SAYING HELLO! 2015
Regional Meet on Transactional Analysis and Human Development
SEPTEMBER 26-27, 2015
Hosts:
Relations Institute of Development and
Asha Counselling and Training Services, Coimbatore
Yet another opportunity for TA practitioners, trainers, trainees and aspirants to come together and
learn from each other, in an atmosphere of joy and fun.
Join us and let us experience the joy of saying ’hello!’
Programme:
Saturday
Channel
1
2
Workshop Title
TA 101
I, We, It: Tools to build winning
organisations
3
Empathy and Confrontation
4
8 principles of Relationship and Change
5
Hypnosis: Basics and Beyond
Presenter(s)
Saru and Team
C. Suriyaprakash
I.A. Mohanraj
K. Raguraman
Chitra Ravi
Neha….
Sailaja Manacha and Ragini
Rao
Jini Gopinath
Day Session
Both Full day
Both Full day
Presenter(s)
Saru and Team
C. Suriyaprakash
I.A. Mohanraj
K. Raguraman
A. Geethan
Day Session
Both Full day
Both Full day
Sun
Full day
Susan George
Sun
Full day
Preeta Naveen
Sun
Full day
Sat
Sat
Sat
FN only
AN only
Full day
Sat
Full day
Sunday
Channel
1
2
Workshop Title
TA 101
TA for OD
3
Learning Culture for Organizational
Development
Enhancing Relationships through
Surfacing the Unconscious
Cops in the Head: A workshop on
Theatre for Empowerment
4
5
Programme
Saturday, September 26, 2015
08.30 a.m.
Registration
09.00 a.m.
'saying hello!'
10.00 a.m.
Workshops begin
05.00 p.m.
Close for day one
Sunday, September 27, 2015
09.00 a.m.
'saying hello!' again
09.30 a.m.
Workshops continue
05.00 p.m.
What do you feel after 'saying hello'
06.00 p.m.
Saying bye-bye!
Tea/Coffee Break
11:30 - 11:45 a.m.
3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Venue
United Theological College (UTC) is situated on Miller’s Road, less than a kilometre behind
Bangalore Cantonment Railway Station; about 10 minutes walk.
63, Miller's Road, Benson Town
Bangalore- 560046, Karnataka, India.
Telephone:+91-80-23333438, 23330502
www.utc.edu.in
Accommodation
Limited number of rooms are available on twin sharing basis at the venue. All rooms are bath
attached. Please register before August 15 if you need accommodation at the venue. Tariff: Rs.700/+ 14% tax per occupant on twin sharing including breakfast.
Registration Fee
BEFORE
AUG 15
BEFORE
SEP 15
SPOT
TRAINEES
& SAATA
MEMBERS
3000
OTHER
INDIVIDUALS
CORPORATE
4000
6000
3500
4500
7500
4500
5500
8500
Saying Hello! 2015
Registration Form
Name
Address
City
e-mail
Before Aug 15
Before Sep 15
Spot
PIN
Phone
Registration Fee
TA Trainees &
Other individuals
SAATA members
 3000
 4000
 3500
 4500
 4500
 5500
Corporate
 6000
 7500
 8500
Accommodation tariff:
 Rs.800/- for one night per person (incl.14% tax)
Payment
Total Rs.
By  Cash  Cheque  DD
No.
Dated
Bank
I wish to attend
Saturday
Sunday
 TA 101
 I, We, It: Tools to build winning organisations
 Cops in the Head (Theatre Workshop)
 Learning Culture for Organizational
Development
8 principles of Relationship and Change
 Empathy and Confrontation (FN only)
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 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
 Movement Therapy
Maximum 20 seats per channel, except the TA 101.
Registration is on first-come-first-serve basis
Signature
Date
Cheque/DD to be drawn in favour of "RELATIONS" payable at COIMBATORE.
Fill this form and send with payment to:
‘Relations, 91, Krishna Colony, Singanallur, Coimbatore 641005’
(Fill separate form for each delegate. Make copies of the form for more than one delegate)
TA 101: Transactional Analysis for Better Living
TA101 is a personal and practical workshop about people: you, and the other people in your life,
especially those you live with, and work with. It introduces you to the basic principles and concepts
of Transactional Analysis in its characteristic non-threatening, practical, interesting, and often fun
approach to learn about self and others. It stresses the possibilities of personal growth, improved
relationships, and greater effectiveness through Transactional Analysis.
All participants will receive an international certificate on successful completion of this two-day
course.
Led by P. K. Saru, TSTA(P) and team of 101 Instructors.
P.K. Saru, MA, LLB, TSTA (P) is an internationally accredited Teaching and Supervising Transactional
Analyst (TSTA) in the field of psychotherapy. She has over 20 years of experience as counsellor,
psychotherapist and trainer. She is the Managing Trustee of Centre for Holistic Integrated Learning
and Development and the Director of Asha Counselling and Training Services, Coimbatore. Winner of
the 2010 Muriel James Living Principles Award of the ITAA, Saru is the Founder President of the South
Asian Association of Transactional Analysts (SAATA).
Enhancing Relationships through Surfacing the Unconscious
Susan George
“To say Hello rightly is to see the other person, to be aware of him as a phenomenon, to happen to
him and to be ready for him to happen to you” (Berne, 1972). Contact, which is “full awareness of
internal desires, needs, perceptions, emotions or thoughts, relational patterns” (Erskine and
Moursund, 2011) enhances this saying Hello and effective communication thereafter. However, our
script “impedes awareness of both relational needs and the affect resulting from the absence of
satisfaction of those needs” (Erskine and Zalcman).
Berne (1972) describes scripts as “artificial systems which limit spontaneous and creative human
aspirations” and games as “artificial structures which limit spontaneous and creative intimacy”. Thus
surfacing our unconscious relational needs aids our release of capacities of awareness, spontaneity
and intimacy.
This workshop aims at using drawing, movement, play and small group activities to facilitate this
process.
Susan George, PhD, TSTA (P) balances in her the roles of an educationist, psychotherapist and
trainer with over 35 years of teaching and administrative experience at the Women’s Christian
College, Chennai and 12 years of psychotherapy practice. She is a master practitioner of NLP and
conducts TA 101s and advanced training in TA and NLP for therapists and counsellors. She also
teaches life skills programmes for students and workshops for teachers, parents, NGOs and
corporates. Susan is the current President of the South Asian Association of Transactional Analysts
(SAATA).
Learning culture for organizational development (LCOD)
A. Geethan
My talk will include the latest trends in the field of coaching and organizational development
worldwide and how it can be adapted to suit the Indian context and culture. I will also be sharing
case studies on how to build a learning system and culture within the work space. The learning
culture we build in organizations helps employees learn about how the current culture influences
their perception, attitude, actions, events and reality of the organization. When employees at
various levels (combination of both vertical and horizontal hierarchical positions) learn as a team,
they in-turn create a compelling opportunity to update the prevailing culture. Once this environment
is set the organizations ability to absorb learning through process like organizational coaching,
mentoring and dialogical organization development enhances manifold. This is one way an
organization can make a positive impact on their balance sheet.
A. Geethan is an entrepreneur, communication facilitator, Organisational learning specialist, coach
and consultant. He is the Managing Director of Nibbana Institute for Organizational Development,
Chennai – an institute that is a pioneer in adapting learning approach to work space in the context of
organisational development. He holds a Master’s Degree in Psychology from Madras University. He
is a Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst accredited by ITAA USA in the field of
Psychotherapy. His approach to organisational development is through the Systemic Approach. He
has worked with many national and international companies spread across various sectors including
Aviation, Telecom, BPOs, manufacturing industries etc. For more details visit –
www.nibbanaindia.com
Empathy and Confrontation: Finding a balance through synthesis of Berne’s Group therapy with
emerging trends
Chitra Ravi
"A guiding principle of relational group psychotherapy is respect for each
member's phenomenological experience" (p.270, Erskine 2013).
Based on the work of the Erskine, Cornell & Hargaden, the session will facilitate an understanding of
Erkine's model of relational group process.
It focusses on aspects involved in striking a balance between an individual group member’s
subjective experience and allowing the intersubjective space between members to enhance
the learning & discovery of oneself, through healing & growth-enhancing power of the group. It
brings to light how some difficult aspects like shame, associated with confrontation that can be
productive rather than avoided, when the relational aspects of the group are attended to. Using the
'Third' to think about safety in Relational Group Dynamics by "creating a triangular space alongside
the therapist and the client.." (p.287, Hargaden, 2013)
Chitra Ravi, M.A. Psychology and PTSTA (Psychotherapy). She’s the Regional Representative,
India/Asia on the ITAA Board and the VP-Training & Examinations , SAATA.
She is the founder of SeedTLC, Bangalore, which provides psychotherapy services, foundation and
advanced courses in Transactional Analysis. She also offers Leadership Coaching & Training to
Corporates.
8 principles of Relationship and Change
Sailaja Manacha and Ragini Rao
In the article, Cooperation, Relationship and Change by Richard Erskine (TAJ, Jan.2008), Erskine
says
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That when cooperation exists in relationships, then positive change in human behavior
occurs.
That there are eight principles in relational group therapy that facilitate this cooperation.
When these eight principles exist in the client- therapist relationship, then change is
inevitable.
This workshop will allow participants to understand and explore
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What each of these principles mean to them
Which of these are present or absent in one of their close relationships and how it is
impacting them.
The impact of these principles on the therapist-client relationship.
Methodology of the workshop will include interactive discussions, exercises in pairs/ groups, role
plays, case studies and demonstrations.
Sailaja Manacha and Ragini Rao are both post graduates in Psychology and are Provisional Teaching
and Supervising Transactional Analysts (Psychotherapy), accredited psychotherapists and trainers of
the International Transactional Analysis Association.
They have worked for 20 years mainly in the field of individual therapy and personal development.
Together they bring their experience of TA, NLP, Louise Hay philosophy and other approaches to
facilitate personal transformation. They co facilitate an Advanced TA Training together in
Bangalore. Ragini is a certified workshop leader for the Heal your life workshops based on the
philosophy of Louise Hay while Sailaja is a trained facilitator in Family Constellations and
Psychodrama. They are dear friends and love working together!
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Jini Gopinath
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is a school of psychotherapy developed by Aaron T Beck and it’s been
proved effective in psychiatric illnesses worldwide through clinical trials. This school has developed
and incorporated new methods into it such as Cognitive Behavioural Coaching (CBC) and Cognitive
Behavioural Hypnosis (CBH).
This workshop covers the fundamentals of practising CBT, such as:
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The CBT model and how to explain it to clients,
Cognitive and behavioural interventions.
Packed with practical exercises, case dialogue and therapy processes, this workshop also covers a
range of extra topics, including: Life coaching using cognitive behavioural processes and cognitive
behavioural hypnosis.
Jini K Gopinath is a Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Hypnotherapist. He completed his postgraduation in Psychology from Kerala University and M Phil in Clinical Psychology from Kasturba
Medical College, Manipal. He has also completed Master level programmes in Yoga, Astrology and
Linguistics from various Universities in India. Currently working as the Director and Chief Consultant
at Mind Matters Clinic, Bangalore, he is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, Indian
Institute of Psychology and Research, Bangalore.
Cops in the Head: A workshop on Theatre for Empowerment
Preeta Naveen
Cops in the Head is part of Theatre of the Oppressed, a powerful set of techniques, tools and
exercises for creating reflection and dialogue within ourselves and in communities, to achieve
effective, holistic transformations. It is based on the premise that most of our problems, conflicts
and dilemmas are a result of multiple limiting beliefs – the cops in our heads - often critical messages
from Parental figures, that keep us from living the life we want.
The process uses the power of theatre to externalize all the limiting beliefs and messages stored in
the Parent and Child, enabling us to deal with each of them separately. This helps us chunk down
problems, explore their roots using powerful theatrical techniques, discover and use the resources
available in the present, effectively resolve dysfunctional patterns of behavior caused by the
‘internal cops’ and come up with viable, empowering alternatives.
Preeta Naveen is a therapist and trainer with a passion for the expressive arts and facilitating
empowering transformations for individuals and organisations. She weaves together the most
potent aspects of diverse disciplines such a Hypnotherapy, Expressive Arts, Neuro Linguistic
Programming, Theatre and Psychodrama, Metaphor Therapy to facilitate freedom from limitations.
I, We, It: Tools to build winning organisations
C. Suriyaprakash, I.A. Mohanraj, K. Raguraman
People are the building blocks of an organisation. Individuals create successful teams. High
performance teams synergise and result in successful organisations. This three-part experiential
workshop provide you with tools based on transactional analysis and allied approaches to balance
the three aspects of an organisation - individuals, groups and organisation - to build winning
organisations. Tools to embody the values, philosophy and principles of transactional analysis to
achieve autonomy in our day-to-day affairs that could transform the ordinary into new learning
experiences; that could motivate us to perform beyond expectations.
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Innovative ways to use classical TA tools for individuals to find winning ways to navigate
through the rigour of work life with purpose and zest
Adapting TA tools to organisational contexts to influence change in groups and teams and
Integrative models and tools based on physis to source our inner power to design
transformational organisations
C. Suriyaprakash, PhD, TSTA(O), I.A. Mohanraj, CTA (O) and K. Raguraman, CTA (O) are facilitators
of Relations Institute of Development, Coimbatore. They are Certified Organisational Transactional
Analysts of the International Transactional Analysis Association, offering organisational development
services to promote autonomy and transformation in individuals, teams and systems in
organisations. They also facilitate TA for OD training programmes in Coimbatore, Bangalore,
Mumbai, and Delhi; and soon in Chennai and Hyderabad as well. They can be reached at
hellorelations101@gmail.com and www.relationswork.in