CPCAB Accredited Level 5 in Transactional Anaylsis (TA) (TM5D-AP)

Advancing Your Practice: Training for CPCAB Level 5 TA

Online classes
Industry recognised qualification
Taught by counsellors
April 2026
If you are a qualified counsellor looking to deepen your practice and expand your therapeutic toolkit, the CPCAB Accredited Level 5 Diploma in Transactional Analysis offers a valuable opportunity for professional development.

This specialist qualification supports you to develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence to understand and work with clients through a Transactional Analysis framework, enhancing your effectiveness and broadening the ways you support therapeutic change.

Why Train With Aspire

At Aspire Counselling Academy, the CPCAB Accredited Level 5 Diploma in Transactional Analysis offers more than professional development—it supports meaningful growth as a reflective, relational practitioner. Grounded in trust, inclusion, and evidence-informed practice, the course develops your ability to work confidently and ethically using a Transactional Analysis framework.

You’ll learn with experienced TA and integrative tutors in a supportive, reflective learning environment, developing practical skills in TA theory, contracting, assessment, and intervention. The programme is designed for qualified counsellors working across private practice, education, health, and voluntary settings who wish to deepen their work with clients experiencing relational difficulties, anxiety, low self-worth, trauma, and complex life challenges.

Whether you are strengthening your existing practice or integrating Transactional Analysis more fully into your work, Level 5 training with Aspire offers depth, credibility, and professional confidence.

What Is the CPCAB Level 5 PC Diploma?

The Level 5 Diploma is designed for qualified counsellors who wish to develop a deeper understanding of Transactional Analysis theory and its application across a range of counselling settings. The course emphasises the integration of TA concepts, structured assessment, and relational practice, while encouraging critical reflection and ethical awareness. Rather than promoting a rigid or technical approach, the diploma supports you to become a flexible, reflective, and evidence-informed practitioner, able to apply Transactional Analysis thoughtfully within an integrative counselling practice.

What you’ll learn

The CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in Transactional Analysis integrates TA theory with practical application to support effective, ethical counselling practice. Key areas of learning include: Ethical frameworks and professional practice TA models of personality and relationship Contracting and assessment Working with life scripts, ego states, and relational patterns Applying Transactional Analysis to a range of client presentations. The course also emphasises diversity, inclusion, reflective practice, supervision, and practitioner self-awareness. Learning is embedded through skills practice, case material, supervision, and structured reflection, supporting sustained professional development.

What to expect from the course

At Aspire Counselling Academy, the CPCAB Accredited Level 5 Diploma in Transactional Analysis is delivered with a balance of theoretical depth, relational focus, and professional support. The programme offers a meaningful opportunity to develop as a counsellor, both clinically and personally, within a structured and reflective learning environment. You will engage in interactive classroom or blended learning, exploring Transactional Analysis theory, ethics, and application in practice. The course supports skills development in TA-informed assessment, contracting, and intervention, alongside supervised casework with appropriate clinical and ethical oversight. Learning is consolidated through reflective journals, written assignments, experiential exercises, and peer learning, creating space for self-awareness, integration, and professional growth. This training not only strengthens your ability to work effectively using a Transactional Analysis framework, but often renews confidence, clarity, and purpose in your role as a counsellor.

Who Is It For?

This course is suitable for qualified counsellors (minimum Level 4 Diploma or equivalent) who want to deepen their practice through a Transactional Analysis framework. It is ideal for practitioners seeking to strengthen their ability to work with complex client presentations, relational difficulties, identity issues, anxiety, low self-worth, and trauma, within an ethical and integrative approach. The diploma is particularly relevant for counsellors working in, or preparing for, roles in private practice, education, health, and voluntary sectors. Whether newly qualified or experienced, this Level 5 training supports increased confidence, clarity, and professional depth.

Why This Continued Training Is Important For Counsellors

Clients present with complex relational patterns, internal conflicts, and long-standing life experiences that shape how they think, feel, and relate to others. As counsellors, we are increasingly required to work at depth with these dynamics, yet many practitioners feel underprepared to do so within a coherent theoretical framework.This training provides the theoretical understanding, ethical grounding, and relational awareness required to work confidently and effectively using Transactional Analysis.

It supports counsellors to:

Understand personality development, relational patterns, and life scripts through a TA lens
Work ethically and intentionally with contracting, boundaries, and professional responsibility
Build strong therapeutic relationships that support insight, autonomy, and change
Respond thoughtfully to complexity, diversity, and the impact of identity and lived experience
Integrate structure with relational depth in an evidence-informed way

Beyond theory and technique, the training supports counsellors to develop self-awareness, reflective capacity, and professional resilience. Emphasis is placed on supervision, reflective practice, and ethical self-care, recognising the counsellor’s use of self as central to effective work.

For counsellors committed to relational, ethical, and inclusive practice, this Level 5 Diploma offers a vital foundation for deeper, more coherent, and more effective counselling through Transactional Analysis.

Level 5 TA

Date: 14/4/26 Location ONLINE Wednesday daytime 9:30am - 4:30 pm ( includes breaks) course is over 26 weeks

Price: 2800

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Level 5 TA - ONLINE

Date: 14/9/26 Location ONLINE Monday evenings 6 - 10pm ( includes breaks) course is over 31 weeks

Price: 2800

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Purpose of Level 5 Diploma in T.A skills & Theory

This qualification is intended for candidates who want to develop and integrate Transactional Analysis (TA) skills and theory as an integral part of their professional counselling work. It is designed to enhance the employability of counsellors in organisational settings and as independent practitioners by providing a robust grounding in TA philosophy, relational practice, and applied therapeutic skills. Transactional Analysis is a well-established and widely respected psychological approach, supporting counsellors to work effectively with clients’ internal processes and interpersonal patterns through concepts such as ego states, transactional dynamics, life scripts, and therapeutic contracting. TA-informed practitioners are often valued in multidisciplinary environments for their relational depth, ethical focus, and structured yet humanistic approach to supporting client change across a broad range of presentations.

Entry requirements

Qualified counsellors (minimum CPCAB Level 4
Diploma or equivalent)

Minimum age: 21+

Must be emotionally stable and able to engage in
emotionally demanding experiential work

Actively seeking or currently engaged in client
work

Qualification information

Guided Learning Hours:
143 hours
Total Qualification Time:
388 hours
Credit value:
39
Minimum age:
21 years

Course Schedule

1	Orientation & Foundations of Transactional Analysis
2	Contracting, Ethics, and the Role of the TA Therapist
3	Ego States and Relational Awareness
4	Transactions, Games, and the Drama Triangle
5	Script Theory and Life Decisions
6	Strokes, Recognition Hunger, and Self-Esteem
7	Relational Depth, Transference, and Countertransference
8	Risk Assessment and Working with Suicidal Ideation
9	Safety Planning and Managing Risk in Practice
10	Language, Meaning, and Therapeutic Communication
11	Integration of TA Models and Skills Practice
12	Culture, Identity, and Difference in TA Practice (TA-Focused)
13	Ethics in Organisations and Professional Contexts (TA-Focused)
14	Assisted Dying and Ethical Complexity (TA-Focused)
15	Deepening the Therapeutic Relationship (Relational TA Focus)
16	Relational Rupture in Therapy
17	Repairing the Therapeutic Relationship
18	Resilience, Burnout, and Therapist Self-Care
19	Systems, Community, and Social Context in Suicide Work
20	Assessment, Risk Levels, and Escalation in Practice
21	Crisis Containment and Holding Risk in Session (TA-Focused)
22	Script Analysis and Redecision in Suicide Work (TA-Focused)
23	Endings, Referral, and Ethical Closure (TA-Focused)
24	Advanced Integration of TA in Suicide Work (Consolidation)
25	Advanced Skills Practice and Case Application (TA in Action)
26	Final Integration, Assessment Preparation, and Professional Readiness (TA-Focused)
27	Advanced Use of Supervision in TA Practice (TA-Focused)
28	Complex Cases and Multi-Layered Risk (TA Advanced Practice)
29	TA and Trauma Integration (Deepening Practice)
30	Professional Practice, Identity, and Career Pathways (TA Practitioner Focus)
31	Final Review, Assessment Support, and Course Closure (TA Integration & Transition)

Course Payments

All course can be paid in full or by monthly payments

ONLINE COURSE

Level 5 course fee is £2800

This includes all CPCAB registration fees

Initial deposit of £400

followed by monthly payments of £400 (x 6 payments)

Payable by monthly invoice or bank transfer