SATAA welcomes new members Louise van Liebenberg, Barry Viljoen, Ivana Tosic and Nicolette Smuts to our association.
Louise is a counsellor and coach in the Kwa-Zulu Natal Midlands. Her work focuses particularly on the Adult Child 12 Step programme. It is through this work that she discovered Transactional Analysis. She is looking forward to connecting with the TA community in South Africa and starting her formal training in TA in the near future.
Barry is a clinical psychologist with his practice in Johannesburg. He has encountered TA in his work and has found it to offer a useful balance between systemic psychology and traditional psychodynamic work. He is looking forward to collaborating with Transactional Analysts in South Africa through SATAA’s training, webinar and community of practice offerings.
Ivana attended the TA 101 with Marguerite Sacco and has since joined her TA foundation group as well as her TA conversations group. She says that she joined SATAA because her interest in TA is growing continuously and having met some very interesting people, it seemed like a natural next step. She says she has a child-like curiosity and excitement of discovering various “universes”, from the actual cosmos, to marine world and nature in general, she finds the human inner/outer world is equally endless and fascinating. TA has opened an interesting window into better understanding full of insight, comprehension, compassion and fun as well. She incorporates TA in her regular daily functioning. Rather than using it “professionally”, she says TA “finds its little meanders like an unstoppable river into my daily life, interactions with the family, friends, colleagues or simply by being part and observant of the vibrant surroundings.”
Nicolette joined SATAA because of her passion for TA and its philosophy, that each of us has worth, value and dignity and deserve to be treated accordingly. She has completed the TA 101 and Karen Pratt’s foundation year of TA. She wishes to be part of a community that shares the same interests, is curious about developments within TA, and wants to have an impact. She uses TA in her life as a journey of learning, and with her work with teams where she has applied many TA models in a most creative way.