It will raise consciousness of the many wyas in which life script interferes with our capacity for healthy relating and results in varying degrees of social and occupational functioning and personal distress. Personal growth and development is a continual focus of the training during which students and staff will have the opportunity to experience and reflect on the quality of their relationships, one with another. This is complemented by a student's ongoing personal therapy which is a fundamental requirement of the training programme. In summary, the goals of Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy are to enhance a person's capacity for spontaneity, awareness and intimacy, via satisfying experiences and relationships. From the Transactional Analysis perspective an individual cannot achieve autonomy in isolation.
Environmental factors can prove a major source of distress disempowerment and alienation.
This is particularly manifested by inequality of opportunity. The programme will address in both general and specific ways inequality based on nationality, race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, class, political or religious belief. Assumptions about the validity and effectiveness of Transactional Analysis will be challenged by contemporary research and reflected in the literature content of the programme. Matters of professional ethics and clinical practice are an important feature of the programme in view of professional registration following graduation.