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Certified Transactional Analysis Coach · Denver, CO

Transactional Analysis training in Denver.

Train as a Certified Transactional Analysis Coach (CTAC) with Harmonika Institute in Denver, CO. Master Transactional Analysis as a coach's framework — ego states, life scripts, and the canonical TA games.

Transactional Analysis certification training in Denver, CO

Denver cohort details

City
Denver, CO
Credential
CTAC
Tuition
$3,500
In-person training
10 days · 80h
Live cohort calls
2 days · 8h
Supervised practice
80h
Portfolio + jury
40h
Total
208h · ~26 day-eq.
Cohort
10 students
Format
In person + live cohort calls
Download detailed program (PDF)

PDF — modules, hours, faculty notes, and a typical week's schedule.

Train where you live

Why Transactional Analysis in Denver?

The Front Range — Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins — has the highest density of yoga teachers per capita of any U.S. region, and that density has built a serious wellness ecosystem. Many of our Denver students arrive already certified as yoga teachers and want a complementary practice they can offer in studios and retreats.

For students of Transactional Analysis specifically, Denver's scene is a particularly good match: highest density of yoga teachers per capita. strong appetite for breathwork, sound, and somatic practice. The local cohort runs in venue partners around RiNo, The Highlands, Cherry Creek, with public transit and parking accessible from across the metro.

Denver students are often 28-48, with strong representation from yoga teaching (most arrive with RYT-200 or RYT-500), outdoor and adventure industries, tech, and healthcare. The cohort tends to be younger than coastal markets and unusually fit. Many are looking for credentials that complement their existing yoga teaching and want practical add-on modalities they can offer in studios and retreats.

The modality

What you'll be training in.

For a deeper introduction to Transactional Analysis as a practice tradition, see the full program page.

Transactional Analysis (TA) is a framework for understanding human personality and communication, developed by the American psychiatrist Eric Berne in the 1950s and 1960s and elaborated by his students and successors over the following decades. The name comes from Berne's central insight: that human communication can be analyzed as a series of transactions between specific ego states in each participant.

The foundational TA model identifies three ego states in every adult: the Parent (responses absorbed from caregivers and authority figures), the Adult (here-and-now reality-based responses), and the Child (responses from one's own childhood emotional and cognitive history). A transaction is any exchange between two people; a clean transaction stays consistent (Adult-to-Adult, for instance), while a crossed transaction (one person speaking from Adult, the other responding from Parent) creates the small communication breakdowns we all recognize.

What you'll learn

The Transactional Analysis curriculum, in 10 in-person days.

  • Ego states (Parent / Adult / Child) and how to map a conversation
  • Strokes, hungers, and the structure of transactions
  • Life scripts and basic redecision-style script work
  • The drama triangle (Karpman) and how to interrupt it in real time
  • The canonical TA games and how to recognize them
  • Using TA in a coaching contract within a non-clinical scope

See the full module-by-module curriculum →

Cohort schedule

When Transactional Analysis cohorts run in Denver.

Denver cohorts run year-round; the climate makes scheduling unusually consistent. Altitude adjustment is a real factor for out-of-state students attending — we suggest arriving 2-3 days before intensives. The fall cohort produces the most retreat-oriented graduates.

The right student

Who this Denver cohort is for.

Coaches, leaders, and HR practitioners who want a deep, structured language for understanding and changing communication patterns.

Career outcomes

After graduation in Denver.

  • Open a TA-informed coaching practice (CTAC)
  • Add TA to an existing leadership, communication, or coaching practice
  • Specialize in team dynamics or relationship coaching
  • Lead TA-based workshops in companies and community settings
Tuition

$3,500 for the full 26-day Transactional Analysis program in Denver.

Same tuition whether you study in Denver or any of our other U.S. cities. Monthly payment plans without interest. A 25% deposit confirms your spot in the Denver cohort.

Tuition and financing details

$3,500

208h total · 10 in-person days

Next step

Become a Certified Transactional Analysis Coach in Denver.

Talk with our admissions team about the next Transactional Analysis cohort starting in Denver, CO. Free, online, one hour.