a very special thank you to Leilani Mitchell for hosting the event once again with such professionalism, care and heart. 💙🎙️ We are grateful to everyone who joined us and contributed to creating such a thoughtful and engaged space for dialogue. 🌍🤝 #TransactionalAnalysis #EATA #ITAA #EATAWebinar #DecolonisingTA #IntersectionalTA #TACommunity #Psychotherapy

🎉 To celebrate EATA's 50th Anniversary, we're continuing our "Did You Know?" trivia series! 💙 Each post brings a new multiple-choice question to test your knowledge of EATA and the fascinating history of Transactional Analysis. Make your guess, then scroll down for the correct answer and an interesting historical fact! 👇 👉 Ready for today's question? ❓ Did you know that in 1942, Eric Berne pitched three futuristic ideas to the US Navy? 🪂🛰️ Only ONE of these is true. Can you guess which one it is? 🤔👇 A) A blueprint for an armored jetpack to let infantry soldiers fly over battlefield obstacles. 🪂 B) A high-tech, Iron Dome-style defensive shield designed to destroy incoming bombers and make air raids completely obsolete. 🛡️✈️ C) A space-based orbital radar satellite to track enemy troop movements from above. 🛰️🌍 ⬇️ Scroll... ⬇️ A little further... 😊 ⬇️ Keep scrolling... ... ... ... ✅ Correct answer: 🅱️ A high-tech, Iron Dome-style defensive shield! 🛡️✈️ In 1942, during World War II, Eric Berne proposed an ambitious idea for a defensive system that could detect and destroy incoming enemy aircraft, with the aim of making air raids obsolete. 🚀🛡️ Long before the technologies we associate with modern missile defence systems existed, Berne was already imagining ways that technology could radically change warfare. 💡⚙️ Who knew that the future founder of Transactional Analysis had such futuristic ideas? 😉 👏 Did you guess correctly? Join us again soon for another EATA 50th Anniversary trivia question! 🎂💙 #EATA50Anniversary #TransactionalAnalysis #EATA #DidYouKnow #TACommunity #EATAHistory

This Thursday! Join us for another inspiring EATA & ITAA collaborative webinar, bringing together outstanding Transactional Analysis speakers from across our global community. 🤝💙 This special event is part of the ongoing collaboration between EATA and ITAA, creating opportunities to learn, exchange ideas, and explore engaging and thought-provoking topics in Transactional Analysis. This time with Victoria Baskerville entitled "A decolonising journey from the radical roots of transactional analysis to intersectional transactional analysis on the ground." Understanding how our culture, identity, and power shape TA practice 🌍About the Webinar This webinar will take participants on a decolonising journey from the radical roots of transactional analysis to intersectional transactional analysis on the ground, challenging social constructs and constructed truths. It is informed by Victoria’s journeying in establishing the TA East London Institute and ideas on developing Transactional Analysis through an Intersectional Lens. A process of deconstruction and reconstruction of Theory and Practice, framed by social, cultural, political, and historical contexts, and accounting for systemic oppression – the onslaught of colonisation, supremacies, and systemic racism – which has not been adequately addressed in TA and psychotherapy. 🌍Why Attend? The aim of this webinar is that attendees will become more critically reflective of TA philosophy, theory and practice, and consider their place within systemic oppression, and the part they play. 🌍About the Presenter Victoria Baskerville (she/her) TSTA (P) is a Transactional Analyst and Intersectional Psychotherapist based in multidiverse East London, UK. She founded TA East London Institute, bringing a lens of intersectionality, aiming to account for social, cultural, and political contexts across theory and practice. She is a passionate activist for decolonising Transactional Analysis and psychotherapy practice. 📅 Thursday, 1 October 2026 🕒 10:30 CEST (UTC+2) 🔗 Register via booking link in bio or via EATA website Looking forward to seeing you at the webinar! #eata #itaa

📢 EATA is looking for a new Newsletter Editor! Are you passionate about writing, editing, and shaping how our community communicates? EATA is seeking a dedicated Newsletter Editor to lead the intellectual content and editorial direction of the EATA Newsletter — a key pillar of our communication strategy and external visibility. What you’ll do: ✍️ Oversee the quality and consistency of the Newsletter 📝 Part of the Editorial Board 🤝 Collaborate with the Communication Committee, EC, and Webmaster 🎯 Select articles and guide the editorial process ⏰ Manage deadlines and uphold editorial standards What we’re looking for: 🔹 Advanced English writing skills (C2 level) 🔹 Strong decision-making and leadership abilities 🔹 TA knowledge and an OK-OK perspective 🔹 Experience with design, multimedia, or photography is a plus Terms: 2 years, with a shadowing period of two editions if possible. 📩 How to apply: Send your application to the Operations Officer at ecoo@eatanews.org. #EATA #NewsletterEditor #TransactionalAnalysis #Communication #VolunteerRole #EATA50

📣 Invitation to the Online EATA General Assembly 2026 Dear EATA members, We warmly invite you to join us for the EATA General Assembly 2026, which will take place ONLINE on November 12th, 2026. 🌍💻 You are invited to attend, with the following agenda: 👋 Welcome and presentation of officers 🗳️ Vote: Approval of the minutes of General Assembly 2025 (see on EATA website) 🎤 President’s report 💶 Treasurer’s report 📋 Report of the internal auditor 🗳️ Vote: Acceptance of accounts / to give release to Council and Officers 📝 Registration Please register via: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2001536841573?aff=oddtdtcreator 🌐 You can also access the 2025 minutes and register via the EATA website homepage slider. 🌍 Translation Translation channels will be available during the Assembly. If National Associations would like to provide a translator into their own language, a translation channel can be organised on Zoom. Please contact the EATA office before November 1st, 2026 via office@eatanews.org if you would like to use this option. 💙 We are looking forward to welcoming you to our General Assembly Meeting 2026 and to seeing you online! Sylvia Schachner EATA President Ana-Marija Vidjak EATA General Secretary 📅 Date and Time November 12, 2026 🕔 17:00–18:00 GMT (London time) 🕕 18:00–19:00 CET (Berlin time) 🕖 19:00–20:00 EET (Eastern European time) 💻 Location Online

🤖✨ Thank you for joining our EATA webinar on AI and Transactional Analysis on 17th September A big thank you to our wonderful speakers Karine Danan, Sébastien Balbastre and S.J. Van Poelje for sharing their knowledge, experience and perspectives on the use of AI in psychotherapy and coaching. It was especially valuable to explore how AI can be combined with TA theory and practice — looking at both the possibilities it offers and the questions and limitations it brings. The discussion showed just how much curiosity and excitement there is around this rapidly developing topic. 💬 Thank you as well to everyone who joined us, asked questions, shared their thoughts and showed such great interest in the conversation. And a very special thank you to Leilani Mitchell for hosting and guiding us through the event with her usual warmth and professionalism. 🌟 We hope the webinar gave you some new ideas to take into your own TA practice — and perhaps raised a few new questions to keep exploring. 🤖🧠❤️ AI may be developing quickly, but keeping TA theory, ethics and human connection at the centre remains essential. Thank you for being part of the conversation!

Join us today for this great webinar! Just a quick note: the order of the presenters will be swapped compared with the previous announcement. 🤖✨ You are cordially invited to attend the second EATA webinar focusing on the use of AI in TA practice. The event will consist of two sections: 🛋️ The first part will focus on the Psychotherapy field, and 🚀 the second on Coaching. A big thank you to our speakers, who will share their thoughts and experiences on using AI in Transactional Analysis 💬 📅 Thursday, 17 September 🕕 18:00 – 19:30 BST 🕖 19:00 – 20:30 CEST 🕗 20:00 – 21:30 EECT 👇 Please see below for details of the two presentations: 🤝 TA, AI and Human Connection – The Wonders and Limitations of AI in Coaching Sebastien Balbastre and S.J. Van Poelje In this webinar, we will provide concrete examples of the use of AI in coaching and explore both its benefits and limitations. We will outline which types of coaching services are likely to remain unchanged and offer clear guidelines for further coach training. The objective of this webinar is to help therapists and coaches develop an informed and balanced relationship with artificial intelligence, using it as a supportive tool while preserving the depth, ethics, and humanity of psychotherapeutic and coaching work ❤️ ------------------------- 🧠 Artificial Intelligence and Psychotherapy – Structuring Diagnosis and Clinical Thinking in Transactional Analysis Karine Danan Artificial intelligence raises many questions among psychotherapists today. Beyond idealized or fear-based representations, it can become a practical tool supporting clinical thinking when used with discernment. This 30-minute webinar offers a practical introduction to the use of AI as a tool for structuring therapeutic work in Transactional Analysis. 🔗 To learn more about the speakers and the topic, and to book your place, please use the link in our bio or visit the EATA website.

“There is no hope for the human race, but there is hope for individual members of it.” — Eric Berne, Games People Play What is your favourite quote in Transactional Analysis? Share it with us! 💬 #TransactionalAnalysis #TA #EricBerne #GamesPeoplePlay #Psychology #HumanNature #Hope #TACommunity

🌍 How do EATA and EAP work together? As psychotherapy continues to evolve across Europe, collaboration between professional organisations is more important than ever. 🤝 In this article, EAP delegate Aleksandra Djuric gives us an overview of how EATA and the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP) work together to support the development, accreditation and professional mobility of Transactional Analysis psychotherapists. 🧠🌿 ✨ Read the full article in the latest EATA Newsletter! You have two ways to read it! You can either: ✅ Read the complete Newsletter in PDF format, as usual, or 🌐 Read the article directly on the EATA website—no need to download the full PDF. Choose the format that suits you best and enjoy the article! ✨ ✨The link for the whole PDF is in the bio ✨stand-alone article here: (go through EATA website please) https://newsletter.eatanews.org/eatas-role-in-the-european-psychotherapy-framework

🌍 #CheckingInWithDelegates Meet Sara Foschi from Spain!✨ In this edition of our #CheckingInWithDelegates series, Sara talks about her experience as an EATA delegate and shares some personal reflections on connecting, contributing, and being part of the EATA community 💬🌿 “To me, being a delegate in an international association represents who I am: a psychologist and psychotherapist who has studied and worked between Italy, England and Spain. Being a delegate in EATA means belonging to something far greater than any single country or language – the gift of working with people from different cultures, traditions and professional backgrounds, all connected by transactional analysis and by a shared care for the people and communities we work with. Over the years I have first been a member of the ECC and now of the PTSC, and through each of these roles I have found the same thing: connection. Listening to my own community, bringing its voice to Europe, and carrying back the richness of everything we build together. That feeling of belonging, across borders and across languages, is a real treasure – and it is what makes being a delegate so meaningful to me.” Thank you for your contribution to EATA, Sara!

You are cordially invited to attend the second EATA webinar focusing on the use of AI in TA practice. The event will consist of two sections: 🛋️ The first part will focus on the Psychotherapy field, and 🚀 the second on Coaching. A big thank you to our speakers, who will share their thoughts and experiences on using AI in Transactional Analysis 💬 📅 Thursday, 17 September 🕕 18:00 – 19:30 BST 🕖 19:00 – 20:30 CEST 🕗 20:00 – 21:30 EECT 👇 Please see below for details of the two presentations: 🧠 Artificial Intelligence and Psychotherapy – Structuring Diagnosis and Clinical Thinking in Transactional Analysis Karine Danan Artificial intelligence raises many questions among psychotherapists today. Beyond idealized or fear-based representations, it can become a practical tool supporting clinical thinking when used with discernment. This 30-minute webinar offers a practical introduction to the use of AI as a tool for structuring therapeutic work in Transactional Analysis. ────────────── 🤝 TA, AI and Human Connection – The Wonders and Limitations of AI in Coaching Sebastien Balbastre and S.J. Van Poelje In this webinar, we will provide concrete examples of the use of AI in coaching and explore both its benefits and limitations. We will outline which types of coaching services are likely to remain unchanged and offer clear guidelines for further coach training. The objective of this webinar is to help therapists and coaches develop an informed and balanced relationship with artificial intelligence, using it as a supportive tool while preserving the depth, ethics, and humanity of psychotherapeutic and coaching work ❤️ 🔗 To learn more about the speakers and the topic, and to book your place, please use the link in our bio or visit the EATA website.

Join us for another inspiring EATA & ITAA collaborative webinar, bringing together outstanding Transactional Analysis speakers from across our global community. 🤝💙 This special event is part of the ongoing collaboration between EATA and ITAA, creating opportunities to learn, exchange ideas, and explore engaging and thought-provoking topics in Transactional Analysis. This time with Victoria Baskerville entitled "A decolonising journey from the radical roots of transactional analysis to intersectional transactional analysis on the ground." Understanding how our culture, identity, and power shape TA practice 🌍About the Webinar This webinar will take participants on a decolonising journey from the radical roots of transactional analysis to intersectional transactional analysis on the ground, challenging social constructs and constructed truths. It is informed by Victoria’s journeying in establishing the TA East London Institute and ideas on developing Transactional Analysis through an Intersectional Lens. A process of deconstruction and reconstruction of Theory and Practice, framed by social, cultural, political, and historical contexts, and accounting for systemic oppression – the onslaught of colonisation, supremacies, and systemic racism – which has not been adequately addressed in TA and psychotherapy. 🌍Why Attend? The aim of this webinar is that attendees will become more critically reflective of TA philosophy, theory and practice, and consider their place within systemic oppression, and the part they play. 🌍About the Presenter Victoria Baskerville (she/her) TSTA (P) is a Transactional Analyst and Intersectional Psychotherapist based in multidiverse East London, UK. She founded TA East London Institute, bringing a lens of intersectionality, aiming to account for social, cultural, and political contexts across theory and practice. She is a passionate activist for decolonising Transactional Analysis and psychotherapy practice. 📅 Thursday, 1 October 2026 🕒 10:30 CEST (UTC+2) 🔗 Register via booking link in bio or via EATA website Looking forward to seeing you at the webinar! #eata #itaa