Rebecca Davies – Chair of Exam Committee Rebecca Davies is a PTSTA(P) and CTA(P). Rebecca holds post graduate certificates in Body Psychotherapy, Trauma, Clinical supervision, as well as being an accredited Dance of Awareness therapist. She holds an BA in Philosophy and Cognitive Science. She is the UKATA CTA written exam coordinator and chair of UKATA’s Exam Committee. She is a core tutor at a UKCP registered training institute and also runs the exam prep group for the colle

With apologies, some information for UKCP registrants was missed off last week’s communication. See bold text below for clarification. Thanks to Susie Hewitt and Martin Weaver for picking this up. Information for UKCP registrants TASC want to remind current and future UKCP registrants via UKATA, that UKCP registration initially requires membership of two bodies; UKCP and the member organisation of UKCP which placed them on the UKCP register, such as UKATA. We are finding a nu

​ Information for UKCP registrants TASC want to remind current and future UKCP registrants via UKATA, that UKCP registration requires membership of two bodies; UKCP and the member organisation of UKCP which placed them on the UKCP register, such as UKATA. We are finding a number of people are choosing not to renew their membership of UKATA once they become UKCP registrants – and this then, unfortunately, invalidates their UKCP registration. Mental Health Familiarisation Proce

Ian Stewart Ph.D. TSTA(P) - A Leader in TA With the death of Ian Stewart Ph.D TSTA(P) The TA world has lost one of its brightest stars. A world renowned and respected trainer and teacher, Ian was the author of five TA books, one of which, TA Today (co-authored with Vann Joines), has become a virtually standard TA text and has been translated into sixteen foreign languages including Arabic and Chinese. He led trainings and workshops across the globe and addressed numerous inte

Introduction TASC has revised and updated the UKATA Policy on Trainees Personal Therapy. In particular we have clarified what UKCP allows to ‘count’ towards psychotherapy trainees’ personal therapy hours requirements. The new policy describes how TASC applies UKCP requirements and how TASC handles the process of mitigating circumstances. Historic confusion over UKCP requirements In revising our policy on how UKATA applies UKCP requirements for trainees’ personal therapy, we a