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Day 1February 18

Note! All time points are in GMT+2

9:30
REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS

10:00 – 10:20
CONFERENCE OPENING

10:20 – 10:30
COFFEE BREAK

10:30 – 12:00
THE FIRST LINE OF WORKSHOPS

KAREN MINIKIN

(United Kingdom)

WORKSHOP
RESILIENCE
IN THE FACE OF
DISTURBANCE

We work to help people raise consciousness and face their difficulties. This can lead to a change in perspective which in the short term adds resources. However, as script is deconstructed, deeper confrontation to defences occur and this change can feel disturbing. So, change can be experienced as disruptive, dysregulating, alongside being growthful, exciting and vitalising.

This workshops asks what is needed from the practitioner to support our clients to grow, evolve or even revolt without becoming too dysregulated? What social and psychological support do we need to bear in order to tolerate the disturbance of change?

We will explore examples of how disturbances can evoke greater consciousness or defensiveness at social and psychological levels. Thoughts about the conditions we need to bear and move with change will be discussed and shared amongst us.

Karen Minikin - CTA (P), TSTA (P), MSc TA Psychotherapy, BA (Hons) Counselling.

Karen Minikin is a psychotherapist, trainer and supervisor who integrates humanistic and radical perspectives with psychodynamic transactional analysis. She has written on radical and relational perspectives in TA and is part of the co-editing team for the TAJ, as well as being an Associate Editor for Psychotherapy and Politics International.

She lives in the south west region of the UK.

Elena Soboleva

(Russian Federation)

WORKSHOP
OH, IT SEEMS I QUITE LIKE MY CLIENT,
OR RATHER I FEEL EMPATHETIC, HM,
OR DO I FEEL COMPASSION…?

Scientific research has revealed with all clarity (See Luborsky, Singer and Luborsky 1975, Paley and Lawton, 2001) that the quality of therapeutic relationship is key to therapy, where the relationship is "the primary motivational experience in human behaviour and contact is a means by which the need in relationships is satisfied (Erskine & Trautmann, 1996/1997).

"Two-person" therapy (М.Stark) presupposes a focus on the space emerging between the therapist and the client.

The masterclass will explore as part of an interactive and discussion process the notions of liking, empathy and compassion within the frameworks of philosophy and relational TA models. The masterclass is targeted at those who have completed the basic 101 course and above.

Elena Sergeyevna Soboleva, practical psychologist, СТА (Р), TSTA (P), living and working in Saint-Petersburg (Russian Federation) as well as participating in international TA programs.
Has been working in Ukraine for over 20 years.
In 2016 was awarded with a Silver medal of COC (EATA Commission of Certifications).
Particularly interested in the theory and practice of Relational Transactional Analysis.

12:00 – 12:15
COFFEE BREAK

12:15 – 13:45
THE SECOND LINE OF WORKSHOPS

Roksana Yashchuk

(Ukraine)

WORKSHOP
RETURNING OF SOUL
OR RECOVERY OF THE
TRAUMATIZED SELF

Preface to MK: “Where’s my soul? … Put my soul in your clinical notes!” ( Mellacqua, 2016)
“I have my soul at heels” /folk saying/

From the concept of the soul, from attempts to understand its secret, the path of knowing the most mysterious in man begins.

For many centuries, starting from the ancient times of Aristotle, Plato and Heraclitus, the soul has been the subject of reflection and reasoning of philosophers.

Also, the concept of the Soul is often found in shamanistic traditions, where the physical body and physical health are seen as a consequence of spiritual health - "any disease is a consequence of a lost or stolen soul" (Forrest et al., 1932).

In my psychotherapeutic practice, unfortunately, I often hear the phrases: “something died in me”, “after death / loss ... I seemed to have lost a part of myself”, “since then I have been empty”.

“The reasons for the loss of a soul are diverse, ranging from the loss of a loved one, parting with a loved one and ending with a “ditching” in business” (Ingerman, 2001).

Through the research on various theories, I have looked for ways to help my clients regain what they have lost and meet their "central or true self" (Winnicott, 1960).

After all, when a person does not feel whole, then “the self can identify with an object, including an ego state (e.g., Berne’s Moving Self (1972)).

When the perceptual distortion that arises from identifying with an ego state occurs, it leads to suffering. Conversely, suffering can be alleviated by returning to identification with the state of going-on-being.” (Sandle, 2019).

In the workshop, I’d like to introduce my perspective and a few ways of work based on body therapy techniques and TA concepts.

Roksana Yashchuk

  • CTA-Р & CTA-O
  • PTSTA-P -EATA
  • TA 101& 202 instructor
  • Organizational consultant
  • Specialist in body-oriented therapy (bodynamics).

Organizational and public roles:

  • President of the Ukrainian Society of Transactional Analysis (USTA);
  • Specialist, trainer ITAIIP (Institute of Transactional Analysis and Integrative Psychotherapy);
  • Member of EATA & ITAA (European and International Transactional Analysis Association), NPA (National Psychological Association).

Elena Khorina

(Ukraine)

WORKSHOP
LONELINESS AND/OR RELATIONSHIPS: A CONSCIOUS AND/OR UNCONSCIOUS CHOICE

Brief description: Each of us is born and feels life being alone with herself/himself, in contact with herself/himself, with loved ones, with the world. Every life story can be represented as a story of loneliness and/or a love story. How does that happen that someone lives a life of love, and someone suffers from ‘poignant’ loneliness? I offer the conference participants a small study of the very concepts of "loneliness" and "relationships" alongside the decisions that people make consciously and unconsciously.

Elena Khorina, psychologist, psychotherapist, member of USTA, candidate for CTA (psychotherapy), 16 years of working experience.

More about myself: I consider myself an explorer, a symbolic “pearl diver”. My experience is diverse: business, scientific and empirical activities.
In my experience it’s seen that everything starts with research. If it is carried out qualitatively, then subsequent work with structuring the results goes comfortably and harmoniously. Immersing into the topic "loneliness - relationships" I found a lot of interesting things. For example, contrasts: 1. People who consider themselves deeply lonely are more likely to be able to create long-term intimate relationships. 2. People who are constantly in a relationship sometimes do not know important things about themselves andtheir loved ones. These and other stories have motivated me to look for answers to questions.

Nataliia Isaieva

(Ukraine)

WORKSHOP
LIFE SCRIPT. EXPLORING LIFE SCRIPT CREATIVELY USING FAVORITE FAIRY TALES

The original script theory was developed by Eric Berne and his colleagues. Berne suggested we could use a favorite fairy tale to explore ours and our clients script.

According to the theory of TA, a life script is drawn up by the child in the form of a story with a designated beginning, middle and end.

To the child who made the story, this can feel like a completed process and plan for life. People then often live out these plans creating their own reality for themselves as they go.

Based on these theories, Nataliia and her colleagues have developed a useful questionnaire and a practical way of applying these ideas with a range of clients and groups.

This can be used within a clear contract for relationship to enhance the clients insight and awareness and give the practitioner useful information for diagnosis and treatment.

In this workshop, will present this theory and invite you to choose a favourite fairy tale or story that has significance to you. We will use this story to work through the questionnaire providing each participant with their own results and a rich opportunity to gain understanding of the unconscious process of your own script, along with the ability to change this if you want to.

Nataliia Isaieva

  • СТА-Р-ЕАТА/ITAA, PTSTA-P-EATA/ITAA, Psychotherapy/Ukraine
  • Creator, leader and teaching coach at the School of Emotional Literacy.
  • Creator, Co-trainer and Supervisor at the International School of Redecision with Tony White. CPD course for TA specialists.
  • Head of the Institute of Transactional Analysis in Organizations / Ukraine.
  • Publisher books of Transactional Analysis.

Andrey Zayats

(Ukraine)

WORKSHOP
ICD-11:
WHAT’S NEW AND WHAT IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON PRACTICE

On January 1, 2022, the International Classification of Diseases of the 11th revision, which the WHO had been developing for five years, came into effect. Five years of research, discussions and decisions of the global medical community culminated in the publication of the new standard paradigm in the classification of diseases and disorders. In my workshop I will give an overview of the significant innovations and changes in the section on mental disorders, as well as share some ideas on how this might influence the practice of providing psychological help. The changes have touched many clusters of disorders including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, developmental disorders and personality disorders, so professionals from a variety of backgrounds will benefit from the workshop.

Andrey Zayats is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, trainee for CTA-P-EATA, post-graduate student at the Department of Psychodiagnostics and Clinical Psychology at the Taras Shevchenko National University.

13.45 – 14.30
LUNCH

14:30 – 16:00
THE THIRD LINE OF WORKSHOPS

SABINE BLUMENSTEIN

(Germany)

WORKSHOP
DO WE WANT TO GET ALONG…?

Working area: management consulting, coaching, crisis intervention, couples counselling.

I will present the modell "Contract" as a tool and contracting as a method to create, maintain and enjoy working alliances and relationship.

Eric Berne the man who invented Transactional Analysis postulated in the beginning that there is no work without a contract. My focus will be on contracts in organisations.

I will present some theory, invite you to reflect and check your own examples wether the model suits and serves you.

Sabine Blumenstein

  • Dipl.-Oecc., TSTA O and C
  • Living in Berlin
  • Trained e.g. systemic counselling, systemic constellation work, Gestalt therapy, couples method.

Boris Volodin

(Russian Federation)

WORKSHOP
WORKING WITH CLIENTS WITH NARCISSISTIC PROBLEMS

The master class is supposed to analyze the theoretical understanding of narcissistic difficulties from the ego states structure point of view. On this basis, describe relationships with clients at the level of various types of transference-countertransference relationships (introjective, projective and transformational), as well as at the Adult level. Particular attention will be paid to the use of conditional and unconditional strokes. Specific therapeutic interventions will be presented in each area of work.

Boris Volodin

  • TSTA Psychotherapy
  • Doctor of Medical Science
  • Professor at the department of psychological counselling and psychotherapy with psichiatry cource at the faculty of additional professional education in Ryazan State Medical University named after academician I.P.Pavlov.

16:00 – 16:15
COFFEE BREAK

16:15 – 16:30
«USTA WELCOME BOOK» – BENEFITS OF USTA MEMBERSHIP!
PRIZE DRAWING!

Marina Baritskaya

16:30 – 16:45
PRESENTATION OF THE «ТА-BOOKS» BOOK STORE!

Natalia Isaieva

16:45 – 17:45
DISCUSSION CLUB BY USTA «OkTalk»
«RESOURCE – RESILIENCE – CONTACT: LANGUAGE PERSPECTIVE. USING TERMS AND METAPHORS FOR BETTER COMMUNICATION»

Lana Koval

17:45 – 18:00
CLOSING OF THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONFERENCE

Day 2February 19

8:00
REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
(connection)

08:30 – 08:50
OPENING OF THE SECOND DAY OF THE CONFERENCE

08:50 – 09:00
COFFEE BREAK

09:00 – 11:30
THE FIRST LINE OF WORKSHOPS

KEITH TUDOR

(New Zealand)

WORKSHOP
RESOURCE – RESILIENCE – CONTACT: A CO-CREATIVE PERSPECTIVE

This workshop will offer a co-creative perspective on the theme of the conference and consider resource with reference to a co-creative understanding of ego states and script, resilience with reference to ego states and physis, and contact with reference to transactions, games, and culture.

The workshop, which assumes a basic working knowledge of co-creative TA will comprise some teaching, as well as opportunities to explore this re-reading of TA which, from a constructivist perspective, emphasises health alongside pathology.

Keith Tudor, PhD, CTA(P), TSTA(P) is professor of psychotherapy at Auckland Univerrsity of Tecnology where he is also co-leader of the Group for Research in the Psychological Therapies.

He has been involved in transactional analysis for over 35 years and is the author of a number of articles, chapters and books on TA, the latest of which is Claude Steiner, Emotional Activist (Routledge, 2000).

He is the winner (with Graeme Summers) of the Eric Berne Memorial Award for their work on co-creative TA and meta-perspectives about theory and design in TA.

11:30 – 11:45
COFFEE BREAK

11:45 – 13:15
THE SECOND LINE OF WORKSHOPS

Nataliia Klymenko

(Ukraine)

WORKSHOP
MONEY IN ORGANIZATIONAL SCRIPTS CONTEXT

Money in the modern world is an important component of life. And if at first it was a purely economic phenomenon, then with the development of society money acquired social and psychological characteristics. Money gradually penetrated into all spheres of social life, began to influence the economics, culture, politics and consciousness of people.

Psychologists have reached the conclusion - nowadays the attitude towards money is an important component of the economic consciousness and economic self-determination of an individual, it imacts the behavior and internal psychological state of a person.

Organizations are not created by accident, there are always people who take a leader’s role and invites others to unite in order to achieve certain goals. They, like others, have their own formed economic consciousness and attitude towards money.

Transactional analysts consider the influence of the life scripts of the founders of organizations on the formation of scripts of organizations and organizational culture.

At the workshop, we will look at organizational script theory and analyze the meaning of money in an organizational context.

Nataliia Klymenko

  • trainee for CTA-P-EATA, CTA-O-EATA;
  • postgraduate student of the G.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Laboratory of Organizational and Social Psychology;
  • psychologist, psychotherapist, organizational counselor;
  • practical experience – 21 years;
  • author of the book "Tips of prophetesses. MAC "Keys of Women's Power";
  • host of TA therapy groups "Money and Social Growth";
  • researcher of life scripts and psychology of money;
  • experience in Money Coaching – 15 years.

Contacts: www.psycholad.com.ua

Denys Starkov

(Ukraine)

WORKSHOP
SOME ADDITIONS TO
MINDFULNESS

General information about Mindfulness. Neurobiological substantiatiin of the technique. History of the term ‘meditation’. Meditation in Western Philosophy. The importance of creating a narrative. Descartes vs Buddha. Gödel's theorem. Mindfulness and "Adult" ego-state in transactional analysis.

Denys Starkov, PhD in Psychology, Transactional Analyst (CTA-p-EATA), social work practicioner and expert, honorary member of USTA.

Anna Zuykova

(Slovenia)

WORKSHOP
SELF-SUPPORT, RESOURCE ACTIVATION, MINDFULNESS PRACTICES FOR CLIENTS AND PRACTITIONERS

Description of the workshop: How to find and maintain balance in a situation of unpredictability and lack of resources? Where to look for sources of energy when the usual ones are limited or lost? What to rely on when there is no “shoulder to support” nearby?

Theoretical developments and practical ideas for answering these and other related questions will be presented as part of the workshop. Key concepts: Bio-Psycho-Socio-Spiritual paradigm, Transactional Analysis, creative methods, grounding techiques, centering and awareness practices and others.

The interactive co-creative space will be a place for reflection and exchange of experience, practical exercises and theory with a focus on self-support for clients and professionals.

Anna Zuykova

Certified sociologist and psychologist, candidate for CTA-P (trainee CTA-P), art therapist, ITTA therapist, actress, translator.

Member of the executive committee of SLOVENTA.

Anna is a practitioner with more than 13 years of experience and has been living and working in Slovenia since 2013. The main areas of professional interests are working with vulnerable groups (migrants and refugees, LGBTQ+, socially vulnerable groups, teenagers, creatively gifted, etc.), the use of creative techniques and mindfulness in therapeutic practice, burnout prevention among professionals, psychological information and destigmatization, diversity, equality and involvement (diversity, equity and inclusion) in professional practice, search and activation of a resource.

www.artpsy.pro

Alexey Zaritsky

(Ukraine)

WORKSHOP
MINDFULNESS PRACTICES TO STRENGTHEN THE ADULT

One of the unique human qualities is the ability to be aware of one's life and be fully present in it with wisdom and inclusion. In other words, being in the Adult ego-state and truly experiencing life from there.

Even Eric Berne pointed out awareness among the main qualities of autonomy, - the ability to see, hear, feel, taste and smell things as sensory impressions.

The good news is that the skill of mindful presence in life can be developed using specific mindfulness practices. Regular application of mindfulness practices in everyday life helps to strengthen the Adult and improve the quality of all areas of life.

At the workshop we will learn about two modes of our brain - autopilot and awareness, their differences and functions; we’ll discuss what mindfulness is, from the point of view of modern science, its’ advantages and qualities; we’ll get acquainted with the formal and informal practices of mindfulness and the peculiarities of their use to strengthen the position of the Adult.

Mindfulness is not about “how to be in a trend”, but about “how to be an Adult for real”!

Alexey Zaritsky

  • Practicing psychologist in Transactional Analysis modality
  • CFT and ACT Practitioner
  • Art Therapist
  • MAC Specialist
  • Lecturer at the Olga Garkavets Institute of Practical Psychology
  • Member of USTA, NPA, EATA

13.15 – 14.00
LUNCH

14:00 – 15:30
THE THIRD LINE OF WORKSHOPS

HARRY GERTH

(Netherlands)

WORKSHOP
USING CORE QUALITIES FOR BEHAVIOURAL DIAGNOSIS

Fields: all fields

In “The Structure And Dynamics Of Organizations And Groups”, Berne (1963) wrote that the diagnosis of ego states is complete when it can be supported from four different viewpoints: behavioural, social, subjective and historical. Behavioural diagnosis is a logical starting point in the process of diagnosis, and within our TA-world some methodologies are available to get a good insight in behaviour. In this workshop I provide an additional and probably unknown instrument based on core qualities. With this instrument you are able to get a thorough insight in behaviour. Although this instrument is not a typical TA-instrument, it can be connected to several TA-concepts.

Harry Gerth - MSc, TSTA

15:30 – 15:45
COFFEE BREAK

15:45 – 17:15
THE FOURTH LINE OF WORKSHOPS

Katerina Bulhakova

(Ukraine)

WORKSHOP
AUTONOMY IS THE PATH TO CONSTRUCTIVE ADULTING

Each person goes through stages of development, becoming an adult, and, at some point, faces various age restrictions.

The result is disbalance, stress, and increased anxiety. This is especially true for adults who are prone to symbiotic relationships.

Therefore, an important resource for activating Physis for optimal coping with challenges is Autonomy.

An autonomous person feels Active, Courageous and Resilient for a longer time.

At the master class, we will analyze the list of age restrictions (problems) and, based on the Co-creative TA, we will create solutions related to Autonomy.

Katerina Bulhakova

  • The first in Ukraine Certified Transactional Analyst (CTA-P) in the field of psychotherapy, a practitioner with more than 40 years of experience.
  • TA Trainer and Supervisor (TTA-P-ITAA) has been providing TA training courses since 2010.
  • Author of TA projects: An profound study of personal adaptations (two modules), a series of Workshops "TA Resources".
  • Author of the article "How to maintain self-esteem facing discounting" Magazine "USTA Dialogues" #1, co-author of an article on body script.

Tatiana Skuratovskaya
&
Elena Kolinko

(Ukraine)

WORKSHOP
FAMILY SYSTEM AS A RESOURCE

Practical experience shows that it is much more effective to work with the requests of parents and children through the family system, which is a resource in itself.

At the workshop, you will learn how to use the classical theory of functional ego states and the family system in work with parents, children, and partners. We also invite you to “get acquainted” with the Nurturing Parent of relationships, explore how it manifests itself and what is its resource.

We will consider in detail the model of the family system with the participation of the therapist and the formation of the Nurturing Parent of the relationship. We will talk about how to work with children who were born with the help of the IVF method (in the context of the formation of a Nurturing Parent). There will definitely be a practical part, which includes an exercise and examples from practice.

Tatyana Skuratovskaya

  • child psychologist, psychologist;
  • TA 202 graduate;
  • Member of the USTA;
  • Work experience 8 years.

Elena Kolinko

  • practicing psychologist;
  • trainee for CTA;
  • Candidate of Legal Sciences;
  • Member of USTA, NPA, EATA;
  • Work experience 7 years.

Irina Basista

(Ukraine)

WORKSHOP
PSYCHOTHERAPY OF ATTACHMENT

Relationships are a key need of a human to be in contact with others. The first experience gained in relationships with caring adults we transfer to any other relationship. Attachment comes with a person to the therapy room, and we dance this dance together. If the therapist is aware of the person's need for a reliable secure attachment, then they lead this dance as if they sent a message "I am a support for you", after which the therapeutic alliance and the psychotherapeutic work itself are built.

I invite you within the workshop to learn more about how this mechanism works with examples, learn a little more about your attachment patterns and feel the theory of attachment in practice.

Irina Basista

Psychologist, psychotherapist, member of USTA, candidate for CTA (psychotherapy), member of the International Association for Integrative Psychotherapy, trainer of the NGO «INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE”.

I lead the practice in the TA method and integrative psychotherapy with a focus on relationships.

Extended info: I balance between the roles of mother, wife and professional who loves her vocation, and, in my opinion, I'm good at it. Once in personal therapy, I realized that I faced myself through a relationship with a therapist, and only then I was able to build a relationship with a partner, and now be and develop in it. This determined my area of ​​interest. I build my life, practice, work with clients through relationships. I invite you to the world of relationships that fill, develop and add different colors to life.

Yuliia Zhydkova

(Ukraine)

WORKSHOP
ANALYSIS OF THE THERAPIST’S UNCONSCIOUS HISTORY WITHIN THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESS

In the therapy room, we may witness a formation of a relationship in which two unique unconscious stories intersect - the therapist’s and the client’s ones, the place for transference and countertransference to arise.
Working through the transference is a prerequisite for structural change. In order to understand the depth of the client's unconscious processes, for therapists it is important to explore and understand the depth of their own history.

Therapists also have their own scripts, psychological defenses, and fears of intimacy, which can lead to acting out in working with clients. By exploring the depth of our script, we can help clients connect with their innermost experiences and gain new relationship experiences by replenishing the internal deficiencies.

I will present the model of the Relational approach, options for analyzing one's own countertransference, and talk about examples from private practice.

Yuliia Zhydkova - trainee for CTA-P-EATA, medical psychologist

17:15 – 17:30
COFFEE BREAK

17:30 – 17:45
PRESENTATION OF THE USTA JOURNAL – «Dialogues of USTA»!
PRIZE DRAWING!

Vladlena Artemenko

17:45 – 18:00
CLOSING OF THE SECOND DAY OF THE CONFERENCE

Day 3February 20

8:00
REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
(connection)

08:30 – 08:50
OPENING OF THE LAST DAY OF THE CONFERENCE

08:50 – 09:00
COFFEE BREAK

09:00 – 10:30
THE FIRST LINE OF WORKSHOPS