Physis Scotland

Physis Scotland Providing excellence in counselling & psychotherapy training. Nationally recognised qualifications.

We provide fun, fascinating and individually focused training in counselling and psychotherapy. We will enable you to become the best counsellor or psychotherapist that you can be.

Have you ever noticed yourself rescuing a client?Or feeling subtly positioned as the persecutor?Or sitting with someone ...
02/03/2026

Have you ever noticed yourself rescuing a client?
Or feeling subtly positioned as the persecutor?
Or sitting with someone who feels they are stuck as a victim?

The Drama Triangle isn’t just theory — it lives in the relational field.
This week's TA Deep Dive explores how triangle dynamics operate in therapy, how we can recognise our own pull into roles, how to work towards more autonomous, adult-to-adult relating and how we can use it to facilitate change.

A 2-hour online workshop for psychotherapy trainees and TA practitioners facilitated by Ben Groves. Thursday 5 March 2026 6pm - 8pm, £25

🔗 Book via https://www.physisscotland.co.uk/cpd-courses/ta-deep-dive-the-drama-triangle-2026

Looking to deepen your clinical work in the coming months? Here is a taste of our CPD options coming up:Couples WorkWork...
01/03/2026

Looking to deepen your clinical work in the coming months? Here is a taste of our CPD options coming up:

Couples Work
Working with couples can feel intense and unpredictable. Two people, two perspectives, and often a lot of emotion in the room.
This course gives you a clear structure for understanding what’s happening between partners and practical interventions you can use when sessions become stuck, conflicted, or overwhelming.

Death & Dying: Working with Terminal Illness
From diagnosis through treatment, uncertainty, and the final stages of life, this course focuses on supporting clients facing a terminal diagnosis.
You’ll explore anticipatory grief, family dynamics, meaning-making, and how to stay present and steady when time and emotions are finite.

Contemporary Applications of Cathexis TA
A series of four online workshops that help you understand the why beneath patterns you see in therapy — how early relational experiences shape the ways people cope, connect, and organise themselves.
You’ll explore themes like passivity, symbiosis, protective strategies and developmental rhythms, and think about how to use this understanding ethically and compassionately in your clinical work.

Explore the full details of these workshops (and more) on our website. https://www.physisscotland.co.uk/

🌱 Today it is the first of March, the beginning of the meteorological spring, and it feels like a good moment to pause a...
01/03/2026

🌱 Today it is the first of March, the beginning of the meteorological spring, and it feels like a good moment to pause and notice where we are.

Therapy training isn’t dramatic or showy, instead it’s steady, thoughtful work. It’s students turning up, reflecting honestly, practising skills, getting things wrong, trying again, and slowly growing in confidence. We see courage in small moments every training weekend: asking a hard question, sitting with silence, trusting their own voice a little more. As the days get lighter, we are reminded that growth often happens quietly. 💚

Here’s to another month of learning together and doing the work that really matters. 🌱

Take the first step in your therapy journey and enroll in Physis Scotland’s Foundation Year and start learning, practicing, and growing with us today!
Find out more on our website
🌐 www.physisscotland.co.uk


The TA101 is often where future therapists realise: this is for me.If you’re thinking about training in counselling or p...
27/02/2026

The TA101 is often where future therapists realise: this is for me.

If you’re thinking about training in counselling or psychotherapy, it can be hard to know where to begin. So many routes, so many acronyms, so many questions:
Is this really for me? Am I ready? What if I get it wrong?

Our latest blog explores why the TA101 is such a good first step.

The TA101 (Transactional Analysis 101) isn’t about committing to years of training. It’s about giving yourself space to think, reflect and experience what psychotherapy training is actually like.

You’ll begin to explore how personality develops, why we repeat relational patterns, how communication really works and what happens between people — not just within them

If you’re standing at the edge of “maybe”, this might be the place to start.

Read the blog here:
https://www.physisscotland.co.uk/post/why-the-ta101-is-the-perfect-first-step

♥️ Last weekend at Physis Scotland , our Foundation Year students focused on rackets and authentic feelings. Guided skil...
26/02/2026

♥️ Last weekend at Physis Scotland , our Foundation Year students focused on rackets and authentic feelings.

Guided skillfully by Fiona Firman PTSTA-P, Fiona Cook PTSTA-P and Kate Simpson CTA-P, students explored primary feelings, psychological training stamps, and early racket analysis. They linked emotions to script, games and nervous system process, and practiced steady counselling skills throughout. ✨

On Saturday, Jon Henderson - Our Business Development Director, joined the students to chat with the students and answer any questions. 🌱

A weekend full of deepening insight and building confidence in working with emotions. ♥️

Counselling skills change how we relate — at work, at home, everywhere.Counselling skills aren’t just for the therapy ro...
25/02/2026

Counselling skills change how we relate — at work, at home, everywhere.

Counselling skills aren’t just for the therapy room.

They help us listen with depth, respond with care, and support others without taking over.

There’s something powerful about learning in a group that feels both challenging and supportive.This reflection from one...
23/02/2026

There’s something powerful about learning in a group that feels both challenging and supportive.

This reflection from one of our recent Diploma in Counselling Supervision students speaks to something we care deeply about at Physis — the balance between theory and lived practice, structure and responsiveness, professional growth and relational safety.

Our training isn’t just about gaining a qualification. It’s about developing professional confidence, deepening skills and learning in a community where encouragement and challenge sit alongside one another.

We’re grateful to the students who join us for any stage of their professional journey — and to the trainers who hold the space with their expertise.

If you’re looking for your next step - come and explore what that might be : https://www.physisscotland.co.uk/

22/02/2026

Thursday's TA Deep Dive is on the subject of The Undeveloped Self Model and offers a way of understanding trauma held within 3rd order structure — helping us think more precisely about fragmentation, absence of integration, and the impact of early relational disruption.

In this TA Deep Dive workshop, we’ll explore:
• what we mean by “undeveloped self” within TA theory
• how trauma can be understood through 3rd order structural dynamics
• what this looks like in the therapy room
• and how this understanding supports thoughtful, ethical intervention

This session is designed for psychotherapy trainees and TA-qualified practitioners who want to deepen their clinical thinking when working with complex trauma presentations.

Thursday 26 February 6 - 8pm via Zoom. Register by 25th February for your place on the workshop via https://www.physisscotland.co.uk/cpd-courses/ta-deep-dive-undeveloped-self-model-a-way-of-understanding-trauma-in-3rd-order-structure-2026 or find details on our website.

A few more moments from last weekend…with Advanced Year 3 and Andy Williams TSTA-P ✨Sometimes it takes a little time fo...
21/02/2026

A few more moments from last weekend…with Advanced Year 3 and Andy Williams TSTA-P ✨

Sometimes it takes a little time for the extra gems to find their way to us ✨ Thank you Andy😁

Here are some additional snapshots of the learning, connection, and quiet in-between moments that made it so special.

We are so grateful for this community. 💛

We’re excited that Hanna Konoplianyk has developed a new online workshop series for May 2026: Contemporary Applications ...
20/02/2026

We’re excited that Hanna Konoplianyk has developed a new online workshop series for May 2026: Contemporary Applications of Cathexis TA.

Drawing on the Cathexis approach to TA, the series explores how early relational experience continues to organise adult coping, protection and connection.
Together we’ll engage with themes such as passivity, symbiosis and defensive relational strategies — approaching them not as problems to fix, but as meaningful adaptations that call for careful, ethical application in therapy.

£25 per workshop. Attend the sessions most relevant to your practice, or deepen your learning across the full series.

Read more about the programme on our blog:
https://www.physisscotland.co.uk/post/contemporary-applications-of-cathexis-ta

🌱 Before our Foundation Year students arrive tomorrow, we are pausing to reflect.It’s almost been a week since our Advan...
20/02/2026

🌱 Before our Foundation Year students arrive tomorrow, we are pausing to reflect.

It’s almost been a week since our Advanced Year 3 spent a rich, thoughtful weekend with Andy Williams TSTA-P ( ) exploring Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversity and what difference means in our profession and in the therapy room. Brave conversations, deep learning, and growing professional identity.

The conversation may have ended, but the reflection is still unfolding. ❤️

19/02/2026

What to do with conflict avoidant couples?

Our online Certificate in Couples Work is for practitioners who want more than just tools — it’s for those who want to think, feel and relate well in the complexity of couple dynamics.

Rooted in the developmental model, this training supports you to:

• Understand patterns of conflict and disconnection
• Work with attachment, projection and impasse
• Stay grounded when sessions feel charged or stuck
• Translate theory into real clinical conversations

If couples work feels compelling — or daunting — this course offers a strong, supported foundation.

Find out more about the online Certificate in Couples Work via the link in our bio.

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