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Certified Transactional Analysis Coach · Seattle, WA

Transactional Analysis training in Seattle.

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

Transactional Analysis certification training in Seattle, WA

Seattle cohort details

City
Seattle, WA
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 Seattle?

Washington state is one of the most thoroughly regulated wellness markets in the country — reflexology, naturopathy, and massage all carry meaningful state oversight. That regulatory literacy shapes the Seattle practitioner community: people here ask harder questions about scope and credentialing than in most U.S. cities, which is exactly the kind of student we love training.

For students of Transactional Analysis specifically, Seattle's scene is a particularly good match: highly regulation-aware market. reflexology and naturopathy programs particularly aligned with local certification standards. The local cohort runs in venue partners around Capitol Hill, Ballard, Fremont, with public transit and parking accessible from across the metro.

Seattle students are often 30-50, with strong representation from tech (Amazon, Microsoft, Boeing engineers in active career questioning), healthcare (Bastyr alumni and adjacent practitioners), and education. They ask the most regulatorily-precise questions of any cohort in our network — Washington's strict scope rules have made students unusually careful about compliance. The Seattle cohorts also tend to be the most environmentally engaged, with sustainability and ethical sourcing actively shaping practice decisions.

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 Seattle.

Seattle cohorts adjust around the long winter rain. May and September starts have the highest attendance; January cohorts are smaller. Indoor venue partners are essential — outdoor practice components are scheduled tightly around weather windows from May through September.

The right student

Who this Seattle 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 Seattle.

  • 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 Seattle.

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

Tuition and financing details

$3,500

208h total · 10 in-person days

Next step

Become a Certified Transactional Analysis Coach in Seattle.

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